The villagers of the coldest inhabited place on Earth adjust to unique challenges presented by day-to-day living.

The abandoned Japanese amusement park once loomed as a dystopian Disneyland.

Home to the infamous "Typhoid Mary" and the worst loss of life in New York's history prior to September 11, 2001.

Hidden behind musical flora and forgotten for over a thousand years, this cave is now a neon dream.

An abandoned cyanide mill is now a haunting magnet for graffiti and illegal parties.

This former tuberculosis research hospital endeavored to cure the dreaded disease with fresh air and positive attitudes.

Dating back almost 400 years, the oldest public collection library in the United Kingdom was once the study hall of Karl Marx.

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.

Mining town from the late 1890s, once home to Calamity Jane.

Despite repeated attempts to make it work, this former mining town is now nothing but dust and memories.

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

A small flooded ghost town with a few scattered structures remaining.

The remains of diamond fever taken over by the desert.

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

This scenic Maryland park was the site of one of the worst prison camps of the Civil War.

These disused steel furnaces are now haunting ruins that may one day be a national park.

A gargantuan crystal kingdom.