New Orleans, Louisiana
Edgar Degas House
The only home of the famous French impressionist painter open to the public is now a museum and bed and breakfast.
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New Orleans, Louisiana
The only home of the famous French impressionist painter open to the public is now a museum and bed and breakfast.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A treasure trove of rare and exquisitely detailed antiques
St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana
This abandoned Civil War fortress is slowly being swallowed by the waters of Lake Borgne.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The crumbling remains of a 19th century fortess.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Storyville was New Orleans' historic red light district and hotbed of jazz music, sometimes referred to simply as "The District."
New Orleans, Louisiana
Despite the ever pressing encroachment of urban sprawl this grand New Orleans manse still stands.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The restaurant keeps a hidden séance room on the second floor and reserves a table for the spirit of the former owner each night.
New Orleans, Louisiana
New Orleans' famous cemetery, located on the site of a former race track.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.
Thousand Oaks, California
From Japan to Italy, this California park explores the world's cultures through their gardens.
San Luis Obispo, California
A deserted hodgepodge of experimental structures designed by nearby university students.
San Luis Obispo, California
A Mysterious Masonic tomb in San Luis Obispo.
Salinas, California
Once America’s most beautiful army base, this abandoned military fort on the coast of Monterey Bay has been left to the elements.
Oakland, California
Neoclassical Revival mansion and set of horror cult classic Phantasm.
Sacramento, California
A tiny survivor of the Donner Party disaster.
Solvang, California
California's oldest wind harp represents a historic piece of America's Danish history.
Ione, California
One of the oldest reform schools in the United States, home to wayward boys such as Merle Haggard, now abandoned.
Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi
This Mississippi seminary was the first in America to train Black Catholic priests.
San Diego, California
An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.
Columbus, Ohio
Georges Seurat’s pointillist masterpiece has been recreated in Ohio in topiary form.
Crawfordsville, Indiana
The first spinning jail built in the United States is the only one that still turns.
Indianapolis, Indiana
This elaborate estate contains a stunning marble aviary, a sunken conservatory, and a magnificent music room with a two-story pipe organ.