Places Pear Wants to Go

Abandoned Air Force base that has fallen into disrepair.

This stunning gothic ruin was a casualty of the Indiana steel industry crash.

Oh, just a motel on the edge of the desert decorated with thousands of clowns conveniently located next to an abandoned graveyard.

This former tuberculosis research hospital endeavored to cure the dreaded disease with fresh air and positive attitudes.

Urban explorers embraced America's now demolished first suburban mall, south of Chicago.

The remains of an idyllic small town built for the film 'Big Fish' still stand around a rundown main street.

This overgrown Illinois water park offers a whole new type of adventure.

This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.

Once defending the city of New Orleans from invasion by sea, this fort faces an uncertain future.

Instead of becoming a power plant, this abandoned complex became a massive letdown.

This historic New Orleans cemetery is the final resting place of members of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

An abandoned meat mecca now serves as an excellent locale for urban exploration.

An abandoned facility that has become a place of ritualistic satanic worship, or so rumor has it.

An abandoned quicksilver mining town surrounded by the Big Bend parks.

An abandoned movie set in the desert of West Texas.

A dormant lightning machine equal to all the power in Russia.

An abandoned stretch of highway, deteriorating next to the operational one.

The ruined remains of the airport Claus von Stauffenberg departed in his failed attempt to kill Adolf Hitler.

This former theme park in New York's Adirondack Mountains fell into ruin before being resurrected as a state-run campground

The remains of a failed subway in upstate New York is now an underground graffiti bunker.

A Texas-sized particle collider that was abandoned due to its Texas-sized budget.

A starship has landed in Texas, a welcome break for weary travelers from a drab stretch of I-35.

The abandoned personal amusement park of the King of Pop.

A hillbilly theme park that proved so unpopular the land wouldn't even sell on eBay after it closed.