Places GeneralWaffles Wants to Go

The remnants of a wooden-hulled fleet built and abandoned in WWI, now home to a thriving ecosystem.

The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.

This abandoned asylum was once a state of the art facility before devolving into one of the most deadly mental institutions in American history.

The haunting "Hell House Altar" is one of the few remnants of an abandoned college that has been a magnet for local legends.

Enormous piles of historically significant stones, dumped by Congress in a forest, and abandoned for 60 years.

An eerie, decaying ghost town destined to fade into the forest.

Four abandoned towers hidden above the Douglas fir forest in Washington.

These hellish-looking cliffs in the Canadian Arctic have been burning for centuries.

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

The decaying remains of a once-luxurious Soviet spa town.

These semi-natural waterfalls hint at the park's Victorian-era industrial past.

Legend says this rock was once a chopping block for public executions.

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

This nearly abandoned "company town" is a ghost of Puerto Rico's once-lucrative sugar industry.

Built in 1933, this unique ballroom is nicknamed the "floating dance floor."

In the middle of a remote desert town is a surprisingly opulent hotel.

Two graffiti towers stand like ghosts of Vancouver's World War II-era defensive outpost.

No one’s quite sure why there's a metal megaphone bolted on two rocks in the middle of the Mojave Desert.

Despite a recent paint job, the factory still sits empty.

This uninhabited island in Maine is home to various works of art left by visitors over the years.

A quirky collection of outsider art made from automobile parts.

The remains of what was once the world's steepest passenger funicular.

A partial tunnel blasted into a steep ridge is all that remains of a failed railway across Arizona.

The rusted remains of an ill-fated freighter lie just off the coast of South Manitou Island in Lake Michigan.