Anchorage, Alaska
Burial Spirit Houses
Colorful boxes placed over the dead are left to rot and crumble.
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Whittier, Alaska
Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel
Running under an entire mountain, the longest highway tunnel in North America is kept fresh using portal fans and jet fans.
Permanently Closed
Whittier, Alaska
Buckner Building
This WWII-era military installation once held an entire city within its walls - now, its walls are falling down.
Whittier, Alaska
Whittier, Alaska
This small city where almost everyone lives in the same building can only be reached via North America's longest tunnel.
Anchorage, Alaska
Neighborhood Airplane Hangars
A suburban street in Anchorage doubles as a runway, and each home has its own airplane hangar.
Anchorage, Alaska
Anchorage Light Speed Planet Walk
A high school astronomy enthusiast designed this model of our solar system to be traversed on foot.
Washington, D.C.
The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations' Millennium General Assembly
Light bulbs, scrap wood, and tinfoil comprise this homemade throne of the gods.
Baltimore, Maryland
Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death
Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.
Ellicott City, Maryland
Daniels
An eerie, decaying ghost town destined to fade into the forest.
Outer Hebrides, Scotland
Hirta Island Ghost Town
The last inhabitants of one of the U.K.'s most remote islands were evacuated in 1930.
Lanham, Maryland
NASA Goddard Rocket Garden
A lawn full of retired spacecraft on display at one of NASA's first research labs.
Glenn Dale, Maryland
Glenn Dale Hospital
An FDR-era tuberculosis sanatorium has stood abandoned in the suburbs of the U.S. capital for over 30 years.
Washington, D.C.
Hinckley Hilton President's Walk
A hidden passageway now marks the site of an assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan that some say broke a 140-year-old curse.
Boulder, Colorado
Boulder Teahouse
This tea house was a hand-built gift from Boulder's sister city in Tajikstan.
London, England
Stables Market
Catacombs turned marketplace.
Washington, D.C.
Ruins of the McMillan Sand Filtration Site at Reservoir Park
An Industrial Revolution-era public work that purified water using nothing but sand.
Washington, D.C.
District of Columbia Center Point
A little marble compass above George Washington's (empty) tomb in the Capitol marks where D.C.'s four quadrants intersect.
Washington, D.C.
International Temple of the Order of the Eastern Star
Obscure Freemasons still live in D.C.’s largest private residence.
Washington, D.C.
Catacombs of Washington, D.C.
Franciscan monks created a facsimile of the Holy Land for North Americans who couldn’t afford the trip overseas.
Washington, D.C.
Navy Yard Railroad Gun
One of the largest artillery pieces in the world sits in a Washington D.C. parking lot.
Washington, D.C.
NIST Newton Apple Tree
A clone of a cloned tree that was so important it allegedly had its own guards.
Bethesda, Maryland
Madonna of the Trail
She stares out across six lanes of traffic, clutching a musket and infant with determination.
Dallas, Texas
'Eye' Sculpture
This downtown Dallas art installation is always on the lookout.
Austin, Texas
Frost Bank Tower
Locals dubbed it the "Owl Building" because of its bird-like appearance.
