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A small metropolis of Pueblo cave dwellings have been carved right into the hillside of this national monument.

Despite time, colonization, and the brutal New Mexican heat, these Pueblo ruins still stand.

Twice a year, visitors can tour the desolate site that birthed the Atomic Age.

The old Route 66 town straddling Texas and New Mexico died along with the Main Street of America.

A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.

These Pre-Columbian petroglyphs contain representations of birds, deer, hunters, and even some early Native flute players.

A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.

Seemingly grown on some other world, these New Mexico rock formations look like a disused science fiction set.

This abandoned sea fort has become an accidental bird sanctuary.

An eerie, abandoned military base engulfed by nature and graffiti is now home to a local park.

Walk a trail through a historic Quaker town that outlawed slavery in 1777 and was a major waypoint on the Underground Railroad.

A blank headstone topped with a pile of pennies marks the final resting place of the infamous assassin.

A girls' boarding school inspired by the Chicago World's Fair, once abandoned, now restored to strange and scenic glory.

The site where Poe “in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance” likely died.

The man who first patented the Ouija board rests in peace beneath a headstone that playfully reflects that achievement.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.

This rare tortoise skeleton has been hanging around the downtown Los Angeles museum for over a century.

This long, dark tunnel is open to hikers, but those without lights are known to get confused even on the straight path.

Twin Peaks' real life Double R Diner has been restored to its damn fine television look.

The world's first nuclear power plant is open to visitors looking to role-play a meltdown.

The wreckage of a crash that killed nine people still litters the Franklin Mountains.

An abandoned mine where dreams of quicksilver trickled away over 75 years ago.

A tribute to the little-known group of women who were the first ever to fly aircraft in the U.S. military.

This former Texas landfill is flush with 300 million-year-old fossils, all fit for the taking.