Cincinnati, Ohio
The Cincinnati Subway
An abandoned relic of the city's failed experiment with below ground transit.
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Cincinnati, Ohio
An abandoned relic of the city's failed experiment with below ground transit.
New York, New York
A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.
Bryson City, North Carolina
This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.
Jersey City, New Jersey
Hidden in plain sight on the Hudson River is an abandoned train station where nature has taken over.
Chesterfield, New Hampshire
Ruins of the elaborate house where the enigmatic costume designer threw glamorous parties for New York's theatrical elite.
Beatty, Nevada
Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.
Kansas City, Missouri
This abandoned prison castle has become an imposing gallery of graffiti art.
Detroit, Michigan
A Beaux-Arts triumph rises from decades of decay to become the heart of a new innovation district.
Ellicott City, Maryland
The haunting "Hell House Altar" is one of the few remnants of an abandoned college that has been a magnet for local legends.
Boston, Massachusetts
The former locus of Boston's high culture has been shuttered and buried for over 70 years.
Louisville, Kentucky
This former tuberculosis research hospital endeavored to cure the dreaded disease with fresh air and positive attitudes.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.
Waterloo, Iowa
This remote island in Iowa was abandoned after being devastated by flood.
Cairo, Illinois
A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.
Stanley, Idaho
See just what life was like in a 19th-century prospecting town.
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.
London, England
A relic of Victorian grandeur hides beneath a busy South London road.
Washington, D.C.
Long-abandoned trolley tunnels just a mile away from the White House are turning into an art space.
Rjukan, Norway
For six months of the year, three giant mirrors direct a pool of sunshine onto this otherwise occluded town.
Tucson, Arizona
This bomb shelter-themed bar has barely changed since it opened.
Godfrey, Illinois
Though it's thrived abroad, this forgotten Dunkin' rival has just one store left in the States.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
A Foundry on a Sleepy Street.
Saint Paul, Minnesota
An unusual assortment of art, furniture, and other curiosities.