Places Melanicholia Wants to Go

This huge, disused viaduct is now a crumbling concrete underworld of covered in years of graffiti.

The highest point in New Jersey is marked by a massive, if simply named, obelisk.

The remains of a community that was forced to move for a dam that never materialized still rot in this Pennsylvania park.

This scout retreat, still in use today, was the filming location for the original “Friday the 13th” film.

Tucked behind New Jersey's abandoned Gingerbread Castle lie the eerie ruins of a once-flourishing paper mill.

This disastrous New Jersey safari park saw animal attacks, escapes, and disease before being abandoned.

The second-longest continuous wall on the planet protects a hidden secret in the deserts of India.

Remnants of the Roman empire's northern frontier nestled in suburban Glasgow.

A mountain of conch shells created by centuries of fishermen.

One of the world's largest pyramids stands within El Mirador, the "lost city of the Maya."

One in a pair of subterranean caves created by an ancient eruption of Mount Fuji.

This granite rock face is named for the magnificent reflection that occurs when the sun hits it just right.

Who needs fancy modern water slides when this giant North Carolina rock works just as well?

These eerie outliers of the lightning bug family glow a mysterious blue color.

A clone-tree in Washington Square Park sprung from seeds that went to the Moon and back.

This beloved marketplace mascot poops money and grants good luck.

The last of Philadelphia's wood-paved streets is now a landmark of terrible engineering.

This structure among the trees was the result of divine inspiration.

The unedited photograph called "Bliss" has graced the screens of over a billion computers.

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the French Quarter.

An eerie reminder to the horrors of World War II.

This subterranean oyster house has been the pearl of Grand Central Station since 1913.

The artist and his brother are buried in a landscape straight out of a van Gogh painting.

This Manchester laundromat is hiding something.