Places tureklis Wants to Go

These abandoned grain silos and tunnels are an urban exploration dream.

This stunning gothic ruin was a casualty of the Indiana steel industry crash.

If astronomy had a ghost, it would look like this observatory.

A few dilapidated structures are all that remain of this deserted former silver mining town.

A Hawaiian stairway to heaven—that you can't climb.

A real (but thankfully not live) missile stands tall as a monument to the United States military in the small town of Cordele.

One of the largest-ever mental hospitals now sits abandoned, surrounded by 25,000 unmarked graves.

One of the world's largest automobile junkyards is a unique landscape of metal and moss.

Crumbling ruins mark the site of a couple's grisly murder in the woods.

The remains of one of America's first radiation testing grounds still rest ominously in a Georgia forest.

Where school buses go to die and be reborn as whimsical works of art.

A mysterious castle built as a monument to lost love.

This abandoned NASA launch site is now a memorial to a trio of astronauts who were killed there.

The ruins of a Florida miracle spring resort make it seem like a wonder that this was ever a health spa.

This picturesque ghost town is located on the banks of the Suwannee River.

The haunting remains of a failed housing development can still be found behind the big box stores that were to anchor them.

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.

This now-deactivated naval base defended the Florida coast for centuries.

A scenic fort on the harbor protected Philadelphia from an attack that never came.

World War II-era bunkers are hidden under the beaches of this picturesque park, which is still scattered with wartime watchtowers.

This "thrice-cursed" island is allegedly home to Captain Kidd's lost treasure.

Abandoned Air Force base that has fallen into disrepair.

Rusty industrial city full of oxidized distillation towers.

Salt is slowly eating away this abandoned saltworks town in the desert.