Places Edited by momandthree

This former mining railroad is one of the best-preserved short lines in North America.

Perched atop a brick smokestack, this enormous lug nut symbolizes the local minor league baseball team.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

Preserving the remains of Native American cultures which otherwise would have been submerged behind Hoover Dam.

One lonely, modern pyramid has gone from corporate think tank to deserted boondoggle.

A brothel nestled amongst ghost towns, with an abandoned plane wreck to greet you.

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

America's only nuclear missile silo open to the public.

A tree bears footwear on the loneliest road in America.

The petroleum industry brings you the joys of hydrocarbons and largest collection of antique oil rigs in the world.