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An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.

This sculpture, residing in a quiet corner of a London park, honors the victims of 9/11.

Abandoned in 2009, this once popular resort destination now stands frozen in time.

A crumbling mountain resort that looks like it was abandoned in an instant.

A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.

This fairy tale-themed amusement park is now abandoned, and childhood metaphors abound.

This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.

This unmarked and unloved Manhattan subway grate created one of the most iconic images in American cinema.

A relic of Victorian grandeur hides beneath a busy South London road.

A once crucial portion of the Long Island railroad still lays abandoned, waiting to be turned into an urban park.

Just your average Marie Antoinette–themed speakeasy in an abandoned 19th-century subway tunnel.

This secluded ruin was once a home for exotic plants.

The gilded vestiges of a sterling department store can still be found in a Brooklyn shopping center.

Nature and beauty amidst pollution and industrial wreckage.

The most unloved grain elevator in Brooklyn was a “Magnificent Mistake.”

The famed amusement district marks the beginning of summer with a wild procession of nautical creatures.

Waterway populated with abandoned projects, including a submarine.

A massive forgotten storehouse from 1913 on the Brooklyn Waterfront has a spectacular view of Brooklyn.

Thriving meadows span a rooftop in one of Brooklyn's most heavily industrialized neighborhoods.

A Victorian cemetery in the heart of Brooklyn remains a popular mecca of morbid curiosity.

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

Ruins of the elaborate house where the enigmatic costume designer threw glamorous parties for New York's theatrical elite.

This historic building housed the surviving crew members of the Titanic, who were left destitute after the wreck.

One of the last remnants of the Bessemer process that revolutionized steel production during the industrial age.