Places NixOfNowhere Wants to Go

A small horde of mythical creatures lurk almost imperceptibly within the museum's wildlife dioramas.

The site where a nuclear bomb was lowered over 8,000 feet underground and detonated as an experiment in natural gas extraction.

Victorian "Fancy Craft" Hair Wreaths and Relics.

A stark reminder of the huge nuclear weapons plant that once stood on the site and its effect on the surrounding area.

A recreation of an Old West apothecary full of curios.

This grand stone tower was dedicated to a famed American humorist almost by coincidence.

A futuristic hovertrain is parked unceremoniously alongside a nondescript road.

At one time this small mining village was the highest town in America but now it sits abandoned while the mine churns on.

This deserted Gold Rush town is home to a Masonic lodge that, strangely enough, still holds meetings.

A fake mine that was made using real mining techniques which is also used as a community center.

A lively annual event in which thousands of people race to push coffins heavy with bodies up a hill.

A collection of over 15,000 zines works to preserve DIY publishing culture.

Hidden beyond a kitschy giant beetle is this remarkably sprawling collection of preserved insects.

One of the greatest heroes of the Titanic tragedy came from humble beginnings to this beautiful home.

Small teepee-like houses built for TB patients have become sheds, studios, and bus stops around Colorado Springs.

An impressive collection of over 50,000 minerals including moon rock from the Apollo 17 mission.

Explore some of the most unique vehicles in history along with a cast of unsettling mannequins.

Possibly the world's only drive-in movie theater with an attached motel.

Once an unstoppable source of gold and silver, this town came to a grinding stop when the groundwater proved deadly.

This razorback ridgeline has doubled as a scenic drive since the early 1900s.

Metal water storage tank turned ethereal concert hall.

Where scientists keep miles of very valuable ice from Antarctica and Greenland from melting.

The world's largest carnivore sanctuary is home to over 450 meat-eating rescues.

The largest dinosaur trackway in North America is tucked away among this canyon's ghosts and archaeological gems.