The liveliest ghost town in the state.

This former tuberculosis research hospital endeavored to cure the dreaded disease with fresh air and positive attitudes.

A shady solar power system that couldn't hold up to the harsh desert conditions.

The concrete shell of an industry giant remains as a playground for graffiti artists, auto scrappers, and paintball warriors.

A theater sits abandoned on Roosevelt Road, once majestic in splendor, now majestic in decay.

Built from oil field parts and resembling a teepee, this abandoned mid-century church is hoping for a comeback.

This demolished goliath of American industry once loomed over the depressed town it once made thrive.

A train station that was abandoned by the coal industry and was later converted into a cocktail bar.

This Italianate Villa-style castle is pretty to look at, just keep off the private property.

This relatively recently abandoned brewery is a tragic reminder of the continuing effects of Hurricane Katrina.

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

Despite repeated attempts to make it work, this former mining town is now nothing but dust and memories.

The museum moved on, but the diorama remain.

This mountaintop beacon is only lit three times a year but shines like some kind of all-seeing eye.

At one time this small mining village was the highest town in America but now it sits abandoned while the mine churns on.

The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.

These disused steel furnaces are now haunting ruins that may one day be a national park.

This abandoned asylum was once a state of the art facility before devolving into one of the most deadly mental institutions in American history.

Run by a eugenics advocate, this aging institution conducted secret radiation experiments sponsored by Quaker Oats.

The inspiration for H.P. Lovecraft's horror stories and Batman's Arkham Asylum is now a condominium complex.

Built by the inventor of the radio, this abandoned hotel has housed early radio employees, military men, and a dangerous cult.

This tiny cluster of abandoned buildings looks like the future of the ghost town - today!

Decades after testing the polio vaccine on unwitting patients, this historic mental hospital sits in ruin.

The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.