San Diego, California
USS Recruit
Not truly a ship nor a building, the Navy's first and last "landship" is now abandoned due to clerical issues.
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San Diego, California
Not truly a ship nor a building, the Navy's first and last "landship" is now abandoned due to clerical issues.
San Diego, California
Built for an exposition in 1915, these horticultural displays have stood the test of time.
San Diego, California
An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.
San Bernardino, California
These structures were inspired by both Native American shelters as well as, strangely, an ice cream shop.
Los Angeles, California
Beautiful Victorian buildings from L.A.'s forgotten architectural past.
Comunidad Challapampa, Bolivia
Mysterious Incan ruins on a tiny island in Lake Titicaca.
La Paz, Bolivia
Popular tourist destination where witches in dark hats sell dried llama fetuses for good luck.
Tiwanaku, Bolivia
Over a millennium ago, this site on the shores of Lake Titicaca was home to a city of more than 10,000 people.
Qullaw pruwinsya, Peru
The 19th-century vessel floats proudly on Lake Titicaca, but its journey from Britain to the Peruvian altiplano was far from smooth sailing.
Puno, Peru
On this tiny spot of land in the middle of Lake Titicaca the only ones who do the knitting are the men.
Puno, Peru
The Uros people live on floating reed islands in lake Titicaca.
Los Alamos, New Mexico
This building is a recreation of the gatehouse that separated Los Alamos from the outside world during the era of the Manhattan Project.
Palmdale, California
The road plays 30 seconds of the Marine’s Hymn when driving over the grooved pavement.
Oatman, Arizona
This once-booming Gold Rush town is now home to a herd of feral donkeys.
Kingman, Arizona
A tribute to the statues of Easter Island along Route 66.
Valentine, Arizona
The remains of a boarding school designed to forcibly assimilate Native American children.
Peach Springs, Arizona
In a 345-million-year-old cave that's 200 feet underground, dinner awaits.
Flagstaff, Arizona
A nature and cultural preserve named for its multitude of petroglyphs carved by the Northern Sinagua people.
Holbrook, Arizona
One man handcrafts "the best sake made outside of Japan" in a tiny desert town on Route 66.
Houck, Arizona
This abandoned bootleg attraction was built to cash in on the popularity of classic TV show, F Troop.
Hernandez, New Mexico
The highest peak in the Jemez Mountains and the traditional center of the Pueblo world.
Grand Canyon Village, Arizona
This small interfaith chapel lies not far from the rim of the Grand Canyon.
Grand Canyon Village, Arizona
The remnants of a creative early method of wildfire prevention.
Picacho, Arizona
A stone pillar marking the location of the westernmost battle of the American Civil War only honors one side of the conflict.