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This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

This lower Manhattan bar is set up in an old bank vault that rests beneath a skyscraper that hides even more historic splendor.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

This beautiful building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District was empty for decades.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?

The history of the traveling carnival is remembered by this sprawling collection of vintage wagons, games, and rides.

A museum of carnival attractions where you are invited to ride the rides.

Strange beasts lurking in a garden are all that remain of a quirky, short-lived theme park.

The remains of an abandoned dinosaur theme park litter the woods just off the highway.

A beautiful oddities shop crammed with strange and morbid curiosities.

The remains of an idyllic small town built for the film 'Big Fish' still stand around a rundown main street.

The remains of a town so thoroughly destroyed by French forces that the citizens simply left.

This 40-room dwelling tucked within a cliff was built by the basin's prehistoric residents.

Storybook cottage in Beverly Hills was once the site of 1920s silent film studio, affectionately known as "The Witch's House."

Once an unstoppable source of gold and silver, this town came to a grinding stop when the groundwater proved deadly.

The scene of one of the darkest moments in American labor history has been left essentially untouched since the tragedy.

Despite being one of the most photographed vistas in the Rockies these twin peaks are rightfully known as the "Deadly Bells."

This Colorado hiking trail provides a small gold mine of abandoned gold mines.

This naturally-sourced hot spring is now home to a clothing-optional resort.

The largest self-built castle in the U.S., six decades in the making.

Scattered around Atlanta are little doors with big charm.

This intricate Hindu temple is the largest of its kind outside of India itself and was constructed like a giant puzzle.

Crumbling ruins mark the site of a couple's grisly murder in the woods.