A failed piece of Orientalism has become the proud symbol of a community.

A modern ghost town whose inhabitants were driven away by the growth of nuclear power.

These disused steel furnaces are now haunting ruins that may one day be a national park.

The United States Capitol's former columns still stand.

This university transit system is a 1970's vision of the future.

A favorite of Amelia Earhart, ranking among those rare bridges that can be crossed without changing sides of the river.

A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.

Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.

This abandoned Poconos resort is haunted by a history of kitschy romance and a violent fugitive.

This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.

Minimalist modern art on a repurposed military base in rural Texas.

A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.

Mysterious glowing orbs float through the desert night.

A pair of giant roadside arrows are all that remains of a former Route 66 trading post.

America's post-nuclear-attack chambers of Congress.

The final resting place of a space program monolith.

Home of the International Space Hall of Fame.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

Twice a year, visitors can tour the desolate site that birthed the Atomic Age.

The official atomic museum of the United States explores the explosive and productive history of a much maligned energy source.

This innocuous New Mexico storefront was once the secret jump-off spot for Manhattan Project scientists.

Seller of surplus nuclear research materials.

A hyper-luxurious, 12,000- square foot home might be buried beneath Queens, still waiting to protect you from nuclear missiles.

The secret city built by the Manhattan Project.