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

The remains of diamond fever taken over by the desert.

The ruins of this gorgeous clifftop castle look like something from a fantasy novel.

Public access to clean drinking water was an instant hit among the masses.

A castle built for love, and abandoned due to heartbreak.

Science fiction's grandfather has a fittingly marvelous tomb.

Besieged by war, this castle ruin has crumbled into a peaceful picnic spot.

An old whaling station now serves to give the public a look at the commercial whaling industry, no longer a part of Monterey's economy.

This shell of a historic manor house on the Isle of Wight is said to be the most haunted site on the island.

The lesser-known cousin of the Great Pacific trash island.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

Built in just a little over a week this preserved bunker was created to protect our most attractive POTUS while he was on vacation.

The famous sculptor left his mark on this Italian wall in an internationally protected example of street art.

A submerged archeological park still holds the wonders of a Roman Sodom.

Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.

An uber-secure, windowless tower of doom in the center of Manhattan is an NSA spyscraper.

This museum started as a collection of Manhattan Projects and continues to add exhibits as they are declassified.

This stoic, if derpy, giant stands as a monument to Oregon's statehood and the novelty culture of yesteryear.

This blowhole is supposedly caused by a trapped monster.

A grove of colossal man-made flowers built to collect the sun's rays.

From a neon Rapunzel to a bike traffic meter to a street fair color scheme, the most opened drawbridge in the US is a veritable art gallery.

A strange tribute to all the fallen souls of war.

Elaborate tile work in this railway station tells the story of Portugal.

This crumbling Death Valley mining complex was known for its use of giant, 20-mule team wagons.