A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.

A lawless town deep in Death Valley was famous for its riches and death rate.

In the early 1900s, hundreds of Black Americans found opportunity in this now-abandoned rural community.

This ramshackle ghost town is comprised of mining-era buildings collected from around the region.

Abandoned businesses, homes, and rusted cars are all that remains of this stopover town.

This grinning pup statue is all that's left of what was once a ubiquitous Bay Area diner chain.

The superstar of Cold War nuclear bunkers has been featured in countless films but is now barely operational.

One of two giant blue cockerel statues erected with an intentional double meaning.

These molds for fiberglass statues have formed an eerie, accidental sculpture park.

Along a California highway is a kind of Jurassic Park made of metal.

The "Kill Bill Church" was transformed into a place of worship after a long Hollywood history.

Buildings from the fictional planet of Tatooine still litter the Tunisian desert.

This café is dedicated to serving coffee roasted by Native American-owned companies.

A Spanish forest is filled with mysterious stone carvings.

The state bird of New Mexico, constructed entirely out of garbage.

Visitors flock to see this church tower's unintended feature: It happens to resemble a giant chicken from multiple points of view.

An enormous goose sits atop this nest-shaped home.

The statue honors a beloved bird that once roamed St. George's Market.

The taxidermied remains of Charles Dickens' pet raven, which helped inspire one of Edgar Allan Poe's most famous poems.

The remains of Martha, the last known passenger pigeon, serve as a tool to educate about conservation.

This giant roadside goose has been hailing travelers into a small Ontario town for over 50 years.

The world's largest floating loon bobs in the lake to kick off an annual festival.

The statue honors the booming birds Rothsay, Minnesota, is famous for.