Denbigh, Wales
Denbigh Insane Asylum
The decaying ruins of Wales' first asylum for the mentally ill.
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Denbigh, Wales
The decaying ruins of Wales' first asylum for the mentally ill.
Ruthin, Wales
This abandoned asylum in Wales might look haunted, but it's still beautiful.
Llanymynech, England
A small village in two different countries.
Kingsbridge, England
Take a sea tractor to the Art Deco hotel on the island that inspired Agatha Christie.
West Wycombe, England
Human-made caves excavated to hide a secret society of wealthy pagans.
Paberžės seniūnija, Lithuania
A small monument in Lithuania marks the geographic center of Europe—or at least one of the claimants.
London, England
London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.
Glen Gardner, New Jersey
A recently abandoned psych ward at the end of Sanatorium Road.
New York, New York
This abandoned subway station can still be seen on regular commuter trips.
Beacon, New York
The abandoned husk of a mental institution that failed to save a Jazz Age icon still sits nearly unchanged.
Breezewood, Pennsylvania
An abandoned stretch of highway, deteriorating next to the operational one.
Kiplingcotes, England
You don't have to be a professional jockey to ride in Britain's oldest horse race.
Malton, England
WWII artifacts, including the building itself.
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Sid Vicious famously punched a hole in the wall of this iconic music venue.
Tulsa, Oklahoma
This beacon for pre-radar pilots once guided Charles Lindbergh to a safe touchdown in Tulsa.
West Mineral, Kansas
The Bucyrus-Erie model 1850B electric shovel, or "Big Brutus," the largest existing electric shovel in the world.
Alderson, West Virginia
This abandoned school has had many lives since the early 1900s, and all of them doomed.
Point Pleasant, West Virginia
These rows of World War II-era bunkers were the scene of some of the infamous Mothman sightings.
Oak Hill, West Virginia
An abandoned 1920s school with a mysterious history.
Fayetteville, West Virginia
Hikers can still stroll beneath the long conveyer of this abandoned mining facility hidden in a West Virginia river gorge.
White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia
America's post-nuclear-attack chambers of Congress.
Moundsville, West Virginia
Beyond the usual stories that attend old prisons, this one has deep bloody undercurrents.
Fayetteville, West Virginia
One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.
Weston, West Virginia
A particularly creepy abandoned hospital that sparks interest for lovers of the supernatural.