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Downtown Tinseltown

Los Angeles, California

Hollywood Sign

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

December 2008

Amarillo, Texas

Cadillac Ranch

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the “Golden Age” of the American automobile.

The Thing

Benson, Arizona

The Thing

What is the Thing?

The mailbox, with lots of graffiti from visitors.

Alamo, Nevada

The Black Mailbox

Mysterious meeting place for UFO hunters near Area 51.

Extraterrestrial Highway Sign

Rachel, Nevada

Extraterrestrial Highway Sign

This sign designates the road that leads to the infamous Area 51.

Phantom Canyon Road

Penrose, Colorado

Phantom Canyon Road

The narrow mountain road that carves a path between Florence and Victor is tied to ghost towns and ghost stories.

Roswell McDonalds

Roswell, New Mexico

Roswell McDonald's

This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.

Independence Temple.

Independence, Missouri

Independence Temple

This otherworldly church spire reaches up toward the heavens.

Saint Louis Abbey

Creve Coeur, Missouri

Saint Louis Abbey

Famous church recognized for both its unique design and disciplined monks that live according to the Benedictine discipline.

Ha Ha Tonka Castle Ruins

Camdenton, Missouri

Ha Ha Tonka Castle Ruins

European castle ruins in an American state park are actually the product of death and grief.

Popeye Character Trail

Chester, Illinois

Popeye Character Trail

The hometown of Popeye's creator is littered with a growing collection of granite cartoon characters.

Wheatley - Provident Hospital the 1909 building on April 5th 2020

Kansas City, Missouri

Wheatley-Provident Hospital

The crumbling remains of the first Black-owned and operated hospital in Kansas City.

View of the ruins from the hillside. The original stairs would have come down on the far left. The curved edge of the original aquarium and the outline of the diving well are on the right.

San Francisco, California

Ruins of the Sutro Baths

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

Bishop Castle

Rye, Colorado

Bishop Castle

The largest self-built castle in the U.S., six decades in the making.

Dogpatch USA
Permanently Closed

Marble Falls Township, Arkansas

Dogpatch USA

A hillbilly theme park that proved so unpopular the land wouldn't even sell on eBay after it closed.

Part of the spaceship.

Roswell, New Mexico

Roswell UFO Spacewalk

A blacklight journey through a celestial art exhibit.

International UFO Museum and Research Center

Roswell, New Mexico

International UFO Museum and Research Center

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

The Little A'Le'Inn

Alamo, Nevada

Little A'Le'Inn

An eatery for UFO seekers on the Extraterrestrial Highway.

The lamp post at Union Station.

Kansas City, Missouri

Union Station Lamp Post Clock

This recently restored timepiece has stood all around Kansas City.

Kessler Park Reservoir

Kansas City, Missouri

Kessler Park Reservoir

An abandoned concrete jungle surrounded by a lush park.

Vaile Mansion

Independence, Missouri

Vaile Mansion

A remarkably opulent mansion with a tragic history.

Bothwell Lodge

Sedalia, Missouri

Bothwell Lodge

This historic cliffside mansion uses a natural cave for air conditioning.

Exterior West side.

Kansas City, Missouri

Kansas City Workhouse

This abandoned prison castle has become an imposing gallery of graffiti art.

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