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The Last Shell Oil Clamshell Station

Winston-Salem, North Carolina

The Last Shell Oil Clamshell Station

This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.

Raccoon Mountain Caverns

Chattanooga, Tennessee

Raccoon Mountain Caverns

More than five miles of underground passageways.

The colorful, glowing rocks of Sterling Hill

Ogdensburg, New Jersey

Fluorescent Rocks of Sterling Hill Mine

Hundreds of glow-in-the-dark objects light up a museum in a historic zinc mine.

Valley of the Moon

Tucson, Arizona

Valley of the Moon

The Magical World of George Phar Legler.

The lamps come from the 1920s and 1930s.

Los Angeles, California

‘Urban Light’

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

Earthships

El Prado, New Mexico

Earthships

These aggressively sustainable art homes look like something out of 1970's science fiction.

Abandoned fort ruins

Queens, New York

Fort Totten

Read between the lines of the subway map to find the hidden abandoned Civil War fort.

One of the two remaining structures of Lost Cove

Erwin, Tennessee

Lost Cove Settlement

Railroad came. People came. Railroad left. Town died.

The obelisk is seen at the bottom left. A model bomb is seen at the bottom right.

New Mexico

Trinity Atomic Bomb Site

Twice a year, visitors can tour the desolate site that birthed the Atomic Age.

Sliding Rock

Pisgah Forest, North Carolina

Sliding Rock

Who needs fancy modern water slides when this giant North Carolina rock works just as well?

The gorgeous formations at Valley of Fire State Park.

Clark County, Nevada

Valley of Fire

The drama of nature in full effect in this Nevada State Park.

Crazy Horse Memorial

Custer, South Dakota

Crazy Horse Memorial

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

24 Hr. Cupcake ATM
Permanently Closed

Beverly Hills, California

24-Hour-Sprinkles

Ingenious bakery opens up the first Cupcake ATM at their flagship location in Beverly Hills.

The CIA Museum is located in the George Bush Center for Intelligence

McLean, Virginia

CIA Museum

A secretive collection featuring objects that were designed specifically for U.S. intelligence operations.

(Flickr/Frank Kehren)

St. Marys, Georgia

Dungeness Ruins

Ruins of a Carnegie family mansion on Cumberland Island.

The Forevertron by Doc Evermor.

Sumpter, Wisconsin

Dr. Evermor's Forevertron

"World's largest scrap metal sculpture" stands in an outdoor sculpture garden in the middle of Wisconsin.

Thorncrown Chapel

Eureka Springs, Arkansas

Thorncrown Chapel

This futuristically sylvan church is a glass-enclosed marvel of modern architecture.

Pinball into infinity.
Permanently Closed

Banning, California

The Museum of Pinball

The biggest pinball arcade in the world has over 600 pinball machines, and 300 arcade machines.

77 Water Street

New York, New York

77 Water Street

A WWI fighter plane and turn-of-the-century penny candy shop are among the unexpected features of this Financial District building.

Bluespring Caverns

Bedford, Indiana

Bluespring Caverns

The longest navigable underground river in the United States is home to countless blind and albino animals.

One of the more unique passageways to drive your car through.

Los Angeles, California

Binoculars Building

In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.

Typical intersection.
Permanently Closed

Chicago, Illinois

Chicago Freight Tunnels

A century-old network of freight tunnels underneath the city's historic business district.

Devil’s Tramping Ground

Bear Creek, North Carolina

Devil’s Tramping Ground

A 120-year-old legend concerning an empty circular patch in the North Carolina woods.

Catacombs of Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

Catacombs of Washington, D.C.

Franciscan monks created a facsimile of the Holy Land for North Americans who couldn’t afford the trip overseas.

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