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The UFO Watchtower in Center, Colorado, is exactly that kind of place, a delightfully bizarre roadside attraction that takes alien-watching seriously while somehow managing to be completely ...

In Ridley Scott’s ALIEN, the audience isn’t introduced to the Xenomorph right off the bat, but to the glorious Nostromo travelling through space. Utilizing industrial scrap and ...

Public access to the interior isn’t available because the Coast Guard still uses it as an active navigational aid. This is probably wise, because tourists and sensitive navigational equipment don’t ...