Provo, Utah
Satan's Land
In the heart of Brigham Young's promised land sits a festering plot of industrial ruin that has been claimed by society's outcasts.
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Provo, Utah
In the heart of Brigham Young's promised land sits a festering plot of industrial ruin that has been claimed by society's outcasts.
Nevada
This former Mormon settlement is reemerging from the receding waters of Lake Mead.
Boulder City, Nevada
An old railroad grade built for the construction of Hoover Dam is now a recreational trail featuring several tunnels and sweeping views of Lake Mead.
Erwin, Tennessee
Railroad came. People came. Railroad left. Town died.
Burnsville, North Carolina
The highest point in North Carolina and the United States east of the Mississippi River, Mount Mitchell is named after argumentative explorer Elisha Mitchell.
Burnsville, North Carolina
A mountaintop space observatory that is certified dark.
Williston, Florida
This underground oasis is one of North America’s most fascinating prehistoric places—and you can scuba dive in it.
Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.
Rye, Colorado
The largest self-built castle in the U.S., six decades in the making.
St. Petersburg, Florida
Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.
Haines Falls, New York
A stunning, two-tiered waterfall made famous by poets, artists and the legend of a ghost dog.
Mammoth Cave, Kentucky
The world's longest known cave system.
Baia, Italy
A submerged archeological park still holds the wonders of a Roman Sodom.
Laurel, Maryland
This abandoned asylum was once a state of the art facility before devolving into one of the most deadly mental institutions in American history.
Washington, D.C.
Long-abandoned trolley tunnels just a mile away from the White House are turning into an art space.
Calipatria, California
A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.
Lake Wales, Florida
Possibly the most beautiful carillon in the world, set atop Iron Mountain in Florida.
Rock, West Virginia
This abandoned amusement park was built on a site with a dark history.
Crater Lake, Oregon
The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.
Glendale, California
A one-of-a-kind collection of a unique medium.
Washington, D.C.
The Corinthian columns that towered over Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration stand proud.
New York, New York
The feral felines of Roosevelt Island have a small army of allies and an abandoned hospital all to themselves.
Maxton, North Carolina
This airfield is home to a number of retired vintage planes in various states of disrepair.
Sylva, North Carolina
Hidden amid a collection of trails is the site of a tragic crash.