Lost Wonders

Once known as the Illinois Asylum for the Incurable Insane.

A museum dedicated to a Cold War era sausage.

For a brief moment, the world was given a flicker of the future of fast food, thanks to a visionary inventor.

In the heart of Brigham Young's promised land sits a festering plot of industrial ruin that has been claimed by society's outcasts.

Masterful ceramic fountain and map of the Pacific Basin.

Like something out of a bad acid trip, this Ukraine hallway has been covered in hallucinatory phantasmagoria.

An enormous cat made of recycled wood scraps.

On rare days, this abandoned castle's gatekeepers open its doors, revealing the eye-popping splendor hidden inside.

This 50-foot rock formation looked like a face that was once believed to be that of a Native American chief.

An all-American grocery store in Paris sells U.S. "cuisine" like Pop-Tarts and Heinz ketchup to homesick ex-pats.

This abandoned boat was left in place thanks to its rotting beauty.

When a conglomerate of visionary startups commandeer a disused Greek Orthodox Church, zaniness ensues.

The second tallest railway trestle bridge in America.

With the chapel itself being left to moulder, the cemetery of this abandoned church might be the freshest part.

What was once one of the country's largest confectionary plants is now an abandoned ruin, but is still pretty sweet.

The last of Philadelphia's wood-paved streets is now a landmark of terrible engineering.