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A small Richmond island dotted with the remnants of hundreds of years of history.

A perfect circle of 24 mysterious holes dates back to prehistoric times.

The abandoned bathhouse is all that remains of the hot springs considered Florida's original tourist attraction.

There is beauty and history in the ruins of this former company town.

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

Prison made famous by The Shawshank Redemption has been out of commission since 1990.

This abandoned amusement park was built on a site with a dark history.

An abandoned asylum incorporated into a college campus.

Once the largest attraction in Rhode Island, this former amusement park is now a gorgeous coastal state park.

The largest earthwork effigy in the world.

Once the central jail for Los Angeles, this building housed inmates like Al Capone, those arrested from the Zoot Suit and Watts Riots, and individuals imprisoned for their sexuality.

The only residents of this abandoned housing development full of identical castles are stray cats and dogs.

The overgrown remains of one of the premier auto-racing speedways in the Midwest—and also one of the most deadly.

A tiny town in an empty lot was the work of a local eight-year-old.

Once a place of peaceful repose, this sanitarium now faces an uncertain future.

Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.

Unlike other abandoned asylums this empty institution welcomes visitors, just don't go in the buildings.

A small plaque promises cold, hard cash in exchange for work by the famous pop artist.

This is the house that spite built.

Once the largest public hospital for the mentally ill was also surrounded by controversy.

Run by a eugenics advocate, this aging institution conducted secret radiation experiments sponsored by Quaker Oats.

Hundreds of trees made from glass bottles make up this forest on Route 66.

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

Ancient human, animal, and geometric figures drawn in the earth.