Wellesley Island, New York
Just Room Enough Island
This tiny little island has, as the name says, just enough room for its single house.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Wellesley Island, New York
This tiny little island has, as the name says, just enough room for its single house.
Oregon City, Oregon
This Oregon farm is dedicated to teaching people the professional art of tree climbing.
North Adams, Massachusetts
Naturally formed white marble arch housed in an abandoned marble quarry from the 1800s.
Flagstaff, Arizona
The wreckage of a deadly bomber plane crash can still be found near an Arizona peak.
San Francisco, California
In this century-old literary safehouse, print is alive and well.
Pecos, New Mexico
Despite time, colonization, and the brutal New Mexican heat, these Pueblo ruins still stand.
Grand Rapids, Michigan
One lonely, modern pyramid has gone from corporate think tank to deserted boondoggle.
Shelton, Washington
The second tallest railway trestle bridge in America.
Fayetteville, West Virginia
One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.
Monterey, California
Life in this isolated, hilltop lighthouse was lonely, but it sure was lovely.
Meade, Kansas
This Wild West attraction is probably more fiction than history, but that doesn't mean it's not awesome.
Green Valley, Arizona
After a short-lived attempt to bring America in line with the rest of the world, this road was left in metric.
New Orleans, Louisiana
This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.
Winnabow, North Carolina
From failed port town to Civil War fort, the ruins of this former defense saw their finest day in the television age.
New York, New York
In its day this historic fort held 100 cannons pointed in almost every direction to protect New York.
Culberson County, Texas
Steep canyon walls hide a forested oasis in the West Texas desert.
Medina, New York
This small road tunnel is the only place where you can cross beneath the Erie Canal.
Cooperstown, North Dakota
These former Cold War launch sites have been preserved for tourists to see where the button might have been pushed.
Truth or Consequences, New Mexico
The world's first commercial spaceport is a disappointment of cosmic proportions.
Cripple Creek, Colorado
This Colorado hiking trail provides a small gold mine of abandoned gold mines.
Poughkeepsie, New York
This mouldering abandoned mental hospital was once a center for progressive healing.
Big Pool, Maryland
A star fort along the C&O Canal in western Maryland that protected America in three wars.
Elma, Washington
From overly ambitious (and eventually abandoned) atomic dream to bustling office park.
Jerome, Arizona
On the outskirts of a reborn ghost town, a decaying post office remembers the bad old days.