Honolulu, Hawaii
Waikiki Natatorium War Memorial
This saltwater swimming pool, which is the last of its kind in the United States, is slowly crumbling within sight of multiple high-end beachside hotels.
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Honolulu, Hawaii
This saltwater swimming pool, which is the last of its kind in the United States, is slowly crumbling within sight of multiple high-end beachside hotels.
Kalaupapa, Hawaii
Once home to over 8,000 exiled Hawaiians suffering from Hansen's Disease.
Lanai City, Hawaii
The island of Lanai in Hawai'i is a paradise for cats and cat lovers.
Newburyport, Massachusetts
A historic custom house with ties to George Washington is now a shrine to local nautical history.
Batavia, New York
A towering cemetery monument honors a man who threatened to expose the Freemasons and paid with his life.
Derby, New York
This Frank Lloyd Wright summer house was designed along Lake Erie as a retreat for a client's wife.
Angola, New York
Where one of the worst train disasters in the country took place, leading to upgrades in rail safety.
Shrewsbury, Massachusetts
This memorial is dedicated to a once popular but now defunct discount Shrewsbury department store.
Fort Wayne, Indiana
This grave marks the final resting place of pioneer John Chapman, better known as Johnny Appleseed.
Indian River, Michigan
One of the largest crucifixes in the world stands 55 feet tall in a secluded, wooded area of northern Michigan.
Spencer, Indiana
Both funky and traditional, it's the oldest of its kind in Indiana.
West Terre Haute, Indiana
A wartime promise becomes a shrine to Our Lady of Lourdes.
Terre Haute, Indiana
In an alley not far from where two great highways meet, byways of a very different sort are honored.
Redford, Texas
An abandoned movie set in the desert of West Texas.
Terlingua, Texas
Ghost town with a beer-drinking goat for mayor.
Terlingua, Texas
An abandoned quicksilver mining town surrounded by the Big Bend parks.
Watrous, New Mexico
The ruins of this abandoned fort now stand as a picturesque reminder of America's march West.
Mills, New Mexico
Adobe ruins punctuate the beauty of an 800 foot canyon carved by the Canadian River.
Los Alamos, New Mexico
A small metropolis of Pueblo cave dwellings have been carved right into the hillside of this national monument.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
A natural formation that resembles a camel resting in the New Mexico desert.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
The oldest continuously occupied public building in the United States.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
A small side chapel in Santa Fe's basilica is home to the oldest statute of the Virgin Mary in North America.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
This southwest-styled home in Santa Fe claims to be the oldest house in America thanks to an ancient bit of foundation.