Cairo, Illinois
Abandoned Town of Cairo, Illinois
A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.
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Cairo, Illinois
A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.
Beacon, New York
The abandoned husk of a mental institution that failed to save a Jazz Age icon still sits nearly unchanged.
Safety Harbor, Florida
This home is decked out like a psychedelic explosion of colors and bowling balls.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.
Washington, D.C.
Enormous piles of historically significant stones, dumped by Congress in a forest, and abandoned for 60 years.
San Francisco, California
The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.
Juneau, Alaska
Breathtakingly blue walls shimmer inside the "Glacier Behind the Town."
Brooklyn, New York
This former Norwegian sailor's church is slowly being taken over by ramshackle robot musicians.
Breezewood, Pennsylvania
An abandoned stretch of highway, deteriorating next to the operational one.
Weston, West Virginia
A particularly creepy abandoned hospital that sparks interest for lovers of the supernatural.
San Francisco, California
A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.
Louisville, Kentucky
This former tuberculosis research hospital endeavored to cure the dreaded disease with fresh air and positive attitudes.
Humboldt County, California
One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.
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
Become a prohibition rebel.
Chesterfield, New Hampshire
Ruins of the elaborate house where the enigmatic costume designer threw glamorous parties for New York's theatrical elite.
Chicago, Illinois
An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.
New York, New York
A masterpiece of LGBT art has been restored in what may now be the most valuable restroom in America.
Saltville, Virginia
This maze-like slot canyon is a unique gem within an already fascinating geological area.
Fresno, California
An underground mansion with fruit-bearing trees and grapes growing beneath the surface of central California.
Washington, D.C.
This grand gothic brewery has been pumping out suds for over a hundred years.
San Luis Obispo, California
A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.
Los Angeles, California
After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.
San Francisco, California
San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.