This abandoned Poconos resort is haunted by a history of kitschy romance and a violent fugitive.

This abandoned factory on the Hudson River once churned out a million bricks a week.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

The flagship building of an early national restaurant chain is a superb example of terra cotta art.

One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”

The famed amusement district marks the beginning of summer with a wild procession of nautical creatures.

The haunting, dilapidated remains of a former poorhouse on Staten Island's Greenbelt.

Once America's longest-manned military fort, now an abandoned hulk.

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

An abandoned Gold Coast-era mansion once intended for the exiled ruler of Albania, who never arrived.

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.

This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.

The ruins of the castle that chemicals built.

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

An "anarchical" no man's land, complete with garbage sculptures and a hobo-run "Landfillian Library."

A deserted hodgepodge of experimental structures designed by nearby university students.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

A glimpse into the lives of the the Miwok and Paiute people in Yosemite National Park.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

First a horse rendering plant, then a 19th century landfill, this beach is full of glass from thousands upon thousands of broken bottles.

The remnants of two World's Fairs are here, complete with a 12-story globe, a mini-Manhattan, and a UFO-shaped pavilion.

An ominous concrete cube cuts a dystopian silhouette atop this California mountain.