Pensacola, Florida
Wreck of the USS Massachusetts
The "worst battleship ever built" is enjoying a grand second act, submerged 30 feet in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Pensacola, Florida
The "worst battleship ever built" is enjoying a grand second act, submerged 30 feet in the Gulf of Mexico.
Grand Isle, Louisiana
Pirates had to be ousted from the land where this now ruined Louisiana fortress was built.
Pensacola Beach, Florida
One of the only Florida forts to remain in the hands of the Union all through the Civil War still stands as a historic stronghold.
Pensacola, Florida
The 44,000-ton aircraft carrier was purposely sunk to create an artificial reef teeming with life.
Maple City, Michigan
Hidden beneath the waters of Lake Michigan rests a perfectly intact ship from the early 1900s.
Oxnard, California
Rusty pieces of metal jutting out of a breakwater are all that's visible of the 12,500-ton ocean liner that capsized just off the beach.
Castroville, California
An abandoned boat that's been stranded mysteriously for decades.
Salinas, California
Once America’s most beautiful army base, this abandoned military fort on the coast of Monterey Bay has been left to the elements.
Port Townsend, Washington
An abandoned network of military bunkers and tunnels open for anyone willing to descend into the darkness.
Šibenik, Croatia
Large, airy hallways hide within an impenetrable fortress that beckons urban explorers.
Lasithi, Greece
This abandoned Greek island was the last active leper colony in Europe.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
This secluded walking trail is a hidden gem of a Pittsburgh park.
Chicago, Illinois
These abandoned grain silos and tunnels are an urban exploration dream.
Franklin, Québec
This abandoned orphanage-turned-asylum witnessed a terrible chapter in Québec's history.
Al-Shikhan, Iraq
The surviving pieces of an ancient aqueduct that may have fed into the lost Hanging Gardens of Babylon.
Rome, Italy
This beautiful park on the outskirts of Rome protects the ruins of two colossal ancient aqueducts.
Rome, Italy
This park on the outskirts of Rome boasts two ancient Roman aqueducts and a medieval tower.
Galway, Ireland
The ruins of an 800-year-old monastery boasts the tallest round tower in Ireland.
Galway, Ireland
A remarkably intact castle that once was the largest in Ireland.
Łapalice, Poland
This imposing 20th-century castle was abandoned before it was ever completed.
Barnard Castle, England
A perfectly running 230-year-old silver automaton and music box.
Hawes, England
A steep and winding road in the Yorkshire Dales passes by these deep natural potholes.
Keld, England
A winding medieval path was used by mourners to carry their dead to the nearest church.
Smardale, England
A spectacular disused railway viaduct in a beautiful countryside nature reserve.