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Fort Worth, Texas

Billy Bob’s Texas

The "world’s largest honky-tonk" also has its own indoor rodeo arena.

Global Sightseer

Added by Global Sightseer

Fort Worth, Texas

Fort Worth Stockyards

Belly up to the bar in Cowtown, don't forget to buy some boots.

pblanco0067

Added by pblanco0067

Fort Worth, Texas

Fort Worth Water Gardens

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

Clinton

Added by Clinton

Newport, Rhode Island

The Bells

A crumbling stone stable and carriage house are all that remain of a manse that was once filled with Egyptian artifacts.

Melissylvania

Added by Melissylvania

Providence, Rhode Island

Haven Brothers Diner

From horses to stainless-steel trucks, this iconic Providence burger wagon is one of the oldest mobile diners in the country.

lukefater

Added by lukefater

Allen Park, Michigan

Uniroyal Giant Tire

The 80 foot tire which looms over Michigan's I-94 was once a Ferris wheel in the New York World Fair.

Detroit, Michigan

Giant Boxing Arm of Joe Louis

Controversial tribute to the heavyweight champion boxer who grew up in Detroit.

Nicholas Jackson

Added by Nicholas Jackson

Asbury Park, New Jersey

Asbury Park Casino and Carousel House

Vacant Beaux-Arts buildings that serve as reminders of a beach town’s glory days.

Added by raineoffire

Asbury Park, New Jersey

Madam Marie's Psychic Booth

Marie told fortunes from her small stand on the Boardwalk for decades, including to a young Bruce Springsteen who would busk outside her booth.

Luke J Spencer

Added by Luke J Spencer

Rhinebeck, New York

Wilderstein Mansion

The life of one of FDR's possible mistresses is preserved in her palatial Hudson Valley mansion.

Luke J Spencer

Added by Luke J Spencer

Rhinebeck, New York

Wyndcliffe Mansion

What was once a trend-setting, phrase-coining icon of architectural splendor is now a rotting, forgotten hulk.

Luke J Spencer

Added by Luke J Spencer

Satan's Land

In the heart of Brigham Young's promised land sits a festering plot of industrial ruin that has been claimed by society's outcasts.

Angela Meiquan Wang

Added by Angela Meiquan Wang

Thistle Ghost Town

A small flooded ghost town with a few scattered structures remaining.

Added by Liddell

Tintic Standard Reduction Mill

The remains of this early 20th century refinery loom on a mountainside like a graffiti-covered fortress.

amandahnk

Added by amandahnk

Sinclair Gas Station

This lonely gas station has stood at this location since 1917.

stumpa

Added by stumpa

Landscape Arch

Utah is home to the fifth-longest natural arch in the world, and the longest outside China.

Tony Dunnell

Added by Tony Dunnell

Sego, Utah

A ghost town that held steady longer than most, but finally gave up the ghost.

Rachel

Added by Rachel

Homestead Crater

This geothermal hot spring hides beneath a slowly growing mineral dome.

Added by gailberg

Road Island Diner

What's a diner from the 1939 World's Fair doing in a remote Utah mountain town?

lukefater

Added by lukefater

North Ogden, Utah

Stump Spring

Water flowed out of the town's unusual tree stump fountain in the 1930s, and the well still runs today.

Added by hwalker587

Star Noodle Dragon

Dubbed the "Blade Runner dragon," this buzzing neon sign is a beloved local icon.

kjmoore12

Added by kjmoore12

Park City, Utah

I-80 Wildlife Overpass

The largest wildlife crossing in Utah allows local fauna to safely traverse the six-lane Interstate 80 at Parleys Canyon.

Added by Rachel Gould

Salt Lake City, Utah

Snelgrov Ice Cream Cone

This giant ice cream cone is the last remaining icon of a Salt Lake City staple.

kjmoore12

Added by kjmoore12

Poughkeepsie, New York

Hudson River State Hospital

This mouldering abandoned mental hospital was once a center for progressive healing.

Gin Minsky

Added by Gin Minsky