Daly City, California
Colma Necropolis
A vast city of the dead, where the deceased outnumber the living by more than a million.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Daly City, California
A vast city of the dead, where the deceased outnumber the living by more than a million.
Vatican City
Hidden beneath the famous St. Peter's Basilica is a veritable city of the dead that may hold the remains of St. Peter himself.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Formerly known as National D-Day Museum, this collection commemorates the battles of Normandy and WWII.
Camden, Tennessee
An engraved boulder marks the spot where Patsy Cline's life ended in a plane crash.
Baltimore, Maryland
The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.
Herat, Afghanistan
Despite a history of destruction, this former citadel survives to document Afghanistan's oft overlooked history.
Charleston, South Carolina
Once the most flame resistant building in the country, the South Carolina Historical Society building was almost burnt down in a fire.
Davidson, North Carolina
The first statue of Christ sleeping on a bench in the United States confused its affluent parish.
Alamogordo, New Mexico
Buried beneath the New Mexico sands are believed to be millions of copies of Atari's E.T. video game.
Roswell, New Mexico
This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.
Bradford, Pennsylvania
This collection honors the iconic, and proudly American lighter that just won't quit.
Watrous, New Mexico
The ruins of this abandoned fort now stand as a picturesque reminder of America's march West.
Florence, Italy
The middle finger of modernity.
Southport, North Carolina
This abandoned lighthouse looks like a rusting oil rig, but has managed to survive a number of storms.
Alexandria, Virginia
This stately building in Alexandria, Virginia was built by Freemasons to honor one of their most famous members.
Dundalk, Maryland
This abandoned sea fort has become an accidental bird sanctuary.
Nashville, Tennessee
The grave of America's 11th president is not in some grand monument but instead it's hidden away on the grounds of the Tennessee Capital.
Houston, Texas
There is an unmarked red button hidden over Houston's Buffalo Bayou that is just begging to pushed...
Wilmington, North Carolina
Garden dedicated to native carnivorous plants and site of huge flytrap heist.
River Vale, New Jersey
The only remaining piece of hull of the most decorated US ship of WWII is this giant name plate.
Washington, D.C.
A small triangle of DC grass is the final resting place of one of Sonny and Cher's songs.
Winchester, Virginia
The Grand Ole Opry's big voice came from a small home in rural Virginia where she was eventually buried.
Columbus, Georgia
Coca Cola may be "the real thing" but its inventor, buried at this Georgia gravesite, called it a "valuable brain tonic."
Mount Airy, North Carolina
This North Carolina grave is the final resting place of the world's most famous conjoined twins.