The real life Hobbiton, this sheep farm has been forever transformed since being built for The Hobbit film series.

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

This rugged area of red rocks and arches is often considered one of the most beautiful places on Earth.

A breathtaking array of ancient Pueblo structures and artifacts counterintuitively preserved by neglect.

A hip bar decorated with walls of golden skulls.

A mining town once rife with murderous disputes over its copious treasures now creates income as a popular spot for photo shoots.

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

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

Cows on a ranch are commonplace, scattered cow bones everywhere? Not so much.

This antique prison is a tourist attraction with a sordid past.

The gloomy ruins that inspired Bram Stoker to bring Dracula to life.

A ruined hotel with an unlucky history and an eerie present.

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

Tour the original street level of Port Angeles, buried underground in 1914.

Where there's quartz, there must be gold. Thus is the story of the mines of Julian, and the titillating times of the Gold Rush.

The abandoned personal amusement park of the King of Pop.

A stealthy Apache hideaway that became the haunting site of a mass grave.

This WWII-era military installation once held an entire city within its walls - now, its walls are falling down.

The story of Two Guns, Arizona could easily be described as a Shakespearian tragedy on Route 66.

A steam trawler with a whiskey-soaked history driven ashore in 1960 resides rusty but still standing on the shoreline.

A tiny microvalley etched into the side of Knocknarea Mountain hides another world.

When the Austin Dam failed it destroyed much of Austin...and then it failed again.

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