Centralia, Pennsylvania
Centralia Ghost Town Church
A mine fire has been burning under the deserted town since 1962, but this church is still going strong.
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Centralia, Pennsylvania
A mine fire has been burning under the deserted town since 1962, but this church is still going strong.
Pittston, Pennsylvania
The graffitied ruins stand hidden within the Pennsylvania woods.
Nanticoke, Pennsylvania
Buildings that dynamite couldn't bring down were abandoned because of bathroom issues.
New York, New York
The feral felines of Roosevelt Island have a small army of allies and an abandoned hospital all to themselves.
Bethel, New York
The dairy farm in upstate New York where nearly half a million people gathered for three days of peace and music in 1969.
Parksville, New York
This Central New York ghost town was once a prosperous railroad community.
White Lake, New York
These mouldering mansion ruins remember a time when the Catskills were nothing but luxury.
Fallsburg, New York
This once sprawling resort now sits abandoned, filled with graffiti and vibrant colors from an era long passed.
Glen Cove, New York
The abandoned grounds and derelict greenhouses of this once-magnificent Edwardian estate are now a nature preserve open for exploration.
Wilton, Connecticut
American artist J. Alden Weir purchased this 60-acre estate for $10 and a painting.
Norwalk, Connecticut
Mansion and shopping center used in the 1975 film "The Stepford Wives."
Stamford, Connecticut
Forgotten under the construction of a new urban roadway is a small, abandoned part of town.
North Haven, Connecticut
A once-booming railroad left abandoned next to the Quinnipiac River marshes now intersects with a hiking trail.
Cheshire, Connecticut
This historic park site contains the last remnants of a once bustling canal system.
Montclair, New Jersey
Edison's cast-in-place concrete houses were a failure, but way ahead of their time.
Berkeley Heights, New Jersey
This tiny New Jersey village has lived many lives but seems determined to remain a ghost town.
Bernards Township, New Jersey
An allegedly cursed tree represents a town's reckoning with a racist past.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.
Bridgeport, Connecticut
This factory made "health corsets" that were a step towards liberating women's bodies.
Brooklyn, New York
A library and shop devoted to the body, mortality, and bringing to light forgotten or neglected histories
Newbury, Massachusetts
This picturesque abandoned home is rumored to be a spite house.
Durham, New Hampshire
This small stone chapel is a hidden gem just outside the University of New Hampshire campus.
Portland, Maine
Accessible only by boat, this centuries-old island fort never saw troops or combat.
Portland, Maine
The only remaining historic maritime signal station in the United States.