Nye County, Nevada
Project Faultless Site
The site of an underground detonation of a megaton nuclear bomb in the middle of the Mojave Desert.
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Nye County, Nevada
The site of an underground detonation of a megaton nuclear bomb in the middle of the Mojave Desert.
Clinton, South Carolina
Legend has it the mill owner's daughter, Mary Musgrove, helped a Patriot soldier hide behind these falls.
Vero Beach, Florida
This small museum concentrates on the juicy history of orange production in Florida.
Philipsburg, Montana
A little-visited ghost town state park offers a glimpse into Montana’s "Silver Queen."
Sun Valley, Idaho
Tucked away on a scenic trail, a modest memorial honors one of the greatest writers of our time.
Bartow, Florida
Given just one more year to live, Conrad Schuck built his dream house in Bartow, Florida.
Colorado Springs, Colorado
This Boeing KC-97 tanker is now a restaurant for aviation lovers.
Walhalla, South Carolina
A historic blockhouse and trading post give a glimpse into the early colonial history of South Carolina.
Hinckley, Ohio
Faces carved into the cliffs create an otherworldly walking trail.
Crockett, California
The remains of a deserted steamboat sit rusting beside an old ferry pier and an abandoned train platform.
Cave City, Kentucky
Amazing taxidermy dioramas from the 1960s in a cement building meant to look like an ice cave.
Washington, D.C.
This statue of the "father of television" stands prominently in the United States Capitol.
Clear Fork, West Virginia
A cult archaeology conspiracy theory claims these West Virginia petroglyphs were written by Irish monks in Ogham.
Washington, D.C.
The preamble to the U.S. Constitution written entirely from vanity license plates hangs in the Smithsonian museum.
Newport, Rhode Island
A single light illuminates one man's overshadowed contributions to street lamp history.
Fergus Falls, Minnesota
A riverside park built around the ruins of a massive dam that collapsed in 1909.
Bottineau, North Dakota
The world's tallest turtle riding the world's largest snowmobile.
Cedar Point, Kansas
Homestead Cemetery hold the remains of the United States' first known professional tattoo artists.
Garrison, New York
This sprawling woodland estate was the brainchild of iconic American industrial designer Russel Wright.
Natural Bridge, Virginia
Lines from a walking song are etched into a rock in Natural Bridge State Park.
Bellville, Texas
A medieval castle in the middle of rural Texas.
Decatur, Georgia
Developers built a Walmart around one family's plot and constructed a mausoleum in the parking lot.
Mount Tremper, New York
The world's largest kaleidoscope, designed by a 1960s psychedelic artist.
Arlington, Virginia
Parking garage where Bob Woodward met Watergate source "Deep Throat."