Weird Travel

"The Nation's Most Polluted Places"

•Visit the location of the "world’s most active volcanic area" at the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park and observe a currently erupting volcano at the Kilauea Volcano Observatory.  The area is very dangerous so please follow the guide’s instructions closely.

°The Federal Prison at Alcatraz is our nations’ most infamous prison.  The prison is now run by the National Park Service at Alcatraz.  Access to this island is only by boat.  Book your tour at Alcatraz Cruises.  Com, the official tour guide vendor for this “paranormal” destination.
°Perhaps the most colorful old west prison is the Yuma Territorial Prison, in Yuma, AZ.  With its long and varied history, you’ll find this old prison to be entertaining as well as educational.  In your self- guided tour you’ll see the “Dark Cell,” and discover the remnants of the Main Cellblock, still imposing against the desert horizon, with its strap iron cages set inside high adobe-and-rock walls.  The Arizona State Parks Commission runs the Yuma Territorial Prison.

•Learn by observing at the “nation’s most hazardous waste site,” in Emelle, Alabama.  The related link for Waste Management’s Hazardous Waste Site is: http://www.wmdisposal.com/facilities/results.asp?state=AL

•See the Nation’s " Largest Plane Graveyards":

To see old military aircraft, In southeast Arizona's Sonora Desert is the famed Airplane Graveyard-Bone Yard at Davis Monthan Air Force Base. The Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center AMARC at Davis AFB is where the U.S. military sends its old planes.  The Pima Air & Space Museum offers exclusive bus tours of the Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (AMARG), also known as the "Boneyard.”  The tours have proven to be very popular, so Boneyard Tour Reservations are strongly recommended to guarantee seating.  Seven days notice is preferable when making a reservation.  This graveyard is located adjacent to the Museum at the edge of the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base just outside of Tucson, AZ.

•For junked commercial airliners drive by and take a look at the Evergreen Air Center at Pinal Air Park, 20 miles west of Tucson, AZ near Davis AF Base.  We understand this air graveyard is not open to the public, but it is worth a look.
° Or you can drive into the Mojave Desert, to the Mojave Airport California USA (MHV).  This is where america’s airplanes go to die.  Visit their Mojave Air & Space Port for guided tours of discarded and unused airliners and cutting edge spacecraft. The City of Mojave sponsors a very worthwhile virtual airport tour, with lots of pictures and maps.

•Drop in for a visit at two of the “Nation’s Deepest Holes.”  You can visit the Mammoth National Caves, in Kentucky or the National Park at Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico.  More than 335 miles of accessible passages make Mammoth Cave in Kentucky the world's longest cave.  Lechuguilla Cave, part of Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico, is the nation's deepest at 1,567 feet.  Plan your trip by visiting the Carlsbad Caverns National Park and the Mammoth Cave National Park sites.

°Or, dive into “America’s Deepest Natural Spring,” at Weeki Wachee Springs, FL. We understand this spring is so deep that very few people have actually seen its bottom.

•Next month’s features will include tours though the following places-

The Nation’s Largest Junkyard, The Nation’s Largest & Smelliest Hog Farm, The Nation’s Most Gruesome Cemetery, Nevada's Top Secret Area 51,and Three-Mile Island, the scene of our nation’s worst nuclear accident.