Dover, Tennessee
Bear Spring Furnace
A key producer of charcoal iron in the early 1800s, the structure still stands today.
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Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Dover, Tennessee
A key producer of charcoal iron in the early 1800s, the structure still stands today.
Hopkinton, Rhode Island
This fairy tale-themed amusement park is now abandoned, and childhood metaphors abound.
Yemassee, South Carolina
Despite being burnt down multiple times, the ruins of this South Carolina church are still standing.
Hermosa, South Dakota
Despite repeated attempts to make it work, this former mining town is now nothing but dust and memories.
Lares, Puerto Rico
The location of Puerto Rico's first water bottling plant, thanks to a collaboration between Mother Nature and technology.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.
La Grande, Oregon
A haunted hot springs hotel that went from healing retreat to asylum before it was restored.
Nekoma, North Dakota
The remnants of an early American attempt at missile defense.
Edmond, Oklahoma
Tucked away on an empty wooded lot in suburban Oklahoma City lie the remnants of an abandoned circus camp.
Cincinnati, Ohio
An abandoned relic of the city's failed experiment with below ground transit.
New York, New York
A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.
Bryson City, North Carolina
This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.
Chesterfield, New Hampshire
Ruins of the elaborate house where the enigmatic costume designer threw glamorous parties for New York's theatrical elite.
San Jon, New Mexico
The old Route 66 town straddling Texas and New Mexico died along with the Main Street of America.
Beatty, Nevada
Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.
Kansas City, Missouri
This abandoned prison castle has become an imposing gallery of graffiti art.
Pleasant Dale, Nebraska
The abandoned remnants of a little sanctuary for world peace that fell into disrepair.
Drummond, Montana
This amazingly preserved Gold Rush town is a historian's dream.
Detroit, Michigan
A Beaux-Arts triumph rises from decades of decay to become the heart of a new innovation district.
Rosemount, Minnesota
The remains of a World War II munitions factory still haunt the fields of this Twin Cities suburb.
Boston, Massachusetts
The former locus of Boston's high culture has been shuttered and buried for over 70 years.
Iuka, Mississippi
Instead of becoming a power plant, this abandoned complex became a massive letdown.
Ellicott City, Maryland
The haunting "Hell House Altar" is one of the few remnants of an abandoned college that has been a magnet for local legends.
Louisville, Kentucky
This former tuberculosis research hospital endeavored to cure the dreaded disease with fresh air and positive attitudes.