Denver, Colorado
The Grave of Silas Soule
In a dry, neglected cemetery lies the unassuming grave of a soldier vilified in life but celebrated in death.
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Denver, Colorado
In a dry, neglected cemetery lies the unassuming grave of a soldier vilified in life but celebrated in death.
Ponderosa, New Mexico
On the edge of the Valles Caldera National Preserve, these rock formations create an eerie landscape.
Goldfield, Nevada
Get a taste of the Wild West and a glimpse into the gold rush in Goldfield's oldest continually-running business.
Goldfield, Nevada
This once bustling boomtown hotel is now the hottest spot in Nevada for ghost hunters.
Kearney, Nebraska
A museum chronicling pioneer life constructed over Interstate 80.
Quinter, Kansas
These otherworldly limestone formations jut out from the Kansas prairie.
Alameda, California
After serving in World War II and picking up Apollo astronauts, this aircraft carrier has been turned into a museum overlooking the San Francisco Bay.
Santa Clara, New Mexico
A memorial dedicated to veterans of all wars especially those lost in Bataan defending the Philippines during World War II.
Nevada City, California
A grave dedicated to the pioneers who settled California.
Kanab, Utah
This ancient cave is home to a museum, bar, and is filled with fluorescent minerals.
Holmdel, New Jersey
This water tower commemorates the invention of the transistor on this site in 1947.
Rosario Beach, Washington
This statue and its surrounding plaques tells the story of Ko-kwal-alwoot and the kinship between the Samish people and the sea.
Durango, Colorado
A riverside tiny house with books and other treasures galore.
Allenwood, New Jersey
Dinosaurs, magic, and wonder are hidden amid the forests of Allaire State Park.
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
Narrow gorges and deep pools created by long-ago glaciers.
Aline, Oklahoma
The only remaining sod house Oklahoma built by a homesteader in 1894.
Twentynine Palms, California
The only thing stranger than stumbling onto these philosophical musings is the story of the homesteader who created them.
Helena, Montana
This cemetery is one of the last remaining traces of a drowned old Western town.
Sedalia, Colorado
This Colorado fire station has been in continuous operation for more than a century.
Eureka, Utah
These headstones and a few stone foundations are all that remain of a once-booming mining town.
Philipsburg, Montana
A little-visited ghost town state park offers a glimpse into Montana’s "Silver Queen."
New Castle, Colorado
A coal fire has been burning underground here since 1896.
Rock Springs, Wyoming
This sandstone building is a relic of the Overland Trail.
Manheim, Pennsylvania
One of the few remaining covered bridges in Lancaster County.