Disaster Areas

Once swallowed by flood waters, this village has emerged as an eerie shadow of its former self.

Once a bustling fishing port, this semi-ghost town is now more than 90 miles away from the shore.

A park and memorial dedicated to the victims of the deadliest school massacre in American history.

The remains of the dam that unleashed a 15-foot wall of water on Denver.

This relatively recently abandoned brewery is a tragic reminder of the continuing effects of Hurricane Katrina.

This cheerfully-named branch of the Chicago River is the fetid result of years of blood, entrails, and meatpacking waste.

This sinkhole was created by a tragic industrial accident and continues to ravage the surrounding landscape.

A museum devoted to the victims and the survivors of the most catastrophic fire in American history.

An urban forest overtakes what was the greatest failure of utopic urban housing.

A 6-mile-long lake created by an apocalyptic seismic event and the deadly chain reaction that ensued.