Hotels

The U.S. Supreme Court's secret Cold War relocation facility in the mountains of North Carolina.

This futuristic airport terminal was abandoned for decades before reopening as a hotel—with a vintage plane of its own parked out back.

A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.

Meant to be one of the most extravagant hotels in the world, now an eerie, abandoned architectural gem in Mexico City.

A hotel in Taiwan based on the better business practices that can be gleaned from Jewish law.

Room 32 of the Alta Cienega Motel has grown into a shrine to the Lizard King.

The humble Hoosier roots of a famed Broadway composer.

One of America’s oldest and spookiest hotels, thanks to the residency of ghosts, dead presidents, and Alfred Hitchcock.

A once-luxurious, now abandoned hotel in the Italian Alps.

Legend has it that President Grant’s frequent drinking in the lobby gave rise to the term “lobbyist.”

A fairy garden in an old hotel hidden in La Marquesa forest.

This Italian ski resort rose to fame when Benito Mussolini was held prisoner there and then rescued by the SS.

The top of society once luxuriated in this world-class hotel, which continues to impress, even in ruin.

A safari-themed castle in the South African bush with the largest maze in the southern hemisphere.

Sleep in a climate-controlled plastic bubble for the night.

This space age health spa looks like a supervillain's lair.

The beautiful tunnel that ran from the lobby to Penn Station is still hidden underneath 34th Street.