Formerly a lovely white sand beach this Hawaiian stretch is now a trap for countless tons of trash.

This former small town was destroyed not by the motor oil it sprayed the ground with but by the toxic waste that was added.

This naturally-sourced hot spring is now home to a clothing-optional resort.

Possibly the world's only drive-in movie theater with an attached motel.

Gleaming self-built castle towers made from beer cans and inspired by "Vitamin Mary Jane."

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

One of the world's oldest and most massive living organisms is a grove of quaking aspens.

Deadly airliner crash preserved for those willing to climb and pay respects.

A tiny islet just off Long Island offers a wealth of infectious curiosities.

A city continually buried under the ash of a volcano that has been erupting for more than 15 years.

Rather than a run-of-the-mill franchise hotel, this lodging has been decked out in dinosaur decor.

Abandoned silver mine strewn with wrecked and twisted structures.

Once an unstoppable source of gold and silver, this town came to a grinding stop when the groundwater proved deadly.

There is nothing like a religious festival celebrated with blow-up sledgehammers.

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

Lemon Grove, California is known for its giant lemon...and mummified bodies.

This Colorado hiking trail provides a small gold mine of abandoned gold mines.

The northernmost point in Denmark is a turbulent sandbar created by two clashing seas.

The largest body of water in Massachusetts annihilated four small towns just to slake Boston's thirst.

Oregon's unexpected high desert, displaying layers of time in a colorful show.

Potential high level nuclear waste storage site for the next 10,000 years and beyond.

Seller of surplus nuclear research materials.

Nuclear reactor created the plutonium used on Nagasaki.

America's only nuclear missile silo open to the public.