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Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.

Underneath this water pump, Annie Sullivan helped Keller speak her first words.

One of the few remaining carousels built by master amusement park carver Charles I.D. Looff.

The helicopter that "Tricky Dick" absconded from the White House in on his last day in office.

This Rocky Mountain mansion was the luxurious home of the authoritarian leader of a company town.

A huge work of Burning Man-inspired outsider art on the grounds of a California winery.

The fossilized remains of ancient California redwoods.

California's own majestic geyser is powered by a subterranean volcano.

The most isolated mailbox in America lets desert travelers record their passing.

A wondrous place to watch a special flower bloom.

Although built to generate electricity for Marylanders, this dam has become an all-you-can-eat buffet for American bald eagles.

It takes a nine-mile hike to reach these hot springs, but weary hikers are rewarded with stunning views and a warm soak.

The only remaining Cold War–era Minuteman II missile control center in Missouri.

Settled by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1859, this abandoned frontier town has appeared in several films.

A mining town, now abandoned, was built in a canyon so narrow that the railroad ran right through the hotel lobby.

This deserted Gold Rush town is home to a Masonic lodge that, strangely enough, still holds meetings.

See just what life was like in a 19th-century prospecting town.

All aboard the world's longest miniature railway.

An assortment of armored tanks and Howitzer cannons in the middle of the Sonoran Desert.

Marine fossils from the Devonian period are exposed at this park.

A century-old miner's quarters turned mansion.

A sprawling cave network created by a lone lava tube.

This enormous World War II relic is one of the largest wooden structures in the world.

Flashy signs from Las Vegas’s past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.