Reno, Nevada
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What began as a prominent Burning Man art piece is now an iconic symbol of downtown Reno.
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Reno, Nevada
What began as a prominent Burning Man art piece is now an iconic symbol of downtown Reno.
Reno, Nevada
An eccentric millionaire's personal curio collection includes at least one shrunken head.
Reno, Nevada
This mother-daughter run curiosities shop is a beautifully odd mix of taxidermy and exotic plants.
Fallon, Nevada
Singing sand that stands as the final remains of an ancient lake.
Austin, Nevada
This railroad magnate's 19th century tower is more than a little bit out of place in the Nevada desert.
Austin, Nevada
Only intact Ichthyosaur skeleton in the United States and an abandoned gold mine and ghost town all in one place!
Austin, Nevada
Officially named the "Loneliest Road in America," this barren stretch of Nevada road offers almost nothing but sky and open fields.
Tbilisi, Georgia
This extraordinary, multi-pillared monument depicts the fascinating history of Georgia.
Nazca, Peru
Plundered and left asunder by grave robbers, this ancient necropolis has been painstakingly pieced back together.
Mexico City, Mexico
An island filled with hundreds of hanging, decomposing, decapitated dolls.
Lagoa, Portugal
Perhaps the most spectacular grotto along the Algarve coastline.
Stavanger, Norway
Monuments don't get much more metal than these three giant viking swords planted in a Nordic hill.
Varese, Italy
A once-luxurious, now abandoned hotel in the Italian Alps.
Holyoke, Massachusetts
Taxidermy reptiles and rodents put on quite the show at this local history museum.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The abandoned coal loading dock is a canvas for unsanctioned art.
Manchester Township, New Jersey
Hidden deep within New Jersey Pine Barrens is a massive graffiti wonderland.
Manchester, Connecticut
An abandoned Victorian-era mill in the middle of modern Manchester.
Quincy, Massachusetts
From economic backbone of a community to deadly diving hole, these former stone quarries are now a park for rock climbers and graffiti artists.
Milford, Connecticut
This enormous abandoned factory is now a makeshift graffiti gallery.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.
Detroit, Michigan
One man's attempt to create an artistic wonder on a run-down block in Detroit.
Vejle, Denmark
When this Iron Age bog body was discovered in 1835, it was thought that she had died recently.
Palermo, Italy
Thousands of well-dressed mummies below a monastery.
Alliance, Nebraska
An experimental, automotive replica of Stonehenge.