Wilmington, Delaware
Marian Coffin Garden
Enchanting gardens surround a derelict mansion, all hidden in plain sight behind a stone wall.
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Wilmington, Delaware
Enchanting gardens surround a derelict mansion, all hidden in plain sight behind a stone wall.
Detroit, Michigan
A Beaux-Arts triumph rises from decades of decay to become the heart of a new innovation district.
Waukesha, Wisconsin
A forgotten Cold War relic hidden in the outskirts of a Wisconsin city.
Bloomington, Indiana
If astronomy had a ghost, it would look like this observatory.
Marble Falls Township, Arkansas
A hillbilly theme park that proved so unpopular the land wouldn't even sell on eBay after it closed.
Yemassee, South Carolina
Despite being burnt down multiple times, the ruins of this South Carolina church are still standing.
Atlanta, Georgia
The beauty of urban decay, hiding some dark secrets.
Iuka, Mississippi
Instead of becoming a power plant, this abandoned complex became a massive letdown.
La Grande, Oregon
A haunted hot springs hotel that went from healing retreat to asylum before it was restored.
North Bend, Washington
A short hike into the mountainside forest reveals a decaying 1890s town.
Cantwell, Alaska
Four-story concrete hotel never opened to customers.
Kapa'a, Hawaii
This former luxury resort in Kaua'i is now an abandoned relic.
Pleasant Dale, Nebraska
The abandoned remnants of a little sanctuary for world peace that fell into disrepair.
Texas City, Texas
This huge repository of local history housed in an old J.C.Penney's is home to the largest model train set in Southeast Texas.
Texas City, Texas
This memorial marks the devastating day that Texas City was destroyed in a daisy chain of exploding ships.
Arlington, Virginia
Though his role as the inventor of baseball may be up for debate, fans still festoon Doubleday's grave with baseballs.
Pensacola, Florida
Florida’s half-sized replica of the Vietnam Veterans Wall.
Washington, D.C.
Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.
Arlington, Virginia
The Pentagon is so large that it was planned like a city, complete with internal highway infrastructure.
Wichita, Kansas
The grandson of a Kiowa chief created what has become the iconic symbol of a city on the Plains.
Sturgeon, Missouri
A geological oddity formed by two rivers carving out a mass of limestone on both sides.
Burnsville, North Carolina
A mountaintop space observatory that is certified dark.
Chimney Rock, North Carolina
A 315-foot spire jutting out from the Blue Ridge Mountains makes for breathtaking views.
Ithaca, New York
For a buck, students can snag freshly picked apples grown in the university orchards.