Oak Island, North Carolina
Shipwreck Park
The remains of a 19th century cargo ship now sits in the middle of a quaint neighborhood after a century spent on the ocean floor.
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Oak Island, North Carolina
The remains of a 19th century cargo ship now sits in the middle of a quaint neighborhood after a century spent on the ocean floor.
Sylva, North Carolina
The remains of the iconic train crash from the movie 'The Fugitive' can still be found rusting along the Great Smoky Railroad.
Hackensack, New Jersey
A World War II-era submarine is stuck in the mud in New Jersey.
Buffalo Township, Ohio
The crash of this great airship signaled the beginning of the end for dirigibles.
Pittsburg, New Hampshire
An unrecognized nation-state created in the 1820s to avoid taxes.
Montreal, Québec
A massive Montreal stadium that has seen nothing but trouble since its inception.
Rimouski, Québec
This memorial to a horrific ship collision sits over a mass grave holding dozens of the victims.
Val-des-Sources, Québec
Little remains of the once flourishing Asbestos' asbestos mine.
Drummondville, Québec
This retro diner claims to be the birthplace of poutine.
Métabetchouan-Lac-à-la-Croix, Québec
An abandoned town centered around a paper mill powered by a large waterfall.
Notre-Dame-de-Montauban, Québec
The falls were named for the mistaken idea that they were the ones pictured on the Canadian $5 bill.
Québec City, Québec
This lovely, if imposing, piece of Canadian gothic is possibly the most photographed hotel in the world.
Hanoi, Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh's perfectly preserved body has been on display here since 1975.
Comunidad Challapampa, Bolivia
Mysterious Incan ruins on a tiny island in Lake Titicaca.
Tamarugal, Chile
Towns with a resource known as "white gold," valuable enough to fight a war over, now stand ghostly and empty.
Bolivia
On the outskirts of a desert trading village high on the Andean plain, steel giants have been destroyed by salt winds.
San Pedro de Atacama, Chile
The ruins of a pre-Columbian fortress city so secure it held off the Spanish conquistadors for over 20 years.
Sierra Gorda, Chile
This abandoned nitrate town was repurposed as a dictator's prison.
Punta Arenas, Chile
The rusty hull of this 1899 ship serves as a tribute to explorers of the bottom of the world.
Falkland Islands
This haunting ghost ship stands beached in the waters off the coast of the Falkland Islands.
Darwin, Falkland Islands
It marks the spot where the high-ranking British officer died during the Falklands War.
La Falda, Argentina
This magnificent abandoned hotel has long been haunted by its Nazi past.
Montevideo, Uruguay
This historic stadium was built to host the first-ever FIFA World Cup.
Buenos Aires, Argentina
The humble tomb of an Argentine general, hand-built by his son using stones brought down from the Andes.