Leadville, Colorado
Leadville's Abandoned Silver Mine
Abandoned silver mine strewn with wrecked and twisted structures.
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Leadville, Colorado
Abandoned silver mine strewn with wrecked and twisted structures.
Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin
Museum with an extensive collection of Cray supercomputers and related artifacts.
Waukesha, Wisconsin
A forgotten Cold War relic hidden in the outskirts of a Wisconsin city.
Bryson City, North Carolina
This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.
Pleasant Dale, Nebraska
The abandoned remnants of a little sanctuary for world peace that fell into disrepair.
Drummond, Montana
This amazingly preserved Gold Rush town is a historian's dream.
Ellicott City, Maryland
The haunting "Hell House Altar" is one of the few remnants of an abandoned college that has been a magnet for local legends.
Barryville, New York
Oldest existing wire suspension bridge in the United States.
Peenemünde, Germany
The NASA scientists behind Apollo 11 started out developing Nazi weapons at this abandoned German rocket factory.
Honolulu, Hawaii
Climbing this abandoned railway leads to breathtaking vistas of O‘ahu.
East Liverpool, Ohio
After covering almost 1.5 billion acres, the survey's still not finished.
Buffalo Township, Ohio
The crash of this great airship signaled the beginning of the end for dirigibles.
Canton, Ohio
The 25th President's marble casket can be visited in this classical Ohio tomb.
Marion, Ohio
Featuring one of the most complete and original collections of Presidential memorabilia, this is the site of the last front porch presidential campaigns.
North Bend, Ohio
This tower-tomb honors a president who only held office for a little over a month but dedicated his life to his country.
Marion, Ohio
This presidential tomb was not dedicated until years after Harding's death due to personal controversy.
Canton, Ohio
Mausoleums, astronomy, and animatronic dinosaurs at this memorial to an assassinated American president.
Miamisburg, Ohio
The largest ancient burial mound in Ohio.
Cleveland, Ohio
Funded by John D. Rockefeller, this is one of the earliest, and most beautiful, shopping arcades in America.
Hilo, Hawaii
Earth's tallest volcano is sacred to Native Hawaiians, and home to a dozen world-class observatories.
Madrid, Iowa
A half-mile long and three stories high, this bridge over the Des Moines River Valley mimics a descent into a mine shaft.
Osborne, Kansas
This lesser-known geographic marker was the reference point for all surveys of the continent for 75 years.
Leavenworth, Kansas
This quaint museum lets you take a ride on its antique carousels.
Junction City, Kansas
A cannon designed to fire an atomic warhead.