Nevada
St. Thomas Ghost Town
This former Mormon settlement is reemerging from the receding waters of Lake Mead.
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Nevada
This former Mormon settlement is reemerging from the receding waters of Lake Mead.
Primm, Nevada
This mostly abandoned shopping outlet is now adorned with beautiful graffiti and murals.
Alamo, Nevada
This Stonehenge-inspired solar calendar stands alongside a landfill, in the middle of the Nevada desert.
Caliente, Nevada
The eerie ruins of an isolated abandoned town nicknamed "the Widowmaker" for its deadly gold mine.
Panaca, Nevada
Two well-preserved charcoal kilns survive in a remote part of eastern Nevada.
Supai, Arizona
This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.
Meadview, Arizona
The lost ruins of the forgotten ferry lie hidden beneath the silt.
Kingman, Arizona
Don't blink or you'll miss it.
Golden Valley, Arizona
A Saint Nicholas-themed ghost town in the Mojave desert.
Kingman, Arizona
A memorial to the firefighters who died in an industrial disaster is housed in a small public park.
Mohave County, Arizona
A century-old miner's quarters turned mansion.
Lake Havasu City, Arizona
This immigrant bridge once spanned the Thames but is now a fixture of an Arizona city.
Lake Havasu City, Arizona
More than 25 fully functional scale replicas of famous lighthouses dot the shores of Lake Havasu.
Parker, Arizona
This huge dam across the Colorado River caused an armed standoff between two U.S. states.
Parker, Arizona
One of the best-preserved ghost towns in Arizona speaks to the difficulties of establishing mining towns in the 19th century American West.
Quartzsite, Arizona
This memorial pyramid marker honors one of the United States Government's first official camel riders.
Goffs, California
Built as a schoolhouse in 1914, this Mission-style building has also served as a dancehall, a library, an Army canteen, and now a cultural museum.
Needles, California
An abandoned 1920s-era stretch of cabins now overshadowed by the 66 Motel.
Golden Valley, Arizona
A secret fresh water spring for animals and humans alike hidden along the most famous road in the United States.
El Paso, Texas
Natural catch-basin rocks covered in thousands of drawings spanning many millennia.
Alpine, Texas
This is probably not the Target you're looking for.
Metropolis, Illinois
You have to love a museum with a truly dedicated focus. A focus on Superman, for example.
Beaufort, North Carolina
Burial site more than 300 years old.
Elizabethtown, Kentucky
World's largest collection of Coke-related items not held by the Coca-Cola company.