Baltimore, Maryland
Round Falls
Once part of a dam servicing an early 19th century grist mill, the tucked-way falls are a tricky-to-find urban oasis.
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Baltimore, Maryland
Once part of a dam servicing an early 19th century grist mill, the tucked-way falls are a tricky-to-find urban oasis.
Cody, Wyoming
One man's ambition created this psychedelic log home.
Gaithersburg, Maryland
Three abandoned missile silos are hiding in plain sight behind a suburban development in Maryland.
Bloomfield, New Mexico
The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.
Blythe, California
Ancient human, animal, and geometric figures drawn in the earth.
Woodstock, New York
A once grand hotel is being retaken by the wilderness it once capitalized on.
Morda, England
The sculpture is made of more than 100,000 knives collected to raise awareness about violence.
London, England
The remains of Crystal Palace Great Exhibition of 1851.
White Lake, New York
These mouldering mansion ruins remember a time when the Catskills were nothing but luxury.
Holyoke, Massachusetts
The walkable ruins of an 19th century hotel, destroyed in a horse cremation gone wrong.
East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
This abandoned Poconos resort is haunted by a history of kitschy romance and a violent fugitive.
Baturiti, Indonesia
An abandoned hotel in the highlands of Bali is shrouded in stories of ghosts, curses, and corruption.
Alexandria, Virginia
This twice-relocated "Usonian" home is among the smallest built by master architect Frank Lloyd Wright.
Brooklyn, New York
Just your average Marie Antoinette–themed speakeasy in an abandoned 19th-century subway tunnel.
Brooklyn, New York
This innocent-looking townhome is actually a subway exit.
Washington, D.C.
Obscure Freemasons still live in D.C.’s largest private residence.
Washington, D.C.
An Industrial Revolution-era public work that purified water using nothing but sand.
Grand Rapids, Michigan
One lonely, modern pyramid has gone from corporate think tank to deserted boondoggle.
Devon, England
This trail follows unique stone railroad tracks and a historic waterway to the south coast of Devon.
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
This harsh mountain path was built as a strange attempt to improve the health of Turkmen citizens.
Cedar Lake, Michigan
There are two legends behind the origin of this unusually tall sanitary structure.
Los Angeles, California
A cake-themed art installation tucked away in historic Chinatown.
Nottingham, England
An engineering error ensured this cavernous 350-foot-long subterranean thoroughfare was never used as intended.
Kalarrites, Greece
This 13th-century monastery chiseled into the side of a mountain is equipped with a bridge that can be lifted to protect against raids.