Detroit, Michigan
Grande Ballroom
Abandoned concert venue legendary for its rock counterculture.
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Detroit, Michigan
Abandoned concert venue legendary for its rock counterculture.
Niagara Falls, New York
Toxic waste disaster that founded the Superfund program.
Calipatria, California
This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.
Brentwood, New York
A formerly abandoned mental institute, now back in business.
Rock, West Virginia
This abandoned amusement park was built on a site with a dark history.
Jersey City, New Jersey
Hidden in plain sight on the Hudson River is an abandoned train station where nature has taken over.
Newberry Springs, California
The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.
Thiells, New York
Decades after testing the polio vaccine on unwitting patients, this historic mental hospital sits in ruin.
Poughkeepsie, New York
This mouldering abandoned mental hospital was once a center for progressive healing.
Chicago, Illinois
One-of-a-kind preserved ruins of an abandoned 1880s church in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood.
Buffalo, New York
A forsaken wonder in the middle of the East Side neighborhood.
Buffalo, New York
Buffalo's abandoned concrete grain elevators are getting a second life.
Washington, West Virginia
One of the few surviving examples of the first lock and dam system built on the Ohio River.
Fallsburg, New York
This once sprawling resort now sits abandoned, filled with graffiti and vibrant colors from an era long passed.
Oakland, Illinois
An abandoned observatory in the middle of the Illinois prairie.
Ellenville, New York
The remnants of a luxurious resort that saw its peak in the 1970s and 1980s has been abandoned since 2009, leaving behind the wreckage of both the hotel and a beautiful ice skating rink.
Los Angeles, California
After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.
Queens, New York
The crown jewel of the Queens Museum is a nearly 10,000-square-foot architectural model of the city originally built for the 1964 World's Fair.
Queens, New York
The remnants of two World's Fairs are here, complete with a 12-story globe, a mini-Manhattan, and a UFO-shaped pavilion.
Queens, New York
Read between the lines of the subway map to find the hidden abandoned Civil War fort.
Brooklyn, New York
One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”
Brooklyn, New York
A wooden rollercoaster that still delivers a thrill.
Doylestown, Pennsylvania
Eccentric concrete mansion and museum designed and built by hand from the inside out.
Newark, Ohio
An office built to look like a giant basket.