Shawnee, Wyoming
Lost Springs
Population: 1.
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Shawnee, Wyoming
Population: 1.
Cheyenne, Wyoming
The only retired U.S. nuclear missile silo that is open to the public.
Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming
The same security that protects our nukes accidentally protected a gentle herd of antelope.
Cheyenne, Wyoming
This historic Union Pacific Railroad depot is a stunning symbol of American post-Civil War progress.
Grand Marais, Minnesota
Half of a waterfall goes into the river while the other half seems to disappear.
Grand Marais, Minnesota
Duluth mineral magnates built this charming art deco lodge to be their private clubhouse.
Kabetogama Township, Minnesota
Terraced flowerbeds and rock sculptures in the midst of the Minnesota wilderness.
Kelliher, Minnesota
A memorial to a larger-than-life legend, inside a county that also holds Bunyan's death certificate.
Waskish, Minnesota
Journey through the largest remaining peat bogs in the contiguous United States to see the wilderness as it once was.
Baudette, Minnesota
A garden full of metal sculptures that celebrate the double bass.
Tuttle, North Dakota
Only place outside China and India where two overhead DC power lines cross.
Latrobe, Pennsylvania
A larger-than-life statue of America's favorite sundae marks the place it was invented.
Lyndhurst, Virginia
This historic mansion was built as a symbol of love between a husband and wife.
Cosby, Tennessee
Trek up to an abandoned fire lookout from the 1930s for an unimpeded view.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
A restored Pittsburgh house of God has been converted to a marvelous house of suds.
Cincinnati, Ohio
This magnificent Cincinnati graveyard is also a popular public park.
Cincinnati, Ohio
This collection of Japanese luck idols beckons visitors with over 2,000 waving paws.
Cincinnati, Ohio
Mussolini gave Cincinnati a bronze statue of Romulus and Remus suckling at a wolf's teats.
Kanab, Utah
Giant pinnacles in the sun-scorched lands of Southern Utah have been nicknamed "white ghosts."
Ouray, Colorado
A recreation of an Old West apothecary full of curios.
Flagstaff, Arizona
The artist James Turrell is repurposing an extinct volcano crater as an observatory to experience the cosmos.
Leadville, Colorado
At one time this small mining village was the highest town in America but now it sits abandoned while the mine churns on.
Aspen, Colorado
An architect in Aspen used psychedelics as his muse while building this mushroom masterpiece.
Aspen, Colorado
Silver in the hills led to the speedy creation of this boom town and a lack of it saw the town abandoned nearly as quickly.