Pacifica, California
Nike Missile Site SF-51
Another of California's unused Cold War missile defense complexes has become a graffiti gallery.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Pacifica, California
Another of California's unused Cold War missile defense complexes has become a graffiti gallery.
Barskoon, Kyrgyzstan
A boulder carved into the shape of the cosmonaut's head.
Teboursouk, Tunisia
The best-preserved Roman small town in North Africa.
Kairouan, Tunisia
Founded in 670, this ancient mosque is an architectural time portal.
Naftah, Tunisia
Buildings from the fictional planet of Tatooine still litter the Tunisian desert.
Daqas, Tunisia
A seemingly simple canyon that was the backdrop to a number of famous movies.
Latrobe, Pennsylvania
The universally beloved children's television figure is interred on a high hilltop in one of western Pennsylvania's oldest cemeteries.
Matmatat-Al-Qadimal, Tunisia
The original film set of Luke Skywalker's Tatooine home from the 'Star Wars' trilogy.
St. Augustine, Florida
Possibly the world's oldest rug, this Egyptian relic is woven entirely from ancient cat hair and once carried a mummified human foot.
Ballymoney, Northern Ireland
The atmospheric road was never meant to be so creepy.
Santa Rosa, New Mexico
A clear blue swimming hole with hidden caves, still unexplored.
Carlsbad, New Mexico
The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."
Waitomo, New Zealand
Tubing through a cave lit with glowworms is a magical underground experience.
Truth or Consequences, New Mexico
The world's first commercial spaceport is a disappointment of cosmic proportions.
Alamogordo, New Mexico
Home of the International Space Hall of Fame.
Brooklyn, New York
One of the deadliest American air disasters is nearly forgotten in Brooklyn.
Cedar Crest, New Mexico
Deadly airliner crash preserved for those willing to climb and pay respects.
Gerlach, Nevada
A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.
Denio, Nevada
Mine your own precious stones.
New York, New York
A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."
Brooklyn, New York
Abandoned power station once home to a squatter community, now being developed into an arts center.
Brooklyn, New York
The mass grave of a heroic Revolutionary War regiment sits below an empty lot near the Gowanus Canal.
Brooklyn, New York
This former Norwegian sailor's church is slowly being taken over by ramshackle robot musicians.
Brooklyn, New York
Records of the dead describe the myriad odd ways people used to die.