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Pacifica, California

Nike Missile Site SF-51

Another of California's unused Cold War missile defense complexes has become a graffiti gallery.
Vectrexer Added by Vectrexer
Marble Canyon, Arizona

The Wave

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.
Added by renakaba
Koror, Palau

Jellyfish Lake

An isolated dive site teeming with cnidarians.
Josh Added by Josh
Dripping Springs, Texas

Hamilton Pool

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.
Mark Casey Added by Mark Casey
Estes Park, Colorado

Frozen Dead Guy Days

An annual festival celebrating Colorado's most famous frozen corpse.
Leslie McIntyre Added by Leslie McIntyre
Jersey City, New Jersey

Ellis Island Immigrant Hospital

Now abandoned, the first public health hospital in the U.S. saw more than one million immigrants from around the world.
AbiInman Added by AbiInman
San Juan de la Vega, Mexico

Festival of the Exploding Hammers

There is nothing like a religious festival celebrated with blow-up sledgehammers.
Josh Added by Josh
San Jose, California

The Winchester Mystery House

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.
Added by mbison
Montville, Connecticut

Supercharged

The world's largest indoor go-kart racetrack is hiding in Connecticut.
lewblank Added by lewblank
Shiprock, New Mexico

Shiprock

Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.
amboy Added by amboy
Chatsworth, California

LA-88 Nike Missile Site

Abandoned anti-ballistic missile base.
Added by Atlas Obs
Nekoma, North Dakota

The Pyramid of North Dakota

The remnants of an early American attempt at missile defense.
Added by Kaluz
Truckee, California

Donner Pass Summit Tunnels

The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.
leiris Added by leiris
Isle of Staffa, Scotland

Fingal's Cave

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.
Dylan Added by Dylan
Pripyat, Ukraine

Abandoned Avanhard Stadium of Pripyat

One of the most poignant ruins of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, the local football team's stadium has been quickly reclaimed by nature.
Luke J Spencer Added by Luke J Spencer
Pripyat, Ukraine

Abandoned City of Pripyat

The ghost town left by the worst nuclear disaster of all time is being taken over by nature and urban explorers.
Added by Delireus
Calipatria, California

Slab City

This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.
anhie Added by anhie
Calipatria, California

Salvation Mountain

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.
Added by mbison
Calipatria, California

Davis-Schrimpf Seep Field

Burping, gurgling geothermal mud pots by the Salton Sea.
Hope Added by Hope
Victorville, California

George Air Force Base

Abandoned Air Force base that has fallen into disrepair.
leiris Added by leiris
Old Station, California

Painted Dunes

Sunset-colored dunes of volcanic ash make taking a poor photo impossible.
Toutlemonde Added by Toutlemonde
Parowan, Utah

Parowan Gap Petroglyphs

Hundreds of drawings left by the land's previous inhabitants remain mysterious.
Added by gkirk
Carbon County, Utah

Nine Mile Canyon

Here, at the "world's longest art gallery," you'll find forty miles of ancient petroglyphs and pictographs.
Ryan Lamb Added by Ryan Lamb
Los Angeles, California

Chandelier Tree

Dozens of lights dangle from the branches of what may be the brightest tree in Los Angeles.
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