River Vale, New Jersey
Stern Plate of the USS Enterprise
The only remaining piece of hull of the most decorated US ship of WWII is this giant name plate.
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Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Princeton, New Jersey
Princeton Cemetery
The final resting place of many of New Jersey's most famous residents, including U.S. history's most in-vogue antagonist, Aaron Burr.
Holmdel, New Jersey
Holmdel Horn Antenna
Where the embers of the Big Bang were first detected.
Berlin, Germany
Schönhauser Allee Cemetery
Inside this Jewish cemetery is a memorial to soldiers who deserted the German army and were executed.
Berlin, Germany
Berlin-Friedrichstrasse Railway Station
Cold war icon and onetime "hole" in the iron curtain.
Berlin, Germany
Hansa Studios
From Iggy Pop to David Bowie to Nick Cave, this regal music studio has served some of the all time greats.
Berlin, Germany
The DDR Museum
A fascinating insight into daily life in the Eastern Bloc.
Berlin, Germany
Stasi Museum
A museum dedicated to the history of a terrifying secret police is now held in their former headquarters.
Annapolis, Maryland
The Tripoli Monument
The oldest military monument in the United States.
Paradox, Colorado
Hanging Flume
The decaying ruins of a failed mining company’s water diversion project cling to the side of a desert canyon.
Arvada, Colorado
Cold War Horse
A stark reminder of the huge nuclear weapons plant that once stood on the site and its effect on the surrounding area.
Boulder, Colorado
NIST-F1 Cesium Fountain Atomic Clock
The clock that sets them all.
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Cheyenne Mountain Complex
The superstar of Cold War nuclear bunkers has been featured in countless films but is now barely operational.
Boston, Massachusetts
Ether Monument
Statue commemorating the use of ether in anesthesia.
Iceland
Bridge Between Continents
Walk in the footsteps of the gods and straddle two tectonic plates.
Nicosia, Cyprus
Cyprus Buffer Zone
This no man's land slicing through the island is strewn with abandoned relics of another time.
Permanently Closed
Egkomi, Cyprus
Nicosia International Airport
This former Cyprus flight hub is now a crumbling, abandoned ghost complex.
Berkeley, California
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Where the alchemists dream of transmuting base metal into gold was actually achieved.
Permanently Closed
San Francisco, California
Walzwerk Restaurant
This eatery transports diners to a place that no longer exists: East Germany.
San Francisco, California
Portrait of Emperor Norton
A mysterious painting of the self-declared Emperor of the United States watches over a local hof-brau.
San Francisco, California
Janis Joplin Tree
A famous alternative culture epicenter and where Joplin serenaded young hippies.
San Francisco, California
Ruins of the Sutro Baths
The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.
San Francisco, California
Treasure Island
A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.
San Francisco, California
Golden Gate Park Bison
San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.
