Places Edited by AF

A monumental statue of RCA's mascot now sits atop a historical society roof after a life of moving around.

This mouldering abandoned mental hospital was once a center for progressive healing.

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

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

The mouldering manses of wealthy colonials still pock the streets of a Curaçao neighborhood.

The final remnant of the Arkansas zinc industry is this historically protected ghost town.

This tiny tropical village was sick of anonymity so the locals made this sign, which actually changed the name of the town.

Golden and naked, the figure that was once the highest point in New York is all that remains of the second Madison Square Garden.

Need to book a room at the Hotel Pennsylvania? Just dial up 6-5000.

The only Civil War battle in Washington D.C. took place near this highest natural point in the city.

The remains of Martha, the last known passenger pigeon, serve as a tool to educate about conservation.

The summer home and later final residence of acclaimed American sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens.

The highest point in New Jersey is marked by a massive, if simply named, obelisk.

Eight rare Corvettes are swallowed up by a sinkhole in Kentucky's National Corvette Museum.

Ruins of an American Civil War iron forge still survive today.

The phone booths of New York City have all but disappeared, but their remains were once found in this "graveyard," sadly now removed as well.

Records of the dead describe the myriad odd ways people used to die.

An abandoned vacation home spent a decade taking on legends. It's now taking on water.

The oldest badlands in North America, Makoshika State Park takes it name from the Lakota words for broken land.

An abandoned stretch of highway, deteriorating next to the operational one.

America's Most Wanted's set resides in this tribute to the history of crime and punishment.

Hellam Township is reputed to feature seven remote gates, which when passed through in the right order, open an entrance to hell.

It's big, it's a ball, and it's made of twine—the world's largest of its kind.

Walk over a 150 year old manhole.