Gwynedd, Wales
Portmeirion Village
A miniature Italianate fantasy village on the coast of Wales and the set of ITC classic "The Prisoner."
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Gwynedd, Wales
A miniature Italianate fantasy village on the coast of Wales and the set of ITC classic "The Prisoner."
Bath Township, Michigan
A park and memorial dedicated to the victims of the deadliest school massacre in American history.
Hell, Michigan
Hell on Earth is actually a small town in Michigan where anyone can be mayor for a day.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Golden and naked, the figure that was once the highest point in New York is all that remains of the second Madison Square Garden.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.
New Haven, Connecticut
Yale University's home for rare works, including the mysterious Voynich Manuscript.
New Haven, Connecticut
137 graves holding New England's earliest residents.
New Haven, Connecticut
An extra-wide chair built to accommodate the former president's big behind.
Halifax, Nova Scotia
The city of Halifax still bears the scars of the largest explosion prior to the atomic bomb.
Hamburg, Germany
Executed in 1401, Exhumed in 1878, Stolen in 2010.
Hamburg, Germany
Hamburg's first legal sex work is relegated to a gated street that still does not allow pedestrian women.
Halifax, Nova Scotia
This Canadian island is a veritable garden of decay with countless abandoned structures dotting the landscape.
Baddeck, Nova Scotia
This Canadian monument to the man who invented the telephone allows visitors to get up close and personal with the artifacts of his life.
Halifax, Nova Scotia
This tiny abode has been covered in the art of the little old lady who made her life and living there.
San Francisco, California
In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.
Paris, France
The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.
Boston, Massachusetts
A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.
Prague, Czechia
Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.
New York, New York
Need to book a room at the Hotel Pennsylvania? Just dial up 6-5000.
Queens, New York
A former seaside jewel built for the everyman is now simply a neglected art deco fortress.
Queens, New York
This abandoned seaside fortress is now simply an imposing ruin being taken back by nature.
Brooklyn, New York
Waterway populated with abandoned projects, including a submarine.
Cape May, New Jersey
World War II bunker still standing on the New Jersey beach.
Salem, Massachusetts
Statue in Salem of the woman who starred as the witch Samantha in the sitcom "Bewitched."