Abandoned in Alaska

Cold War missile site at high alert during the Cuban Missile Crisis, now a post-apocalyptic backdrop.

A hulking remnant of Alaska's industrial gold mining boom in the 1920s.

This abandoned mine offers a glimpse at what life was like for those who came to Alaska seeking Gold Rush riches.

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

The ghostly remains of what was once the world's richest copper mine.

The site of one of Japan's very few American occupations during World War II still holds the relics of a roundly disastrous campaign.

An abandoned aircraft sits submerged in a lake in the Alaska wilderness.

This ghostly Alaska village still clings to a steep cliffside despite having been abandoned for over 50 years.

Four-story concrete hotel never opened to customers.