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St. John's Episcopal Church
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Giant Squid Museum
43.5410, -6.5389
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The Old Limestone Arch
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Daugavpils, Latvia
Daugavpils Fortress
Built to ward off Napoleon's army, this city-sized abandoned Russian fort is now perfect for urban exploration.
Sodus, New York
Abandoned Girl Scout Camp at Beechwood State Park
A deteriorating 1990s Girl Scout camp in a beautiful lush park on Lake Ontario.
film locations
8 Spooky New York Places That Should Be in the New Ghostbusters Movie
There's something strange in these neighborhoods.
Permanently Closed
Schroon Lake, New York
Frontier Town
This former theme park in New York's Adirondack Mountains fell into ruin before being resurrected as a state-run campground
Clinton, Massachusetts
Clinton Tunnel
This railroad tunnel was once the longest in Massachusetts.
Lincoln, Massachusetts
Ponyhenge
No one really knows how these old hobby horses got here, but the herd keeps growing.
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See the Abandoned Ruins of a Catskills Zoo, in Photos
A once-sprawling farm with a sad ending and a hopeful future.
Bryson City, North Carolina
The Road to Nowhere
This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.
Permanently Closed
Maxton, North Carolina
Laurinburg-Maxton Aircraft Boneyard
This airfield is home to a number of retired vintage planes in various states of disrepair.
Muggia, Italy
Bagno Della Polizia
These pools have been abandoned for over 20 years.
Permanently Closed
Orlando, Florida
"Singing Runway" at the Abandoned Disney World Airport
The only runway directly into the magic kingdom has been closed since 1972, but it still sings to you if you drive fast enough.
Berlin, Germany
Teufelsberg
An abandoned NSA listening post on Berlin's "Devil's Mountain."
Luganville, Vanuatu
Million Dollar Point
The U.S. military dumped millions dollars worth of goods off a beach in Vanuatu, purely to spite the British and French.
Bronx, New York
Bartow Station
A former connection to City Island, it has been abandoned since the 1930s.
Windber, Pennsylvania
Windber Trolley Graveyard
Collection of trolley cars in the woods represent one man's attempt to preserve transportation history.
Angeles, Philippines
Clark Air Base Hospital
The remains of an abandoned air force hospital located on a redeveloped Air Force base.
Trieste, Italy
Risiera di San Sabba
During World War II, this rice mill became a Nazi concentration camp.
Villa Park, Illinois
Ebenezer Floppen Slopper's Wonderful Abandoned Water Slides
This overgrown Illinois water park offers a whole new type of adventure.
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