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Derelict buildings are all that remain of a complex at the site of one of the worst mining disasters in Montana history.

This mining town boomed in the Atomic Age when uranium was gold, only to be abandoned when the industry collapsed.

This tangled English forest looks like something right out of a fairytale.

One of America’s oldest and spookiest hotels, thanks to the residency of ghosts, dead presidents, and Alfred Hitchcock.

This 14th century tower house was once the home of Irish poet W.B. Yeats.

The deserted railroad town had a last gasp as a ghost town attraction before being abandoned for good.

Towns with a resource known as "white gold," valuable enough to fight a war over, now stand ghostly and empty.

This crumbling Art Deco movie palace in Mexico City has been abandoned for two decades.

On a dusty county road sit the ruins of a ghost town's abandoned church.

An extravagant western hotel where every floor is the "ground floor."

A typical "Old South" manor, once owned by author Anne Rice, served as the setting for several of her witchcraft sagas.

Clap your hands at the base of the pyramid, and the song of a sacred Mayan bird will echo through the air.

Ghost stories surrounded this “castle,” the only structure from a huge mansion that was never built.

The only remnant of a small mining town is an abandoned railroad tunnel that is steeped in ghostly lore.

An abandoned railroad tunnel forgotten by time awaits inquisitive hikers.

Created by four famous men, the beautifully designed Buffalo State Asylum was resurrected as a hotel and art center, but still boasts a ghost story or two.

Not even a series of devastating fires could keep this odd castle in upstate New York from bouncing back.

A stunning, two-tiered waterfall made famous by poets, artists and the legend of a ghost dog.

Empty, but not abandoned, this cavernous Brooklyn loading dock was once considered the largest individual building in the world.

A half-mile long and three stories high, this bridge over the Des Moines River Valley mimics a descent into a mine shaft.

This seemingly charming home memorializes and honors the victims of a century-old unsolved murder.

A century-old hotspot for jazz, frequented by everyone from Charlie Chaplin to Al Capone.

A speakeasy takes on Chicago's drinking culture.

An authentic replica of an Asian temple and garden hidden amongst the natural beauty of Hawai'i.