Višňové, Slovakia
Ruins of Cachtice Castle
The blood-soaked ruins of the castle where the murderous Blood Countess was walled in alive.
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Višňové, Slovakia
The blood-soaked ruins of the castle where the murderous Blood Countess was walled in alive.
Montclair, New Jersey
Edison's cast-in-place concrete houses were a failure, but way ahead of their time.
Trois-Rivières, Québec
This historic Canadian jail was once the longest operating prison in the country and is now open for people to incarcerate themselves.
Waterbury, Vermont
The sweetest graveyard in the world is filled with headstones for dearly de-pinted ice cream flavors.
Saint-Donat-de-Montcalm, Québec
The remains of the worst military aviation accident in Canada's history.
Detroit, Michigan
This feline raises a friendly paw at drivers barreling toward the freeway.
New York, New York
This unmarked and unloved Manhattan subway grate created one of the most iconic images in American cinema.
New York, New York
The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?
New Portland, Maine
This Maine bridge may be the last wire-supported bridge of its type in the world.
San Francisco, California
A famous alternative culture epicenter and where Joplin serenaded young hippies.
Newcomb, New York
An old abandoned mining town in The Adirondacks where Theodore Roosevelt first learned of the shooting of President William McKinley.
Schroon Lake, New York
This former theme park in New York's Adirondack Mountains fell into ruin before being resurrected as a state-run campground
Troy, New York
The original Uncle Sam was actually a New York meatpacker who is buried under this historic grave.
Beacon, New York
This abandoned cemetery is crumbling into ruin, exposing the artifacts and bodies buried there.
Rhinebeck, New York
What was once a trend-setting, phrase-coining icon of architectural splendor is now a rotting, forgotten hulk.
Poughkeepsie, New York
This mouldering abandoned mental hospital was once a center for progressive healing.
San Francisco, California
The randomness of this wall of lava lamps helps encrypt up to 10 percent of the internet.
Neversink, New York
The lost town of Neversink, sunk by New York City.
Liberty, New York
This once luxurious Catskills resort is now a haunting ruin.
White Lake, New York
These mouldering mansion ruins remember a time when the Catskills were nothing but luxury.
Roscoe, New York
An abandoned castle owned and ignored by Masons carries a cursed history.
Roscoe, New York
A fictional town that was briefly brought to life before fading once again out of existence.
Nanticoke, Pennsylvania
Buildings that dynamite couldn't bring down were abandoned because of bathroom issues.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The last of Philadelphia's wood-paved streets is now a landmark of terrible engineering.