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The streetcar deck of the Detroit-Superior Bridge open in 2009.

Cleveland, Ohio

Streetcar Deck of the Detroit-Superior Bridge

Abandoned since the 1950s, the streetcar lane beneath the heavily trafficked bridge lays empty and unused.

Iron Soup

Campbell, Ohio

Iron Soup

There is beauty and history in the ruins of this former company town.

The zebra family

Mentor, Ohio

Judy's Jungle

A fiberglass jungle, deep in the wilds of the Cleveland suburbs.

The Hillandale Bridge from the ravine.

Euclid, Ohio

Hillandale Bridge

This abandoned bridge to nowhere stands secluded in the woods of a Cleveland suburb.

Joe Ley Antiques
Permanently Closed

Louisville, Kentucky

Joe Ley Antiques

A curiosity-seeker's paradise set inside a three-story historic school house.

The Great Smoky Mountains' 'Missing Link'

Townsend, Tennessee

The Great Smoky Mountains' 'Missing Link'

In one of America’s oldest mountain ranges, a long-awaited section of a scenic highway is now open to the public.

The old Appalachian Club.

Gatlinburg, Tennessee

Elkmont Historic District

An abandoned town is hidden in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Lompoc Valley Drive-In Theatre.

Lompoc, California

Lompoc Valley Drive-In

With its peeling paint and faded sign, this theater-turned-recycling plant is a nostalgic relic of 1950s Americana.

Former Post Office.

San Bernardino County, California

Kelso Ghost Town

The abandoned train depot now doubles as a well-placed rest stop for those who take the road less traveled.

General Laundry Building.

New Orleans, Louisiana

General Laundry Building

It's clear this abandoned Art Deco gem was no ordinary cleaners.

View of Silo City and Elevator Alley from the Ohio Street Lift Bridge.

Buffalo, New York

Silo City

Buffalo's abandoned concrete grain elevators are getting a second life.

Architectural details.

Buffalo, New York

Guaranty Building

A 19th-century architectural wonder designed by the "father of the skyscraper."

Darwin Martin House Complex.

Buffalo, New York

The Darwin D. Martin House

One of Frank Lloyd Wright's greatest—and favorite—architectural masterpieces was almost lost.

Keith H's bathroom mural

New York, New York

Keith Haring’s ‘Once Upon a Time’ Bathroom Mural

A masterpiece of LGBT art has been restored in what may now be the most valuable restroom in America.

Abandoned Wonder Bread Factory

Buffalo, New York

Abandoned Wonder Bread Factory

A forsaken wonder in the middle of the East Side neighborhood.

Brooklyn Taxidermy.

Brooklyn, New York

Brooklyn Taxidermy

At this hidden studio, the dying art of taxidermy is alive and well.

An abandoned drugstore in Parksville, Sullivan County, New York

Parksville, New York

Parksville

This Central New York ghost town was once a prosperous railroad community.

Historic Village Diner

Red Hook, New York

Historic Village Diner

A nearly 100-year-old dining car in upstate New York embodies the golden age of roadside dining.

Entrance on Union Ave, just around the corner from Beale Street

Memphis, Tennessee

Sun Studio

This Memphis recording studio launched the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley.

Apple Valley Hillbilly Garden and Toyland

Calvert City, Kentucky

Apple Valley Hillbilly Garden and Toyland

A whimsical folk art garden full of punny pieces and a diorama containing 3,500 toys.

The base of the Glendale Steps from Glendale Avenue.

Akron, Ohio

The Glendale Steps

An elegant sandstone stairway built by the WPA still connects two neighborhoods in Akron.

Wagner Manufacturing Company Factory
Permanently Closed

Sidney, Ohio

Wagner Manufacturing Company Factory

The headquarters of a pioneering cast iron and cast aluminum cookware company is in ruins, but still standing.

A hawk perched atop the Pink House.
Permanently Closed

Newbury, Massachusetts

Plum Island Pink House

This picturesque abandoned home is rumored to be a spite house.

The neon sign as it was represented on Seinfeld.

New York, New York

Tom's Restaurant

The "Seinfeld" diner.

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