New Plymouth, Ohio
Hope Iron Furnace
The remains of a massive blast furnace in what was once one of the country's largest iron-producing regions.
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New Plymouth, Ohio
The remains of a massive blast furnace in what was once one of the country's largest iron-producing regions.
Lancaster, South Carolina
A nearly century-old amusement park is quietly decaying in a riverside forest in South Carolina.
Nye County, Nevada
The only thing still moving in this town is the eponymous hot spring.
Berlin, Germany
A remarkable cabinet of curiosities in an art space in the center of Berlin.
San Martino della Battaglia, Italy
The skulls and bones of thousands of soldiers line the walls of this small Italian chapel.
London, England
The Ranger’s House exhibits fine mementos collected by Sir Julius Werner during the course of his life, including this infamous pendant.
Ostermundigen, Switzerland
This small museum displays a collection of outsider art and scale models of past "treatments" for mental illness.
Säter, Sweden
A museum dedicated to the history of psychiatric treatment featuring a gallery of art made by patients.
Traverse City, Michigan
A subterranean world of tunnels links several buildings of this rare 19th-century asylum.
Batavia, Illinois
An exhibit of items from the mental institution where Mary Todd Lincoln lived after her son conspired to have her committed.
Maidstone, England
This former abandoned hospital, a complex of stunning 19th century buildings, once housed 2,000 psychiatric patients.
Beit Jala, Palestine
A historic chapel filled with colorful murals and a colorful past.
Belchertown, Massachusetts
This decrepit abandoned building is made all the more eerie by its dark history.
Waltham, Massachusetts
Run by a eugenics advocate, this aging institution conducted secret radiation experiments sponsored by Quaker Oats.
Crownsville, Maryland
This former asylum for Black Americans is haunted by its history of violence and racism.
Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France
The mental institution where Van Gogh created some of his most famous work now allows guests to walk in the artist's footsteps.
Radford, Virginia
Paranormal investigators claim this abandoned asylum is the most haunted spot in the eastern U.S.
Poughkeepsie, New York
This mouldering abandoned mental hospital was once a center for progressive healing.
Franklin, Québec
This abandoned orphanage-turned-asylum witnessed a terrible chapter in Québec's history.
Otwock, Poland
An abandoned Jewish sanatorium is tucked within the woods of Poland.
London, Ontario
Clusters of abandoned buildings hint at the facility's 144-year history with psychiatric health.
Washington, D.C.
Government testing at the asylum briefly explored using marijuana as a "truth serum" on Nazi prisoners of war.
Milledgeville, Georgia
One of the largest-ever mental hospitals now sits abandoned, surrounded by 25,000 unmarked graves.
Valongo, Portugal
An abandoned tuberculosis hospital said to be haunted by the patients who died within its walls.