Besieged by war, this castle ruin has crumbled into a peaceful picnic spot.

Beijing's version of Disneyland, completely abandoned, mostly destroyed.

The abandoned personal amusement park of the King of Pop.

A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.

An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.

Remnants of a storybook amusement park hidden behind a strip mall.

A late sculptor's last project was to turn this abandoned cement factory into a castle-themed amusement park.

This attraction was abandoned after the Chernobyl disaster.

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

Steaming blood-red hot spring from hell.

The only remnant of a small mining town is an abandoned railroad tunnel that is steeped in ghostly lore.

A haunted hot springs hotel that went from healing retreat to asylum before it was restored.

An abandoned, unfinished mansion on grounds strewn with lava rocks.

Legacy of the earthquake that nearly wiped Lisbon off the face of the Earth.

A former French military respite turned jungle tourism hotspot.

An abused and forgotten metropolis, abandoned for centuries.

Plagued by riots, celebrity injuries and a tragic death, this amusement park has been demolished.

A beautiful deserted greenhouse in the middle of a park.

Copenhagen's celebrated theme park and gardens.

Jurassic theme park in the small town of Erlian.

Bible stories are brought to life with gloriously cartoonish kitsch in this South American theme park.

An abandoned set from the 1980 film "Popeye," claimed and repurposed as a theme park by creative locals.

This half-finished "city of toys" was almost Italy's own Las Vegas.

Ruins of a 10th century church tucked away deep in a botanical garden.