Hacienda Heights, California
Gates of Hell Hacienda Heights
This mysterious and creepy location instills a strong sense of foreboding in all visitors.
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Hacienda Heights, California
This mysterious and creepy location instills a strong sense of foreboding in all visitors.
Glastonbury, Connecticut
Inside a state forest, the forgotten remains of a Cold War defensive installation.
Cedar City, Utah
Irontown was founded in 1868, as a second attempt to mine iron from the nearby Iron Mountain.
Ponsford, Minnesota
A chimney and a plaque are all that remains of a logging camp that once cleared out a large swath of Minnesota's old-growth forest.
Coconino County, Arizona
The Grand Canyon’s original airport, which once welcomed pilots like Amelia Earhart and Charles Lindbergh, lies abandoned.
Cisco, Texas
Hike the ruins of a zoo that was shut down by an unsolved murder.
Argonne, South Dakota
Once a thriving town of 100, Argonne was abandoned around 1970.
Denio Junction, Nevada
An isolated early 20th-century gold mine in the remote Pine Forest Range contains much preserved equipment.
Lux, Nevada
These massive concrete foundations and smelter chimney bricks still smell like smoke after a century.
Carlin, Nevada
Little is left of this formerly bustling railroad junction on the Transcontinental Railroad.
Conifer, Colorado
A once-thriving hotel from the Old West now sits abandoned, under the threat of demolition.
Hayfield, California
Hidden deep in the Joshua Tree Wilderness, this 1940s miner's cabin built into a gap between two mega-sized boulders.
Two Harbors, California
A remote one-room schoolhouse on Catalina Island, once a lifeline for local children, now abandoned.
Cayucos, California
A commercial fishing boat stranded on the California coast.
Laporte Township, Pennsylvania
The forest has reclaimed nearly everything—streets included—from this failed Pennsylvania "City of Heaven" that was once deeded directly to God.