Places wjrandon Wants to Go

This massive crater in the middle of nowhere was used to train astronauts for moon landings.

The site of an underground detonation of a megaton nuclear bomb in the middle of the Mojave Desert.

A remarkably well-preserved stage stop from the late 19th century in a remote part of Nevada.

This memorial honors thousands of enslaved Africans and their descendants who died in colonial New York.

This largely forgotten piece of Cold War history stands hidden in the woods just north of the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

This crumbling industrial fortress has attracted daredevils, filmmakers, and historians.

Canada's oldest railway tunnel is illuminated in a rainbow of color as it passes under the streets of this small city.

This "railway" for boats continues a waterway over a road.

Canada's subterranean Cold War museum has doubled as a movie set.

A Canadian POW for German soldiers during WWII where prisoners hatched an elaborate escape plan.

A long-abandoned provincial prison left to crumble in the frigid air of Ontario.

A local prank turned town icon.

The site of the worst mining disaster in Ohio's history.

This huge ship ran aground and has simply been left to sit there ever since.

This steep cable railway has been hoisting passengers in the heart of Québec City for over a century.

One of Canada's oldest collections of stone fur trading buildings.

This former outpost was designed to protect the lucrative fur trade of the 18th century.

The rusting hulk of a 250-foot-long merchant vessel remains where she grounded on the shore of Hudson Bay.

A historic highway suspension bridge on the old Fraser River highway has been preserved for non-motorized traffic.

Canada’s infamous maximum-security prison, now open for guided tours with former guards.

A colossal gold-dredging machine from the Klondike mining boom, now open to tours.

Burping, gurgling geothermal mud pots by the Salton Sea.

It’s hard to believe this hostile landscape was once a health resort.

The quiet resting place of a rock and roll legend.