A stark reminder of the huge nuclear weapons plant that once stood on the site and its effect on the surrounding area.

A multiversal transit station located right below a highway interchange.

A focal point of in Denver’s skyline for over a century, inspired by a Venetian basilica.

A downtown park built on top of unclaimed graves.

A beautiful combination of living flora with preserved bones covers the shelves of this shop.

When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.

A monument commemorating how a frontier town got its unusual name.

A lingering bit of Space Race nostalgia lies in the middle of the desert.

Around half a million years ago, these magnificent columnar basalt cliffs were formed from cooling lava.

The only natural lake in the world that drains into both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

This open-air reconstruction of an Old West town, a cross between a theme park and a museum, provides an immersive historical experience.

Inside this casino, visitors are treated to slot machines and a rare German Christmas pyramid.

Meet Rita the Rock Planter, one of Danish sculptor Thomas Dambo's enormous wooden trolls.

A renovated hotel is bringing new life to a nearly-abandoned mining town in Colorado.

An unexpected alley with light shows and nature views.

This vintage theme park is peak Christmas kitsch—and it's open all summer.

This Colorado fire station has been in continuous operation for more than a century.

A living snapshot of a different time in America is preserved and maintained by a community of volunteers.

A mistaken marker makes an erroneous claim along the historic Old Divide Road.

This Old West hotel, the longest in continuous operation in the state of Arizona, is claimed to be haunted.

"We Seceded Where Others Failed."

An idyllic swimming pool tells the tale of Hemingway's trouble with women.

Archaeological sites and great food inside the island's largest mangrove forest.

A magnificent waterfall nestled in the heart of the El Yunque National Forest.