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Train debris from the deadliest avalanche in United States history can still be found in the ravine where so many perished.

Mysterious wreckage of a small plane has been lodged in this tree since at least 1971.

The remains of the worst maritime disaster in the history of the "Graveyard of the Pacific."

An abandoned aircraft sits submerged in a lake in the Alaska wilderness.

The ruins of a town wiped out by the second-largest earthquake in recorded history.

The last remnants of Fort Pitt also hold the distinction of being the oldest structure west of the Allegheny Mountains.

The largest clock face in the United States is twice the size of Big Ben and infinitely more ad-sponsored.

A preserved 18th century homestead in Western Pennsylvania marks the spot where the Whiskey Rebellion began.

The largest burial mound in the United States holds the remains of prehistoric West Virginians.

This rock formation above the Wabash River is part of an ancient coral reef.

After covering almost 1.5 billion acres, the survey's still not finished.

A 2,000-year-old Adena burial mound located along a busy street in Columbus, Ohio.

A decaying concrete oil tanker served as a disposal location for bootleg hootch.

A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.

The crumbling remains of a 19th century fortess.

This house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and Louis Sullivan was destroyed twice and reconstructed to near original condition.

One of the only Florida forts to remain in the hands of the Union all through the Civil War still stands as a historic stronghold.

The "worst battleship ever built" is enjoying a grand second act, submerged 30 feet in the Gulf of Mexico.

This now-deactivated naval base defended the Florida coast for centuries.

This small hut in the middle of a parking lot was once the wooded sanctuary of the 'Hermit of Montrose.'

A field in which God and his son Jesus purportedly appeared to a young farm boy named Joseph Smith.

This monument pays tribute to the city’s contribution to basketball history.

Ruins of a once-prized railroad station in New York.

A forsaken wonder in the middle of the East Side neighborhood.