Cañon City, Colorado
Royal Gorge Bridge
The highest bridge in America was built for an almost unnervingly small amount of money.
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Cañon City, Colorado
The highest bridge in America was built for an almost unnervingly small amount of money.
Middletown, Connecticut
A reliquary of pop culture marvels, including the world's largest (and most terrifying) Jack-in-the-Box.
Bryson City, North Carolina
This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.
Randsburg, California
This impressive tunnel was dug entirely by hand over the course of 36 years.
Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts
Friction between grains of sand cause a curious "singing" sound.
Pottstown, Pennsylvania
A modern ghost town whose inhabitants were driven away by the growth of nuclear power.
Mansfield, Ohio
Prison made famous by The Shawshank Redemption has been out of commission since 1990.
Jadwin, Missouri
Once an ambitious nature spa, these forest ruins now provide a serene monument to failure.
Los Angeles, California
This brightly made over hotel hides decades of suicide, serial killers, and mysterious deaths.
Palo Alto, California
Rodin's famous depiction of Dante's 'Inferno', amidst a sculpture garden of many of his other works.
Los Angeles, California
In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.
Manitou Springs, Colorado
Hidden beneath a bridge, this waterfall is known for the large amounts of graffiti painted on its base.
Chicago, Illinois
This unauthorized stone mermaid was secretly carved out of public stone before being permanently preserved.
Murfreesboro, Arkansas
The only diamond mine in the world where you can keep what you find.
Bend, Oregon
The longest continuous lava tube in Oregon.
San Francisco, California
A hidden subterranean installation offers a view of the sky.
Erwin, Tennessee
Railroad came. People came. Railroad left. Town died.
Bedford, Indiana
The longest navigable underground river in the United States is home to countless blind and albino animals.
Alamosa, Colorado
When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.
Trona, California
One of the most unusual geological features, recognizable from a dozen hit movies.
Los Angeles, California
This 'Murder House' grand mansion has starred in everything from Bones to Buffy.
Los Angeles, California
This ultra-modern home clings to the slope of the Hollywood Hills on a precarious stilt.
North Bend, Washington
A short hike into the mountainside forest reveals a decaying 1890s town.
Custer, South Dakota
The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.