The rotting skeleton of a shoreside fun fair that was destroyed by fire and storms still haunts the Brighton ocean view.

This hidden green space is the city's second largest conservatory.

In this cobwebbed old operating theater, you can practically hear the screams of the unanesthetized patients.

A vast overgrown cemetery, once known as one of London's "Magnificent Seven."

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.

A careful eye can find hundreds of dinosaur tracks running along the Connecticut River.

In the mountains of West Virginia is this perfectly preserved Art Deco train station.

This Pennsylvania cave holds evidence of the oldest known inhabitants of North America.

Floor-to-ceiling frescoes by local art students cover the interior of a nearly 200-year-old church.

In the middle of Calvary Cemetery stands this singular memorial to a small boy who died too young.

The world's first nuclear power plant is open to visitors looking to role-play a meltdown.

Supposedly Satanic numbers adorn this preserved submarine sail.

A ghost town now swarming with dozens of prairie dogs.

This prehistoric sinkhole lured exclusively male mammoths to their death, much to the delight of science.

A tiny survivor of the Donner Party disaster.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

This public space is speckled with the eerie remnants of a defunct amusement park.

The creator of the Kewpie doll's former home has been turned into a museum celebrating her life and work.

This stately structure has been abandoned for half a century.

The abandoned grounds and derelict greenhouses of this once-magnificent Edwardian estate are now a nature preserve open for exploration.

The scene of one of the darkest moments in American labor history has been left essentially untouched since the tragedy.

The remains of the first public diamond mine in Arkansas.

This eclectic homestead is home to a miniature windmill and Connecticut's last tollbooth.