Dublin, Ireland
Kilmainham Gaol
One of Ireland's most infamous prisons for rebels including men, women and children.
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Dublin, Ireland
One of Ireland's most infamous prisons for rebels including men, women and children.
Dublin, Ireland
The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.
Manchester, England
A seemingly abandoned store in central Manchester with a lengthy backstory.
Brookline, Massachusetts
Marking the location of the secret headquarters for the Counterintelligence Corps in WWII.
Thurmond, West Virginia
Once connected to the outside world by a single train track, this ghost town is looked after by the National Park Service.
Bunkerville, Nevada
An unexpected sinkhole in a desert flat within Gold Butte National Monument.
Wells, Nevada
An attractive alpine lake at 8,400 feet that is accessible via a paved road.
Clark County, Nevada
The highest concentration of petroglyph sites in Gold Butte National Monument, plus an improbable early 20th-century dam.
Gerlach, Nevada
A little-known occurrence of fossil wood in northern Washoe County, Nevada, near the Black Rock Desert.
Alamo, Nevada
One of the few remaining indigenous petroglyph sites in Nevada.
Boulder City, Nevada
See Hoover Dam and the bypass bridge from a perspective usually off-limits to the public, and float the upper part of the Black Canyon National Water Trail.
Reno, Nevada
The arch that celebrated the completion of the Lincoln and Victory highways.
Winnemucca, Nevada
A spectacular but little-known slot canyon in extreme northern Nevada, with sheer walls nearly 500 feet high and a perennial stream.
Baker, Nevada
This ancient village provides insight into the complexity of the pre-Columbian Fremont Culture.
Round Mountain, Nevada
Located in the remote Monitor Valley, this travertine bowl contains a scalding pool of water.
Reno, Nevada
This wilderness hike to a waterfall has an unlikely beginning in suburban Reno.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Pleistocene megafauna fossils are the subject of Nevada's newest state park at the northern edge of the Las Vegas metropolitan area.
Yerington, Nevada
Thousands of acres of beautiful wild landscape in the Great Basin.
Dyer, Nevada
The highest point in Nevada had to be decided by court order after California tried to claim it as their own.
Virginia City, Nevada
Back in the day everyone who was anyone played this historic western theater.
Searchlight, Nevada
Formerly frequented by Hollywood stars and now open for tours.
Fallon, Nevada
A tree bears footwear on the loneliest road in America.
Boulder City, Nevada
An old railroad grade built for the construction of Hoover Dam is now a recreational trail featuring several tunnels and sweeping views of Lake Mead.
Wells, Nevada
An ill-fated attempt to grow wheat in the sagebrush steppe of northeastern Nevada.