Wallace, Idaho
Burke Ghost Town
A mining town, now abandoned, was built in a canyon so narrow that the railroad ran right through the hotel lobby.
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Wallace, Idaho
A mining town, now abandoned, was built in a canyon so narrow that the railroad ran right through the hotel lobby.
Gatlinburg, Tennessee
An abandoned town is hidden in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Orchard, Colorado
In the early 1900s, hundreds of Black Americans found opportunity in this now-abandoned rural community.
Ardmore, South Dakota
Abandoned businesses, homes, and rusted cars are all that remains of this stopover town.
Sakaiminato, Japan
This bridge is so steep it looks like a rollercoaster.
Mafra, Portugal
At night, bats patrol this magnificent 18th-century space in search of book-eating pests.
Bou Craa, Morocco
This record setting conveyor belt system can even be seen from space.
Los Angeles, California
Once the central jail for Los Angeles, this building housed inmates like Al Capone, those arrested from the Zoot Suit and Watts Riots, and individuals imprisoned for their sexuality.
Portland, Maine
Accessible only by boat, this centuries-old island fort never saw troops or combat.
Kaédi, Mauritania
The beehive-like buildings of this abandoned resort reside near the border of Mauritania and Senegal.
Hibbing, Minnesota
An abandoned bus station transformed into a museum dedicated to the history of Greyhound Lines, in the place where it all began.
Bovey, Minnesota
A futuristic climate change study is nestled deep within this public land.
Hanover, Germany
An extraordinary mechanical calculator designed by the mathematician and philosopher Gottfried Leibniz.
Hildesheim, Germany
The world's oldest rose is so tough it survived being bombed in World War II.
Williamsburg, Virginia
Giant busts of 42 U.S. presidents sit, crumbling in a field in Virginia.
Las Vegas, Nevada
James Turrell's total color immersion art installation, hidden on the top floor of a luxury handbag shop.
Saugerties, New York
One man's swirling six-acre monument of stone.
Woodstock, New York
A peaceful international sculpture garden in upstate New York.
Pyramiden, Norway
This abandoned mining village was predicted to resist decay longer than any other modern human settlement.
Toledo, Ohio
This restaurant proudly displays bread signed by the 39th president.
Woodstock, New York
Now the final resting place of prominent artists and musicians, it was originally founded to separate the rich from the poor in death.
Sagunt, Spain
This ancient amphitheater was restored in the early 1990s.
Key West, Florida
Here’s how Robert the Doll earned his reputation as the most haunted doll in the world.
Sapporo, Japan
The only thing sweeter than the potatoes is the canine proprietor of this roadside stall.