Kent, Ohio
Site of Kent State Shootings
Memorials and tributes scattered across the university grounds remember a famous national tragedy of the Nixon era.
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Kent, Ohio
Memorials and tributes scattered across the university grounds remember a famous national tragedy of the Nixon era.
Wendover, Utah
A 90-foot-tall psychedelic "tree" on the side of the highway has baffled passersby for decades.
Effingham, Illinois
Known as the "Cross At The Crossroads," this massive metal cross is just short enough to avoid the FAA.
Ypsilanti, Michigan
Lovingly nick-named the "Brick Dick" this municipal tower was winner of the World's Most Phallic Building Contest.
Golden Valley, Arizona
A Saint Nicholas-themed ghost town in the Mojave desert.
Las Vegas, Nevada
The second-largest gold nugget in existence, displayed in a Las Vegas casino conveniently named the Golden Nugget.
Winslow, Arizona
This public square capitalized on a single Eagles reference to bring some life back to an Arizona town.
Marion, Ohio
This presidential tomb was not dedicated until years after Harding's death due to personal controversy.
Detroit, Michigan
Berry Gordy Jr.'s old home was the original headquarters of Motown Record Corporation.
Dearborn, Michigan
The only surviving prototype for Buckminster Fuller's house of the future.
McArthur, Ohio
The only remnant of a small mining town is an abandoned railroad tunnel that is steeped in ghostly lore.
Key West, Florida
Florida's oldest bar was once a morgue, complete with a hanging tree and gravestones.
Boulder City, Nevada
Experience a charming 1930s version of "infotainment."
New York, New York
This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.
Las Vegas, Nevada
This incredible collection of vintage pinball machines can be played at 25 cents a pop.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Flashy signs from Las Vegas’s past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.
Las Vegas, Nevada
The bullet-riddled wall from the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, bloodstains enhanced for your viewing pleasure.
Key West, Florida
An idyllic swimming pool tells the tale of Hemingway's trouble with women.
Cleveland Heights, Ohio
The only presidential monument to display a late POTUS's actual casket.
Rock, West Virginia
This abandoned amusement park was built on a site with a dark history.
Thurmond, West Virginia
Once connected to the outside world by a single train track, this ghost town is looked after by the National Park Service.
Breezewood, Pennsylvania
An abandoned stretch of highway, deteriorating next to the operational one.
Cleveland, Ohio
The home made famous by the 1983 holiday classic is now a perfectly preserved shrine to the movie.
Cleveland, Ohio
The angel of death appears to weep black tears at this grave marker.