Keenesburg, Colorado
The Wild Animal Sanctuary
The world's largest carnivore sanctuary is home to over 450 meat-eating rescues.
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Keenesburg, Colorado
The world's largest carnivore sanctuary is home to over 450 meat-eating rescues.
Colorado Springs, Colorado
The superstar of Cold War nuclear bunkers has been featured in countless films but is now barely operational.
Denver, Colorado
Once a mortuary that held the remains of Buffalo Bill, this Denver hotspot is now a death-fixated restaurant.
Denver, Colorado
This modern antique shop is a museum for 1980's Saturday morning cartoon culture.
Calhan, Colorado
Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.
Lead Hill, Arkansas
Twenty-year effort to raise a castle using tools and techniques from the 13th century is now abandoned in the Arkansas woods.
Berryville, Arkansas
Giant papier mache hog sits on private property.
Walnut Ridge, Arkansas
This small Arkansas town once had a close encounter with the Beatles, and are determined never to let anyone forget that. Ever.
Hot Springs, Arkansas
This quirky Arkansas wax museum does not shy away from the macabre and the grotesque.
Eureka Springs, Arkansas
This futuristically sylvan church is a glass-enclosed marvel of modern architecture.
Los Alamos, New Mexico
Seller of surplus nuclear research materials.
Carrizozo, New Mexico
This sculpture is intended to reset a person’s creativity.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
The only Native American comic shop in the world.
Grants, New Mexico
A frozen oasis lies beneath the scorching New Mexico desert.
Magdalena, New Mexico
The ruins of this former mining boomtown once housed over 3,000 people. Now, the population is two.
Madrid, New Mexico
A ghost town revived by hippies and wanderers throws its own special brand of holiday parade.
Cedar Crest, New Mexico
Deadly airliner crash preserved for those willing to climb and pay respects.
Abiquiu, New Mexico
Its history includes dinosaur fossils, cattle rustlers, Georgia O'Keeffe, and a mythical giant rattlesnake named Vivaron.
Sandia Park, New Mexico
"I did this all while you were watching TV."
New Mexico
Twice a year, visitors can tour the desolate site that birthed the Atomic Age.
San Jon, New Mexico
The old Route 66 town straddling Texas and New Mexico died along with the Main Street of America.
Silver City, Nevada
An abandoned cyanide mill is now a haunting magnet for graffiti and illegal parties.
Fallon, Nevada
On October 26, 1963, a 12-kiloton nuclear device was detonated here in granite some 1,211 feet below the ground surface.
Reno, Nevada
This beloved roadside attraction welcomes visitors with his signature neon smile.