Boys Town, Nebraska
World's Largest Ball of Stamps
An idle pastime becomes a record holder in Boys Town, Nebraska.
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Boys Town, Nebraska
An idle pastime becomes a record holder in Boys Town, Nebraska.
Eureka, North Carolina
A sign marks the plane crash that caused two nuclear bombs to fall in North Carolina.
Tucson, Arizona
Despite a recent paint job, the factory still sits empty.
Fairbanks, Alaska
North America's first frozen mummified remains of an ice age steppe bison, the 36,000 year-old mummy named "Blue Babe."
Los Angeles, California
A Cold War site complete with rusty structures, hiking trails, and beautiful views.
El Segundo, California
Made famous by cable TV, this oddball collection of antiques and collectibles is a cut above the rest.
El Segundo, California
The Mighty Wurlitzer organ continues to belt out the tunes at downtown El Segundo's historic home for silent and classic movies.
Greensboro, North Carolina
This North Carolina store preserves a historic moment in America's movement for racial equality.
Cashiers, North Carolina
This 5-by-6-foot wooden hut is the smallest historic post office in the U.S.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
This pseudo-steampunk weapons facility is the world's largest wood and glue structure, and packs quite a wallop.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
A sculpture of a flying hawk made from colorful car doors.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
A burnt-out motel with priceless Native American artwork in the basement, redeveloped into apartments.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
The home of famed war correspondent Ernie Pyle is now a library and museum dedicated to his memory.
Roswell, New Mexico
A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.
Tijeras, New Mexico
The U.S. Air Force has an anti-satellite laser weapon.
Cedar Crest, New Mexico
Deadly airliner crash preserved for those willing to climb and pay respects.
Alamogordo, New Mexico
Buried beneath the New Mexico sands are believed to be millions of copies of Atari's E.T. video game.
Madison, Wisconsin
Before he was America’s most famous preservationist, John Muir was an ingenious mechanical inventor.
Arlington, Virginia
At 207 feet, one of the world's longest continuous escalators.
Washington, D.C.
Cold War intelligence agents monitored communist embassies from an attic in a former pigeon coop.
Washington, D.C.
A Civil War fort in the middle of Washington, D.C. has been swallowed by a forest.
Washington, D.C.
A tribute to the pop culture icon overlooks this Washington D.C. intersection.
Washington, D.C.
Coins and medals straight from the mint await visitors to this shop in the nation's capital.
Washington, D.C.
The final residence of an educator, civil rights leader, and presidential advisor was also the first headquarters of the National Council of Negro Women.