Kansas City, Missouri
Wheatley-Provident Hospital
The crumbling remains of the first Black-owned and operated hospital in Kansas City.
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Kansas City, Missouri
The crumbling remains of the first Black-owned and operated hospital in Kansas City.
Pomeroy, Ohio
This schoolhouse for Black American children is one of the oldest remaining in southeastern Ohio.
Raeford, North Carolina
This abandoned building with a murky history has been both a school and a prison.
Argonne, South Dakota
Once a thriving town of 100, Argonne was abandoned around 1970.
Cairo, Illinois
The lowest point in the state of Illinois, at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers.
Cairo, Illinois
A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.
Carlin, Nevada
Little is left of this formerly bustling railroad junction on the Transcontinental Railroad.
Lee, Florida
This picturesque ghost town is located on the banks of the Suwannee River.
Live Oak, Florida
This abandoned bridge is now a favorite haunt for graffiti artists.
Ozark, Alabama
Now abandoned, the first reinforced concrete bridge in Alabama still stands over the Pea River.
Marietta, Ohio
At the center of this cemetery stands a 2,000-year-old burial mound of the Adena culture.
Marietta, Ohio
This historic Ohio bridge is adorned with fanciful locks left behind by loving couples.
Parkersburg, West Virginia
The oldest hotel in West Virginia is reportedly frequented by ghosts.
Washington, West Virginia
One of the few surviving examples of the first lock and dam system built on the Ohio River.
Owl Creek, North Carolina
This dam is part of the nation’s largest public power producer and a historic steward of Hiwassee River.
Robbinsville, North Carolina
A historic dam made famous for its turbines and feature in a Hollywood classic.
Payson, Arizona
A partial tunnel blasted into a steep ridge is all that remains of a failed railway across Arizona.
Truckee, California
The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.
Winter Park, Colorado
This old train trestle and collapsed tunnel once allowed the railroad to negotiate the steep slopes of the Colorado Rockies.
Orderville, Utah
Nature has shaped this drainage tunnel into the digestive tract of a mighty beast.
Rockville, Utah
Settled by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1859, this abandoned frontier town has appeared in several films.
Springdale, Utah
The hike through a narrow river flanked by the 2,000-foot-tall walls of Zion Canyon is one of the best in the world.
Hurricane, Utah
A tunnel with windows, so you don't miss out on the impressive views.
Bryson City, North Carolina
This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.