Mexico City, Mexico
La Posada del Sol
Meant to be one of the most extravagant hotels in the world, now an eerie, abandoned architectural gem in Mexico City.
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Mexico City, Mexico
Meant to be one of the most extravagant hotels in the world, now an eerie, abandoned architectural gem in Mexico City.
Mexico City, Mexico
Twelve natural mummies are displayed in the crypt of this former monastery school.
Mexico City, Mexico
66,000 pieces of art, donated by one of the world's richest men.
Mexico City, Mexico
A jaw-dropping "megalibrary" that turns book-browsing into a geometric adventure.
Mexico City, Mexico
Superstitious? Discover the witchy side of Mexico through its largest esoteric market.
Accra, Ghana
This grounded passenger jet is now a restaurant, complete with rows of seats and “flight attendant” servers.
Accra, Ghana
The clever workshop that has been designing some of the most unusual coffins imaginable.
Thurmont, Maryland
This Maryland farm is known for its amazing corn mazes and its 30-foot junkbots.
Ellicott City, Maryland
Remnants of a storybook amusement park hidden behind a strip mall.
Poolesville, Maryland
This ruined quarry once produced the distinctive red sandstone used for construction projects in Washington, D.C.
Oldtown, Maryland
Despite violent work crews and massive delays this abandoned canal tunnel was built to last into the modern day.
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.
Silver Spring, Maryland
A girls' boarding school inspired by the Chicago World's Fair, once abandoned, now restored to strange and scenic glory.
Rock, West Virginia
This abandoned amusement park was built on a site with a dark history.
Cincinnati, Ohio
A suspended garden, now gone, once hung in the middle of this abandoned church.
Cincinnati, Ohio
An abandoned relic of the city's failed experiment with below ground transit.
Cincinnati, Ohio
An obsolete, vanishing traffic device warns Cincinnati drivers away from middle-of-the-road obstructions.
Cincinnati, Ohio
What is it about mushrooms that makes people wish they lived inside of them?
Cincinnati, Ohio
This magnificent Cincinnati graveyard is also a popular public park.
Cincinnati, Ohio
An art deco ice cream shop covered in vintage tiles.
Cincinnati, Ohio
Where beautiful signs live on forever.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
One of Philadelphia's largest murals resides hidden under this bridge.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A tiny, unmarked beer and whiskey bar above an Ethiopian restaurant in West Philly fails to conceal live bluegrass.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A museum dedicated to the strange and extravagant costumes and memorabilia of the mummers, a tradition older than Philadelphia itself.