Nature's biggest mammal swims in landlocked Oklahoma.

What was once one of the country's largest confectionary plants is now an abandoned ruin, but is still pretty sweet.

What was once the second largest steel mill in the US is now a sprawling complex of modern ruins.

Today this bizarre rooftop phone booth seems like a piece of kitsch but it was once used to spot disastrous storms.

This abandoned 19th century orphanage started as a boarding school for children of Civil War veterans.

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

This former small town was destroyed not by the motor oil it sprayed the ground with but by the toxic waste that was added.

Once an ambitious nature spa, these forest ruins now provide a serene monument to failure.

Erosion and time have created a naturally-formed water park.