Birmingham, Alabama
Sloss Furnaces
Once one of the largest producers of pig iron in the world.
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Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
The Hodges Meteorite
The first space rock known to have struck a human.
Permanently Closed
Cambria, California
Nitt Witt Ridge
A house built from trash known as the poor man's Hearst Castle.
Permanently Closed
Coalinga, California
Iron Zoo
A dwindling menagerie of anthropomorphic oil derrick animals still dot the barren California landscape.
Shandon, California
James Dean Memorial Junction
A remote crossroads honoring a fallen talent.
Pasadena, California
Mount Wilson Observatory
This former stomping grounds of the most eminent astronomers of the early 20th century.
Los Angeles, California
The Last Bookstore
This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.
Furnace Creek, California
Harmony Borax Works
This crumbling Death Valley mining complex was known for its use of giant, 20-mule team wagons.
Munich, Germany
Eisbachwelle
Go surfing on this urban wave, "hacked" by local surfers.
Johannesburg, California
Randsburg
The liveliest ghost town in the state.
Tecopa, California
Pholisma sonorae aka "Sand Food"
A mysterious and endangered parasitic herb from the California desert.
Nye County, Nevada
Atomic Survival Town
A picture-perfect town, perfect for blowing up.
Permanently Closed
Nye, Nevada
BREN Tower
Large tower used for simulating radiation of Hiroshima bomb and the tallest object ever relocated.
San Francisco, California
450 Sutter Street
Nestled in the heart of San Francisco’s bustling Financial District stands a unique homage to the Mayan and Beaux Arts.
