Abandoned

In 1967, murder and mayhem disrupted the tranquility along this quiet stretch of Old Route 66.

The ruins of a medieval village that was abandoned after a 19th-century inferno.

Italian director Pier Paolo Pasolini fell in love with this lonely 13th-century tower while making his most famous film.

A mining town, now abandoned, was built in a canyon so narrow that the railroad ran right through the hotel lobby.

This imposing 20th-century castle was abandoned before it was ever completed.

This eerie abandoned building with a dark history is said to be one of the most haunted places in the Philippines.

Divers can encounter an abandoned warship encircled by a giant kraken submerged in the British Virgin Islands.

A surprisingly large and sturdy ruin on the outskirts of a remote village.

An eerie abandoned gentlemen's club built for British officials during the colonial era.

This overgrown mountain village has been abandoned for nearly a century.

A mysterious architectural gem in one of the most elegant areas of Buenos Aires.

A moody and picturesque riverside ruin overgrown with vegetation.

This remote fort on the Yukon River is a vestige of the wild Alaska gold rush.

An abandoned amusement park hints at the twisted history of the Newfoundland Railway.

The Jewish section of the famous Boothill Graveyard was abandoned for nearly 100 years.

Despite many attempts to finish this overpass, it has been abandoned since the 1970s.

One of the earliest large-scale "hyper" roofs in the U.K. is now a derelict roadside attraction.