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Everglades Jetport: Alligator Alcatraz Wasn’t Even Its Worst Idea
Before Alligator Alcatraz made headlines, the Everglades Jetport was already one of Florida’s greatest WTF moments: a massive runway built for Concordes, surrounded by swamp, alligators and absolutely nothing else.
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ValuJet 592: The Flight the Everglades Swallowed
On May 11, 1996, ValuJet Flight 592 departed Miami International Airport for what should have been an entirely forgettable flight to Atlanta. Eleven minutes later, the aircraft was on fire. Minutes after that, all 110 people aboard were dead. Flight 592 crashed into the Florida Everglades northwest of Miami, disappearing into a landscape so remote …
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Buckner Building: Alaska’s Soviet-Proof Shithole
Visit a 14-story decaying building from the World War II era that sits vacant in Whittier, Alaska
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Pinal Airpark: Because You Can’t Park a 747 at Walmart
When COVID absolutely wrecked global air travel, airlines suddenly had thousands of airplanes and nowhere to fly them. The solution? Park the damn things in the Arizona desert.
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Gold Hill Dam: Oregon’s Accidental Graffiti Gallery
Hiding behind some bushes near an Oregon highway is an abandoned piece of Gold Hill Dam covered in graffiti, decay and questionable access. It’s basically Centralia’s Penis Highway with concrete walls, fewer tourists and a much better chance you’ll drive right past without ever knowing it exists.
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Three Mile Island: The Reactor Melted. Please Stay Calm.
Discover the fascinating history and gain a deeper understanding of the Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant and the 1979 partial nuclear meltdown of Unit 2
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Arlington National Cemetery: One Name I Actually Knew
Arlington National Cemetery is more than famous graves and perfectly aligned white headstones. It’s hundreds of thousands of individual stories, including one belonging to a girl I grew up with who made the ultimate sacrifice. Add the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and an absolutely fucking gorgeous autumn backdrop, and this is one place where eventually you just put the camera down and remember.
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Centralia: The Town Where Hell Is Technically Downstairs
Beneath the quiet forests of eastern Pennsylvania, an underground mine fire has been burning continuously since 1962, and it destroyed an entire town in the process. Centralia wasn’t abandoned because the mines closed. It was erased because the ground itself became uninhabitable. Today, only empty streets, forgotten cemeteries, and an invisible inferno remain, creating one of America’s most infamous dark tourism destinations. Once home to the legendary Graffiti Highway and widely associated with the eerie world of Silent Hill, Centralia is a haunting reminder that sometimes the scariest places aren’t fiction at all.
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