San Diego, California
Sunny Jim Cave Store
Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.
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San Diego, California
Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
A tribute to those that perished during the American Revolution.
Hokendauqua, Pennsylvania
One of the first commercially successful anthracite-powered iron-making operations in North America.
Weatherly, Pennsylvania
This eerily well-preserved coal town was saved from destruction by a Sean Connery movie.
Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania
This jail which was in service for over a century is now open for curious visitors.
Pittston, Pennsylvania
The graffitied ruins stand hidden within the Pennsylvania woods.
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
Narrow gorges and deep pools created by long-ago glaciers.
Scranton, Pennsylvania
Board a mine car and descend the #190 slope 300 feet underground into the Clark Vein of coal.
Sandyston, New Jersey
Whimsical artist house in the New Jersey woods.
Milford, Pennsylvania
One of the U.S. Forest Service's only mansions is outfitted with a dinner table for floating food.
Archbald, Pennsylvania
It would take 35 firetrucks to fill this enormous glacial pothole.
East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
This abandoned Poconos resort is haunted by a history of kitschy romance and a violent fugitive.
Barryville, New York
Oldest existing wire suspension bridge in the United States.
Lake Elsinore, California
This stately structure has been abandoned for half a century.
San Bernardino, California
This unlicensed collection of fast-food memorabilia sits on the site of the first ever McDonald's restaurant.
San Bernardino, California
The Route 66 institution that inspired Taco Bell also served as an important headquarters for Mexican-American social movements.
Big Bear Lake, California
In the days before HD projectors and IMAX, some of the most powerful projectors belonged to planetariums.
Riverside, California
Mexican food and folk art.
Rancho Cucamonga, California
A living museum dedicated to the legendary woodworker and his soulful furniture.
New Paltz, New York
This stone gatehouse was once the entrance to a historic mountain resort, and it had a cameo in a cheesy cult horror movie.
South Hero, Vermont
A gardener's enduring labor of love is spread throughout a small Vermont town.
Schroon Lake, New York
This former theme park in New York's Adirondack Mountains fell into ruin before being resurrected as a state-run campground
Hague, New York
The graphite created here was used in the manufacturing of pencils.
West Milford, New Jersey
This disastrous New Jersey safari park saw animal attacks, escapes, and disease before being abandoned.