Locals purchased this abandoned quarry in order to make sure it continues to be overgrown.

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

One of the most scenic falls in Massachusetts has a history of death and grim legend.

Over fifty whirling pools left by the glacial age.

A way to take your secrets to someone else's grave.

First a horse rendering plant, then a 19th century landfill, this beach is full of glass from thousands upon thousands of broken bottles.

This former Norwegian sailor's church is slowly being taken over by ramshackle robot musicians.

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

Prove you deserve to be fed by Kenny Shopsin.

Hidden in plain sight on the Hudson River is an abandoned train station where nature has taken over.

This abandoned seaside fortress is now simply an imposing ruin being taken back by nature.

Once America's longest-manned military fort, now an abandoned hulk.

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

One man’s hobby is another man’s world of metal wonders.

This peaceful Massachusetts graveyard was one of the first "garden-style" cemeteries in America.

Beautiful natural falls where Satan once ruined a pot of beans.

A 19th century library favored by Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft, known by locals as "the Ath."

A reliquary of pop culture marvels, including the world's largest (and most terrifying) Jack-in-the-Box.

Come for the gun-toting hillbilly madman, stay for the ice-cream loving basketball bears.

A museum dedicated to "science, history and the arts" little changed since 1915.