Shengshan Island, China
Houtouwan
This abandoned fishing settlement may well be the greenest village in the world.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Shengshan Island, China
This abandoned fishing settlement may well be the greenest village in the world.
Cody, Wyoming
One man's ambition created this psychedelic log home.
Cincinnati, Ohio
An abandoned relic of the city's failed experiment with below ground transit.
Nekoma, North Dakota
The remnants of an early American attempt at missile defense.
Beatty, Nevada
Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.
Marco Island, Florida
An abandoned vacation home spent a decade taking on legends. It's now taking on water.
Marble Falls Township, Arkansas
A hillbilly theme park that proved so unpopular the land wouldn't even sell on eBay after it closed.
Leadville, Colorado
Abandoned silver mine strewn with wrecked and twisted structures.
Cantwell, Alaska
Four-story concrete hotel never opened to customers.
Golden Valley, Arizona
A Saint Nicholas-themed ghost town in the Mojave desert.
Yachats, Oregon
On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.
Isle of Staffa, Scotland
This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.
Brookside, Delaware
The tombstone of the founder of the lost town of Ogletown is now stuck inside a traffic median.
Dover, Delaware
In 1787, a group of delegates met at this very spot to drink, be merry, and ratify the Constitution of the United States.
Dover, Delaware
The Dover International Speedway is home to a towering, concrete-skinned, racecar-hungry behemoth.
Wilmington, Delaware
Hundreds of antiquated typewriters and office machinery show the technological evolution of business.
Lewes, Delaware
A grotesque Fiji merman dwells within this traditional Dutch-style building.
Wilmington, Delaware
The highest point in Delaware is located under a trailer so this marker across the street will have to do.
Lewes, Delaware
World War II-era bunkers are hidden under the beaches of this picturesque park, which is still scattered with wartime watchtowers.
Fenwick Island, Delaware
A desiccated merman and a walrus penis bone are among the oddities in this eclectic collection of shipwreck treasures.
Lewes, Delaware
The historic home still shows the scars from a little run-in with the British in 1813.
Lewes, Delaware
A wrecked ship dating back to the American Revolution was only recently discovered off the Delaware coast.
Milton, Delaware
What began as an art installation is now the private drinkhaüs for a brewery's employees.
Kensington, Maryland
One of the largest collections of Catalan literature and cultural materials outside of Spain, created by a community of 1960s expats.