This fairy tale-themed amusement park is now abandoned, and childhood metaphors abound.

Costumed elves and mountain bikers co-exist peacefully at this abandoned Christmas-themed adventure park.

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

Once featuring over 60 miniature replicas of famous Chinese locations, the Splendid China theme park was completely abandoned and is now mostly rubble.

A religious-themed park filled with folk art to bring biblical stories to life that fell into disrepair and now being restored.

This abandoned amusement park was built on a site with a dark history.

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

An abandoned meat mecca now serves as an excellent locale for urban exploration.

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

The decaying ruins of Wales' first asylum for the mentally ill.

Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...

A man's home is his castle.