Chicago, Illinois
Abandoned Brach's Candy Factory
What was once one of the country's largest confectionary plants is now an abandoned ruin, but is still pretty sweet.
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Chicago, Illinois
What was once one of the country's largest confectionary plants is now an abandoned ruin, but is still pretty sweet.
Chicago, Illinois
What's left of the ruins of the 1893 Columbian Exhibition, or World's Fair, also known as the White City.
Chicago, Illinois
A theater sits abandoned on Roosevelt Road, once majestic in splendor, now majestic in decay.
Chicago, Illinois
A haunting statue called "Eternal Silence" has quite the reputation among visitors with active imaginations.
Chicago, Illinois
Cemetery featuring rare glass-fronted columbarium.
Chicago, Illinois
This modest post office sits on the site of H.H. Holmes' famous murder castle.
Chicago, Illinois
This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.
Chicago, Illinois
An enormous park-like oasis, full of famous Chicagoans’ graves.
Chicago, Illinois
Chicago's largest cemetery is full of beautiful Victorian monuments and more than a few ghost stories.
Columbus, Ohio
This whimsical campus lawn is dotted with large sculpted numbers and hidden mathematical formulas.
Oxford, England
The beloved fantasy novelist is buried near a church containing a whimsical etched glass window full of Narnia favorites.
Sullivan's Island, South Carolina
A quirky Poe-themed joint on an island keen to celebrate its overlooked connection to the famous writer.
Vieques, Puerto Rico
On this Puerto Rican island, many abandoned naval ammunition bunkers sit open while a few have been padlocked by locals as personal storage.
Jayuya, Puerto Rico
This niche museum devoted to ancient religious artifacts is shaped like the very thing it displays.
Isabela, Puerto Rico
This former sugarcane transport tunnel is now a portal to a lovely beach.
Jayuya, Puerto Rico
The highest peak in Puerto Rico is home to a rare fern that can only be found on six trees at its summit.
San Juan, Puerto Rico
This chapel on a cliff is renowned for its healing powers and was founded on the site of a supposed divine intervention.
Alexandria, Virginia
The graveyard holding the remains of George Washington's slaves was forgotten for nearly 200 years.
Reykjanes, Iceland
Iceland's largest geothermal mud pool is a little bit haunted and a little bit dangerous.
Iceland
The summer tourists on these cliffs are thousands of seabirds.
Iceland
Eerie ruins of an abandoned medieval fishing village crumble atop an unforgiving stretch of earth.
Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bridge that died in war and was resurected.
San Antonio, Texas
A gorgeous garden oasis with winding paths, stone bridges, and a troubling history.
Couëron, France
The sunken structure looks like the victim of a catastrophic flood.