This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.

The walkable ruins of an 19th century hotel, destroyed in a horse cremation gone wrong.

The shop's owner has spent decades in the desert wearing nothing but a strategically placed sock.

An abandoned desert hamlet swallowed up by sand.

This bridge is haunted by the ghost of a distraught mother.

Natural time capsule containing an alien ecosystem.

Hundreds of stone stairs and a winding medieval bridge connect this haunting Spanish island to the mainland.

It might not be as impossible to reach as its name would imply, but just about.

A small but immensely extravagant palace built by the "Night King."

Plains of ash and pair of semi-active volcanoes contribute to the otherworldly beauty of this little-known Vanuatu island.

This abandoned lighthouse looks like a rusting oil rig, but has managed to survive a number of storms.

Buried in the Laos jungle is a sanctuary for bears that would have otherwise been milked to death by poachers.

This hilltop warren of monastic dwellings is the result of centuries worth of Mongol attacks.

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