Fort Washington, Maryland
Fort Foote Rodman Guns
A mammoth pair of Civil War artillery guns abandoned out in the forest.
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Fort Washington, Maryland
A mammoth pair of Civil War artillery guns abandoned out in the forest.
Washington, D.C.
Senators used to relax in the nearly forgotten marble tubs now hidden in the U.S. Capitol Building's basement.
Washington, D.C.
The span is crooked and made from two older recycled bridges.
Washington, D.C.
There's a crumbling old mansion inside the Smithsonian National Zoo.
Silver Spring, Maryland
A girls' boarding school inspired by the Chicago World's Fair, once abandoned, now restored to strange and scenic glory.
Rockville, Maryland
The final resting place of the tragic king and queen of the Jazz Age is tucked away in a small Maryland graveyard.
Orrtanna, Pennsylvania
An almost life-sized elephant named Ms. Ellie greets visitors at this jumbo-themed museum.
Thurmont, Maryland
This Maryland farm is known for its amazing corn mazes and its 30-foot junkbots.
Big Pine, California
Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.
Nome, Alaska
This ghostly Alaska village still clings to a steep cliffside despite having been abandoned for over 50 years.
Malang, Indonesia
This Indonesian village was revitalized by a vibrant rainbow paint job.
Kediri, Indonesia
Isolated atop this Balinese sea crag is a lovely Hindu temple that is said to be guarded by sea snakes.
Ubud, Indonesia
Hindu temple of the dead home to hundreds of long-tailed macaques.
Baturiti, Indonesia
An abandoned hotel in the highlands of Bali is shrouded in stories of ghosts, curses, and corruption.
Paris, France
"In the Dark" Restaurant in Paris offers dinner in complete darkness.
New York, New York
One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.
Wimberley, Texas
A popular swimming hole that hides one of America's most deadly diving spots.
Fort Worth, Texas
A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.
Dolores, Colorado
A breathtaking array of ancient Pueblo structures and artifacts counterintuitively preserved by neglect.
Odda, Norway
Walk 2,300 feet above the ground on the "Troll's Tongue."
Austin, Texas
This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.
Supai, Arizona
This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.
Siem Reap, Cambodia
A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.
Mexico City, Mexico
An island filled with hundreds of hanging, decomposing, decapitated dolls.