Ruins in the United States

Reachable only by foot, the ruins of the 1800s pump house and dam that supplied water to Durham, North Carolina, until 1927 sit by the scenic Eno River.

Two columns and a path leading into the woods at Fort Bennett Park are all that remain of a custom-built, Bavarian-inspired castle

Probably the only remaining trace of a leprosy house in Wisconsin, reflecting a time when leprosy was uncurable and sufferers were isolated.

What was one of the largest hotels in the country burned to the ground in a tragic fire.

A 19th-century mill complex once powered by three waterways still leaves visible traces in the woods.

This abandoned building with a murky history has been both a school and a prison.

Faded remnants of the entrance to a Mediterranean-style resort that never fully came to life.

The last surviving 19th-century blast furnace in Connecticut.

A glimpse of mining history just beyond the tree line.

The tabby ruin is Savannah’s oldest surviving structure.

Once a year, the ruins of an ancient village come alive with hundreds of glowing farolitos.

These rural ruins are of a Midwestern hotel that was once an elegant spa for the wealthy, then a gangster’s hideaway, and finally a haunted retreat.

Little is left of this formerly bustling railroad junction on the Transcontinental Railroad.

These massive concrete foundations and smelter chimney bricks still smell like smoke after a century.

The ruins of a failed dam that was built over land later described as a "sponge."

Hike to the decaying remains of a dream house with a spectacular view.