Places Cambrae Wants to Go

The hidden "ballroom" under a mansion lake was built by a criminal who ate a cyanide pill during his trial.

This massive mushroom has spent centuries eating its way across a huge swath of Oregon.

An explosion of natural color known as "the river that ran away from paradise."

Run by a eugenics advocate, this aging institution conducted secret radiation experiments sponsored by Quaker Oats.

A long abandoned hospital building on the outskirts of NYC.

Decades after testing the polio vaccine on unwitting patients, this historic mental hospital sits in ruin.

One of the world's oldest and most massive living organisms is a grove of quaking aspens.

A 200-year-old prison that now houses a peculiar crime museum.

An incarceration museum on the spot of possibly the oldest prison in England.

Jail from the 19th century that was built by inmates.

This infamous prison has a store where you can buy goods crafted by incarcerated people.

An abandoned meat mecca now serves as an excellent locale for urban exploration.

A late sculptor's last project was to turn this abandoned cement factory into a castle-themed amusement park.

Once an ambitious nature spa, these forest ruins now provide a serene monument to failure.

This Italianate Villa-style castle is pretty to look at, just keep off the private property.

A hillbilly theme park that proved so unpopular the land wouldn't even sell on eBay after it closed.

Built from oil field parts and resembling a teepee, this abandoned mid-century church is hoping for a comeback.

Decaying military base deactivated in the 70s is now visited by urban explorers and military enthusiasts.

Austin’s nonprofit-run graffiti park where street art is meant to be painted over.

Now abandoned, this East Austin school for the disabled began as the "State Colony for the Feeble-minded."

Abandoned railroad tunnel is home to a colony of three million Mexican free-tail bats.

Air Force Academy Chapel made of 100 identical tetrahedrons works to inspire those of all religions.

An abandoned village that doubled as "The Hunger Games"' post-apocalyptic wasteland is up for grabs.

Once connected to the outside world by a single train track, this ghost town is looked after by the National Park Service.