Monroe, New York
Kiryas Joel
Adherence to strict Jewish laws is required to enter this ultra-conservative New York village.
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Monroe, New York
Adherence to strict Jewish laws is required to enter this ultra-conservative New York village.
New York, New York
A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.
Frankfort, Kentucky
The 34th governor of Kentucky was sworn into office while on his deathbed after being shot outside the State House.
Lexington, Kentucky
This tombstone marks the final resting place of the beloved 1990's character, Ernest P. Worrell.
Tomkins Cove, New York
The poet's been ambling through these New York woods since 1940.
Lynchburg, Tennessee
All you ever needed or wanted to know about America's favorite whiskey, but not a drop to drink.
Bronx, New York
The first and only carousel with a lineup entirely of insects.
West Milford, New Jersey
This disastrous New Jersey safari park saw animal attacks, escapes, and disease before being abandoned.
Mansfield, Ohio
Prison made famous by The Shawshank Redemption has been out of commission since 1990.
Winter Park, Colorado
This old train trestle and collapsed tunnel once allowed the railroad to negotiate the steep slopes of the Colorado Rockies.
Colorado Springs, Colorado
The superstar of Cold War nuclear bunkers has been featured in countless films but is now barely operational.
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.
Scott City, Kansas
Home to fossils and other specimens from the Western Interior Seaway.
Omaha, Nebraska
These experimental weapons brought World War II to Nebraska as well as 26 other U.S. states.
Nashville, Tennessee
One Confederate statue that accurately reflects the ugliness of its subject.
Nashville, Tennessee
A heartwarming message to those entering and departing Music City from above.
Hartsville, Tennessee
This abandoned nuclear cooling tower casts a shadow over a bucolic town.
Bowling Green, Kentucky
Eight rare Corvettes are swallowed up by a sinkhole in Kentucky's National Corvette Museum.