Twentynine Palms, California
Sky's The Limit Observatory
This outdoor observatory offers stellar views and a scale model of our solar system.
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Barstow, California
Vivos Underground Shelter Network for 4,000 Survivors
Nationwide network of co-ownership underground catastrophe shelters.
Mammoth Lakes, California
Devils Postpile National Monument
Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.
Santa Cruz, California
Court of Mysteries
A strange house built only at night, with rumored mystic inspiration.
Middletown, Connecticut
Joe Webb Peoples Museum
A small museum packed with specimens from important fossil sites and minerals from historical pegmatite quarries.
Los Angeles, California
'Dan the Miner'
Murder, searching for gold, and being cut in half—the memorial statue of Daniel O. McCarthy and the Pioneers of '49
Colunga, Spain
Jurassic Museum of Asturias
A wonderful collection of fossilized dinosaurs and other creatures that roamed the landscape millions of years ago.
Davis, California
Bohart Museum of Entomology
This museum boasts the ninth-largest collection of insects in North America.
Los Angeles, California
‘Urban Light’
Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.
Los Angeles, California
La Brea Tar Pits Dragonfly Fossils
These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.
Los Angeles, California
Old Zoo Picnic Area
The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.
Los Angeles, California
Sunken City
Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.
San Francisco, California
Magowan's Infinite Mirror Maze
A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.
San Francisco, California
The Wave Organ
A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.
Victorville, California
George Air Force Base
Abandoned Air Force base that has fallen into disrepair.
Sitka, Alaska
Saint Michael's Cathedral
The first Russian Orthodox church in North America and an Alaskan landmark.
Palmer, Alaska
Independence Mine
This abandoned mine offers a glimpse at what life was like for those who came to Alaska seeking Gold Rush riches.
Juneau, Alaska
Aunt Claudia's Dolls, a Museum
One toy collector's legacy of hundreds of unique items includes the most diverse display of northern indigenous dolls.
Haines, Alaska
Jilkaat Kwaan Heritage Center
The cultural center preserves the history of the Tlingit tribe, who have lived in this Alaska village for more than 10,000 years.
Anchorage, Alaska
Alaska Resources Library and Information Services
This Alaska library may be the only one in the country that allows you to check out pieces of taxidermy.
Diomede, Alaska
Little Diomede Island
Alaska Natives have lived on this tiny isolated island in the Bering Strait for over 5,000 years.
Ketchikan, Alaska
Potlatch Totem Park
One of two side-by-side totem pole parks dedicated to educating visitors on Tlingit history and culture.
Aleutians West, Alaska
Kiska Island
The site of one of Japan's very few American occupations during World War II still holds the relics of a roundly disastrous campaign.
Fairbanks, Alaska
'Polaris'
The sculpture's largest spire points directly toward the North Star.
