Indianapolis, Indiana
The Ruins
Once adorning a New York skyscraper, these reclaimed ruins now haunt an Indiana park.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Indianapolis, Indiana
Once adorning a New York skyscraper, these reclaimed ruins now haunt an Indiana park.
Flagstaff, Arizona
This historic national park is covered in the stunning ruins of red rock pueblos.
Carlsbad, New Mexico
A cave's rare beauty held a cavernous secret hidden underground.
Oak Ridge, Tennessee
The secret city built by the Manhattan Project.
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
A park full of outsider art, created by college students studying outsider art.
Columbia, Maryland
A local farm's collection of unusual structures from a now defunct storybook amusement park.
Townsend, Tennessee
Mile-long cave system near Great Smoky Mountains.
Kanab, Utah
Giant pinnacles in the sun-scorched lands of Southern Utah have been nicknamed "white ghosts."
Seattle, Washington
An ice cream parlor chain that caters to vegans and pinball fans equally.
Los Cerrillos, New Mexico
Giant origami sculptures tucked into desert scenery beckon passers-by to explore further.
Sequim, Washington
Essence of hound's tongue and tincture of bloodroot are just the tip of the herbalist iceberg at this beautiful, impressively-stocked apothecary.
Johannesburg, California
The liveliest ghost town in the state.
Murphys, California
A popular tourist cave with a dark past.
Los Angeles, California
The remains of the first punk club in L.A.
Washington, D.C.
A painfully obvious spy house sits right across the street from the Russian Embassy.
Gainesville, Florida
This Florida sinkhole hides a rainforest-like micro-environment in its depths.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.
West Liberty, Ohio
These sub-farmland caves are home to a majestic stalactite known as the "Crystal King."
Roswell, New Mexico
This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.
Waxahachie, Texas
A Texas-sized particle collider that was abandoned due to its Texas-sized budget.
Portland, Oregon
The world's smallest park was dedicated in 1948 as the only colony for leprechauns west of Ireland.
New York, New York
Manhattan's lighthouse, erected at the insistence of the unsinkable Molly Brown.
San Francisco, California
This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.
Asheville, North Carolina
This bridge is haunted by the ghost of a distraught mother.