Yermo, California
Calico Ghost Town
A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.
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Yermo, California
A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.
Washington Island, Wisconsin
This pebble beach is so beautiful that taking its rocks is against the law.
Glen Gardner, New Jersey
A recently abandoned psych ward at the end of Sanatorium Road.
Silver City, New Mexico
These ruins of a pre-Columbian cliff village are among the most beautiful and well preserved in New Mexico.
Rocksprings, Texas
This sacred cavern, 400 feet deep, is home to millions of bats and an ancient burial ground.
Manitou Springs, Colorado
This super steep hike ascends 2,000 feet in less than a mile.
Culver City, California
A modern day curiosity cabinet.
Atlanta, Georgia
Beside some power panels, a plaque celebrates the history of an alternate world.
Atlanta, Georgia
This "living building" on Georgia Tech's campus is home to a blueberry orchard, honeybees, and more than 900 solar panels.
Atlanta, Georgia
This old school, eccentric, and independent video rental store refuses to die.
Decatur, Georgia
A late-night restaurant empire was launched from this humble storefront.
Atlanta, Georgia
This angular brutalist playground turns playtime into modern art time.
Johns Creek, Georgia
The statues commemorate the legendary mass killing of escaped circus monkeys.
St. Augustine, Florida
The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.
St. Augustine, Florida
It's a pretty creepy lock-up.
Jekyll Island, Georgia
Georgia's first brewery is also one of its oldest surviving buildings.
Jekyll Island, Georgia
If all members were present at the table, a sixth of the world's wealth would be under the same roof.
Jacksonville, Florida
Must form and function forever remain at odds? Not if the Florida Department of Transportation has its way.
St. Marys, Georgia
Interactive modern and vintage submarine equipment, World War II relics, and submarine attire.
Jacksonville, Florida
Jacksonville's highways rendered this century-old grammar school unusable.
Fergus Falls, Minnesota
This sprawling building built in 1890 was one of Minnesota’s earliest and largest mental health facilities.
Mineral Bluff, Georgia
The only zoo where you can buy animals that won't need feeding.
Sappington, Missouri
Giant works of art interspersed throughout meadows and woodlands offer a new discovery at every turn.
Marietta, Georgia
The ruins of a paper mill destroyed during the Civil War still tower over a tributary of the Chattahoochee River.