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Once an ambitious nature spa, these forest ruins now provide a serene monument to failure.

Delicate Wurlitzers, creepy clowns, and The Noid all share space in this insane explosion of kitsch history.

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

This rare vessel mixed luxury with labor before being converted to a museum and sometimes haunted maze.

Built from oil field parts and resembling a teepee, this abandoned mid-century church is hoping for a comeback.

The ruins of the castle that chemicals built.

Mass graves and Victorian monuments mark the history of Memphis in this 19th century cemetery.

The most isolated mailbox in America lets desert travelers record their passing.

The mental institution where Van Gogh created some of his most famous work now allows guests to walk in the artist's footsteps.

A memorial for an outsider theorist who believed that the planet is actually hollow.

This abandoned subway station beneath the Waldorf-Astoria hotel is allegedly used to secretly transport presidents.

It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.

A train station that was abandoned by the coal industry and converted into a cocktail bar. Now it’s home to the local visitor bureau.

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

The liveliest ghost town in the state.

A sculptor's dream castle turned fantastical ruin.

The creator of the carousel's bingo-pinball hybrid survives in California's oldest gaming establishment.

Former farm staffed by mental patients is now a public park.

Buildings that dynamite couldn't bring down were abandoned because of bathroom issues.

A former copper mine which became a truly unsuccessful prison.

This WWII-era military installation once held an entire city within its walls - now, its walls are falling down.

An ultra-modern vista that has been featured in so many films the house is a celebrity in its own right.

An engraved boulder marks the spot where Patsy Cline's life ended in a plane crash.

The remains of a 19th century spring, and the site of an infamous unsolved murder.