San Jose, California
Drawbridge
San Francisco Bay's ghost town.
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San Jose, California
San Francisco Bay's ghost town.
Fremont, California
Neither Spanish settlers nor anyone since has been able to tell who built these strange California rock walls.
New York, New York
What happens here stays here – unless it affects the whole world.
Muynak District, Uzbekistan
Once a bustling fishing port, this semi-ghost town is now more than 90 miles away from the shore.
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Planned as the world’s first zero-carbon city, it had lofty ideals—but is only 5 percent completed and aiming for 50 percent carbon-neutral.
Calico Rock, Arkansas
An abandoned early-20th-century boomtown sits within the Calico Rock city limits.
Namibia
The remains of diamond fever taken over by the desert.
San Francisco, California
Shoot for par over the bodies of the dead on this cemetery-cum-golf course.
Felicity, California
Semi-recognized center of the world, with many oddities.
Aptos, California
This concrete ship has had four careers - World War I tanker, floating amusement park, fishing pier, and artificial reef.
Julian, California
Where there's quartz, there must be gold. Thus is the story of the mines of Julian, and the titillating times of the Gold Rush.
Camarillo, California
Graffiti-covered ruins that were once part of a farm owned by a mental hospital.
Halifax, Nova Scotia
This crescent-shaped sliver of sand is a magical haven for a herd of feral horses.
Hương Thủy, Vietnam
Vietnam's feral abandoned water park offers access to a post-apocalyptic funscape, now with fewer crocodiles.
Aristes, Pennsylvania
A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.
Bologna, Italy
The mummified relic of St. Catherine sits forever on a golden throne.
Guthrie, Oklahoma
A funhouse dummy that turned out to be a real life mummy, Elmer McCurdy is an urban legend come true.
Inaccessible Island
It might not be as impossible to reach as its name would imply, but just about.
St. Louis, Missouri
An abandoned factory along the Mississippi coated by a giant mural.
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
The internal railway of one of the biggest steel plants in America has been transformed into a linear park with unique industrial views.
Provo, Utah
In the heart of Brigham Young's promised land sits a festering plot of industrial ruin that has been claimed by society's outcasts.
Whistler, British Columbia
The remains of a Canadian train crash are now mouldering beneath layers of rust and graffiti.
Genola, Utah
The remains of this early 20th century refinery loom on a mountainside like a graffiti-covered fortress.
Liberty, New York
This once luxurious Catskills resort is now a haunting ruin.