Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
Mesa Verde National Park
The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.
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Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.
Shiprock, New Mexico
Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.
Farmington, New Mexico
Seemingly grown on some other world, these New Mexico rock formations look like a disused science fiction set.
Nageezi, New Mexico
A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.
Bedrock, Colorado
A unique arch graces the Dolores River Canyon near the Hanging Flume.
Paradox, Colorado
The decaying ruins of a failed mining company’s water diversion project cling to the side of a desert canyon.
Conata, South Dakota
A ghost town now swarming with dozens of prairie dogs.
Inyo County, California
The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.
Inyo County, California
This old mining town, deep in the California desert, has a year-round population of one.
Death Valley, California
Ten 25-foot-tall, beehive-shaped kilns, abandoned in Death Valley.
Panamint, California
The location of the last stand of Charles Manson's doomsday cult.
San Bernardino County, California
This sun-scorched lakebed contains samples of half the natural elements known to humankind.
Inyo County, California
Smooth basaltic rocks tell a tale of ancient glacial waterfalls.
Inyo County, California
A mountain range on an active U.S. Navy base hides thousands of mysterious prehistoric rock carvings.
Dugway, Utah
The only remains of a 1918 section of Route 30.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A prime example of New Orleans' unique architecture these early 20th century homes were built to look like steamboats.
New Orleans, Louisiana
An otherworldly musical haven in The Big Easy.
Salt Lake City, Utah
The location along the shores of the Great Salt Lake of what was once called, "The Coney Island of the West", now sits barren due to arson and time.
Fernandina Beach, Florida
This grand, Italianate family home built in 1885 is now a charming bed and breakfast.
Little Rock, Arkansas
The finest example of Gothic Queen Anne Architecture in the U.S. was built out of rivalry and spite.
Cedar City, Utah
Built at the turn of the 20th century, using bricks made and fired from clay found on the property.
Cedar City, Utah
Irontown was founded in 1868, as a second attempt to mine iron from the nearby Iron Mountain.
Wamego, Kansas
This 19th-century windmill was moved, stone by stone, in the middle of Kansas.
Wamego, Kansas
During the 1990's nearly all of the world's LSD is thought to have come from the operators of the lab once located in this missile silo.