Durango, Colorado
Pinkerton Hot Springs
A multicolored mineral mound dribbles piping hot spring water right off the side of a highway.
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Durango, Colorado
A multicolored mineral mound dribbles piping hot spring water right off the side of a highway.
Warm Springs, Virginia
Bubbling up from deep underground is the warm crystal clear water that fills the Warm Springs Pools, America's oldest spa.
Covington, Virginia
The oldest arched-covered bridge in Virginia has truly withstood the test of time.
Buffalo, New York
Ruins of a once-prized railroad station in New York.
Arcadia, Oklahoma
Along the historic Mother Road is an old gas station with a secret counterfeiting past.
Shawnee, Oklahoma
Though it's no longer a functioning train depot, this castle-like structure is an important piece of Oklahoma history.
Fort Belvoir, Virginia
The well-preserved remnants of a bridge that once made up a WW1-era military railroad.
Lorton, Virginia
This homestead was occupied by Union soldiers, who believed the owners were signaling Confederate forces.
Alexandria, Virginia
Hidden in the forest atop a long, winding driveway is this stately home.
Bethesda, Maryland
One of the oldest standing structures in Montgomery County, Maryland.
Bethesda, Maryland
Proto-CIA agents trained with grenades in the sand traps and fired machine guns from the fairways.
Washington, D.C.
Was there a small "backpack nuke" hidden in the attic? JFK apparently thought so.
Pacifica, California
Another of California's unused Cold War missile defense complexes has become a graffiti gallery.
Alexandria, Virginia
Historic Lee family homestead built in 1785, later serving as a private home and a Civil War hospital.
Tarrytown, New York
One of the earliest bowling lanes in the U.S. doubled as a sewing school during a time when women had little job opportunity.
Closter, New Jersey
A whimsical monument deep in this park commemorates the groups that helped build it.
Camillus, New York
The quarry was abandoned over 100 years ago, after a massive ammunition explosion ended in tragedy.
Clinton, Massachusetts
This railroad tunnel was once the longest in Massachusetts.
Bend, Oregon
The ruins of a failed dam that was built over land later described as a "sponge."
Clinton, Massachusetts
Once the largest gravity dam in the world.
San Francisco, California
This Alamo Square mansion is rumored to have hosted satanic rituals and other occult practices.
Irvington, New York
This fancifully decorated Victorian home in New York’s Hudson Valley is the only known fully domed octagonal residence in the United States.
Dobbs Ferry, New York
This once-grand marvel of engineering is now 41 miles of scenic hiking trail.
Washington, D.C.
These abandoned waterworks are crumbling into the Potomac River.