Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City Workhouse
This abandoned prison castle has become an imposing gallery of graffiti art.
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Kansas City, Missouri
This abandoned prison castle has become an imposing gallery of graffiti art.
Iuka, Mississippi
Instead of becoming a power plant, this abandoned complex became a massive letdown.
Detroit, Michigan
A Beaux-Arts triumph rises from decades of decay to become the heart of a new innovation district.
Boston, Massachusetts
The former locus of Boston's high culture has been shuttered and buried for over 70 years.
Glenn Dale, Maryland
An FDR-era tuberculosis sanatorium has stood abandoned in the suburbs of the U.S. capital for over 30 years.
Northwest Piscataquis, Maine
Steam engines and conveyor belts are remnants of a genius system left in the middle of the Maine woods.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.
Louisville, Kentucky
This former tuberculosis research hospital endeavored to cure the dreaded disease with fresh air and positive attitudes.
Wamego, Kansas
During the 1990's nearly all of the world's LSD is thought to have come from the operators of the lab once located in this missile silo.
Gary, Indiana
This stunning gothic ruin was a casualty of the Indiana steel industry crash.
Cairo, Illinois
A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.
Perry, Florida
The ruins of a Florida miracle spring resort make it seem like a wonder that this was ever a health spa.
Wilmington, Delaware
Enchanting gardens surround a derelict mansion, all hidden in plain sight behind a stone wall.
Waterbury, Connecticut
A religious-themed park filled with folk art to bring biblical stories to life that fell into disrepair and now being restored.
Leadville, Colorado
Abandoned silver mine strewn with wrecked and twisted structures.
Los Angeles, California
The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.
Cantwell, Alaska
Four-story concrete hotel never opened to customers.
Millbrook, Alabama
The remains of an idyllic small town built for the film 'Big Fish' still stand around a rundown main street.
New York, New York
The oldest operating apothecary in the US has treated everyone from Thomas Edison to Mark Twain.
Kigali, Rwanda
The actual “Hotel Rwanda” that became a hiding place and refuge from the horrors of genocide in 1994.
Petaluma, California
The largest Star Wars collection in the world is its own galaxy of collectibles.
Boston, Massachusetts
This nearly 200-year-old restaurant's history includes an exiled French prince, JFK, and a very hungry Daniel Webster.
Bloomfield, New Mexico
The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.
London, England
A 1,215-foot tunnel transports pedestrians beneath the River Thames.