El Paso, Texas
B-36 Bomber Crash Site
The wreckage of a crash that killed nine people still litters the Franklin Mountains.
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Places on this traveler's wishlist.
El Paso, Texas
The wreckage of a crash that killed nine people still litters the Franklin Mountains.
Cedar Creek, Texas
The world's largest squirrel statue clutches a pecan bigger than your head.
Micronesia
Tropical paradise strewn with hundreds of World War II wrecks.
Nanwei, Micronesia
The ruins of an ancient island city built atop a coral reef in the South Pacific are spectacular and strange enough to have inspired H.P. Lovecraft.
Marshall Islands
The birthplace of both the Atomic Age and Godzilla, and the namesake of the bathing suit.
Marshall Islands
An enormous concrete structure built over a nuclear crater.
United States Minor Outlying Islands
A desperate final message left by a POW on the run serves as a memorial for himself and the 97 that died with him.
Amarillo, Texas
A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the “Golden Age” of the American automobile.
Avery Island, Louisiana
For 150 years one family has been producing the iconic hot sauce on a bayou island made of salt.
Merritt Island, Florida
Believed to be haunted, this old cemetery is beautifully adorned with Spanish moss hanging from the trees.
Titusville, Florida
A building so large that it has its own weather.
Titusville, Florida
The unique collection includes bronze cast handprints of some of America's most famous astronauts.
Sanford, Florida
This stretch of highway is said to be haunted by ghosts of settlers whose graves were paved over.
New Smyrna Beach, Florida
An aviation relic that made coast-to-coast travel possible.
Port Orange, Florida
Where serial killer Aileen Wuornos drank her last beer.
Flagler Beach, Florida
The ruins of this antebellum sugar plantation are the end result of a Seminole attack during the Florida Wars of 1836.
St. Augustine, Florida
In this case, 'zero' marks the spot where the iconic Old Spanish Trail ends.
St. Augustine, Florida
The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.
Savannah, Georgia
One of Savannah's oldest and most haunted cemeteries, featuring graves desecrated by Sherman's Union Army.
Savannah, Georgia
This kitschy tavern is also home to rare early editions of "Treasure Island."
Yemassee, South Carolina
Despite being burnt down multiple times, the ruins of this South Carolina church are still standing.
Charleston, South Carolina
Charleston's historic city jail once held everyone from pirates to Civil War POWs.
Sullivan's Island, South Carolina
The final resting place of the Seminole Indian chief who fought against government occupation in Florida.
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
This small museum dedicated to the painful memory of segregation is essentially a time capsule.