This perfectly preserved Chinese medicine shop was untouched for decades before being reopened as a museum.

A suburban museum tells the story of a historic transportation network and even provides rides in antique trolley cars.

The headquarters of the Audubon Naturalist Society is a small slice of heaven for nature lovers.

Washington's top-secret Cold War-era doomsday communications tower is located in a small neighborhood park.

Thousands of lawn gnomes have infested this Australian roundabout.

The rustic think-space of famed naturalist John Burroughs stands exactly as he left it.

The remains of a century-old mansion that met a fiery demise years after it was deserted.

An abandoned castle owned and ignored by Masons carries a cursed history.

One man’s vision of living among dinosaurs credits Jesus Christ as the engine of biological evolution.

This eerily well-preserved coal town was saved from destruction by a Sean Connery movie.

This historic iron-working village is now a ghost town so immaculate that it looks as though it was recently built.

The bones of an old zoo crumbling in the shadow of a new one.

This hulking behemoth is actually five interconnected towers built in the 1960s.

Hellam Township is reputed to feature seven remote gates, which when passed through in the right order, open an entrance to hell.

A decaying garage hidden amid the dense forest is all that remains of a once-prosperous dairy farm.

This ruined quarry once produced the distinctive red sandstone used for construction projects in Washington, D.C.

The largest cemetery for enslaved people in Loudoun County was almost lost to history, if not for the research of a minister.

Standing for over 200 years, the abandoned home of a Revolutionary War hero and later a succession of prison superintendents.

A labor of love built by local hang-gliding enthusiasts, this ideal launch spot was outlawed by the authorities and has since been largely abandoned.

A science fiction-inspired apartment building designed by a famous Spanish architect.

A rare pod of derelict midcentury Futuro and Venturo houses lines a semi-abandoned beachfront resort outside Taipei.

The hidden "ballroom" under a mansion lake was built by a criminal who ate a cyanide pill during his trial.

Detailed facade of a brownstone in Boerum Hill.

This small, hidden cove is home to abandoned boats.