Whittier, Alaska
Buckner Building
This WWII-era military installation once held an entire city within its walls - now, its walls are falling down.
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Whittier, Alaska
This WWII-era military installation once held an entire city within its walls - now, its walls are falling down.
Near Lake Arrowhead, California
Costumed elves and mountain bikers co-exist peacefully at this abandoned Christmas-themed adventure park.
Prypiat, Ukraine
This attraction was abandoned after the Chornobyl disaster.
Amboy, California
The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.
Hillsboro, New Mexico
Crumbling remnants of what was once a booming town full of silver.
Sydney, Australia
Cockatoo Island is a Heritage-listed island in the middle of Sydney Harbour.
Idaho City, Idaho
A former gold rush boomtown has managed to stay in business for over 100 ramshackle years.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Plagued by riots, celebrity injuries and a tragic death, this amusement park has been demolished.
Hildebran, North Carolina
An abandoned village that doubled as "The Hunger Games"' post-apocalyptic wasteland is up for grabs.
Tombstone, Arizona
A wild west cemetery in Tombstone, Arizona, provides a window into the Old West.
Kampot Province, Cambodia
A former French military respite turned jungle tourism hotspot.
Beveren, Belgium
This ghost town in Belgium will lose its street art when it ceases to exist.
Yagodninsky District, Russia
Siberian ghost town built by gulag prisoners.
Sitges, Spain
Abandoned waterpark turned counter-culture mecca.
Golden Valley, Arizona
A Saint Nicholas-themed ghost town in the Mojave desert.
Thurmond, West Virginia
Once connected to the outside world by a single train track, this ghost town is looked after by the National Park Service.
Ivankivs'kyi district, Ukraine
This derelict superstructure was a very important warning system for the Soviet military.
Sevastopol, Ukraine
In the land of the Light Brigade stands a testament to the Cold War.
San Jose, California
San Francisco Bay's ghost town.
Bombay Beach, California
Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.
Meagher, Montana
Mining town from the late 1890s, once home to Calamity Jane.
Terlingua, Texas
An abandoned quicksilver mining town surrounded by the Big Bend parks.
Terlingua, Texas
Ghost town with a beer-drinking goat for mayor.
Erwin, Tennessee
Railroad came. People came. Railroad left. Town died.