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A partial view of the Davis Monthan Air Force Base via GoogleEarth.
Permanently Closed

Tucson, Arizona

309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group

The world's largest military aircraft cemetery.

Curious Nature

Phoenix, Arizona

Curious Nature

In this small Phoenix taxidermy emporium, you can find everything from a squid in a jar to a freeze-dried toad.

Desert landscape encroaching.

Tucson, Arizona

Lisa Frank Factory

Despite a recent paint job, the factory still sits empty.

A view of the Biosphere's million-gallon "ocean"

Oracle, Arizona

Biosphere 2

A reproduction of earth's many biomes.

Antelope Canyon

Page, Arizona

Antelope Canyon

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

The Domes
Permanently Closed

Casa Grande, Arizona

The Domes

An abandoned facility that has become a place of ritualistic satanic worship, or so rumor has it.

Self-Portrait over the Wave (On the high point)

Marble Canyon, Arizona

The Wave

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

No Name Lake.

Oregon

No Name Lake

Unknown to many, this sparkling turquoise lake hides amid Oregon's snowcapped mountains.

Eagle-Shawmut Mine

Jamestown, California

Eagle-Shawmut Mine

Hidden beneath a lake for decades, this brutalist mine has now emerged from beneath the receding waters.

Hot Creek Geological Site

Mono County, California

Hot Creek Geological Site

This naturally heated mountainous creek has created a group of neon blue pools of potentially deadly boiling water.

Palms flourish around McCallum Pond.

Thousand Palms, California

Thousand Palms Oasis Preserve

Hike amid the palm trees that thrive among Southern California's Indio Hills.

The Catalina Island Bison Herd

Avalon, California

The Catalina Island Bison Herd

A herd of 150 bison live on California's Santa Catalina Island and are at the heart of an ongoing debate between environmental protection and economic expansion.

San Francisco Naval Shipyard. (chrisd2006/Flickr)

San Francisco, California

Hunter's Point Shipyard

Radioactivity still cause for concern at this urban explorer's paradise.

Forest Lawn Cemetery

Glendale, California

Forest Lawn Cemetery

An extraordinary final resting place full of oversized art, amazing statues, and dead celebrities.

Bunnyhenge

Newport Beach, California

Bunnyhenge

Fourteen curious and controversial white bunnies sit in a circle near Newport Beach City Hall.

Hale House

Los Angeles, California

Heritage Square Museum

Beautiful Victorian buildings from L.A.'s forgotten architectural past.

Townhouse Bar and Speakeasy

Los Angeles, California

Townhouse Bar and Speakeasy

From pre-war whiskey cocktails to prohibition-era speakeasy secrecy, this bar has seen it all.

Venice of America Canals

Los Angeles, California

Venice of America Canals

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

Sunken City

Los Angeles, California

Sunken City

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

Hamburg Paper Mill Ruin

Hamburg, New Jersey

Hamburg Paper Mill Ruins

Tucked behind New Jersey's abandoned Gingerbread Castle lie the eerie ruins of a once-flourishing paper mill.

Sybil's Cave

Hoboken, New Jersey

Sybil's Cave

The remains of a 19th century spring, and the site of an infamous unsolved murder.

Central Railroad of New Jersey Terminal

Jersey City, New Jersey

Central Railroad of New Jersey Terminal

Hidden in plain sight on the Hudson River is an abandoned train station where nature has taken over.

Green Bank Telescope

Green Bank, West Virginia

Green Bank Telescope

The world's largest fully steerable radio telescope.

Sand dunes...NOT snow!

Alamogordo, New Mexico

White Sands National Park

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

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