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This iconic hilltop church doubled as a lighthouse in the 19th century, guiding ships into the port of Valparaíso.

What was once a unique system of urban elevators is turning into a mechanical ruin.

The F1 Mexican Grand Prix circuit goes right through the middle of this old baseball stadium.

This crumbling UFO is one of only a few remaining "moveable ski chalets" of its kind.

The ruins of a cotton mill that was burned in the Civil War are still hidden in a Georgia forest.

These ancient ritual mounds are our best window into the culture of the ancient Mississippians.

This mysterious twin turboprop Grumman G-159 covered in graffiti has spent a decade and a half abandoned.

One of the world's largest automobile junkyards is a unique landscape of metal and moss.

The Beaux-Arts aquarium boasts a vast collection of saltwater and freshwater fish on an island in the Detroit River.

The remains of one of America's first radiation testing grounds still rest ominously in a Georgia forest.

Settled by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1859, this abandoned frontier town has appeared in several films.

The farthest you can be in the contiguous U.S. from a McDonald's location.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

The only runway directly into the magic kingdom has been closed since 1972, but it still sings to you if you drive fast enough.

Once featuring over 60 miniature replicas of famous Chinese locations, the Splendid China theme park was completely abandoned and is now mostly rubble.

An underwater statue of Christ blesses the coral reefs off Key Largo.

Two men built this castle on the Florida coast as an artistic “landscape sculpture.”

A failed, un-built suburb that has been going feral for decades.

VW heaven in the backwoods of Dade City, now gone.

One of many gator theme parks, abandoned in the sugar fields of South Florida.