What was once the second largest steel mill in the US is now a sprawling complex of modern ruins.

This stunning gothic ruin was a casualty of the Indiana steel industry crash.

An avant garde art museum at the University of Chicago.

One of Indiana's only natural sandstone arches is nestled between resort ruins and an old Boy Scouts camp.

Spanking machines, fake goats, and more devices of humiliation are on display in this museum of fraternal initiation devices.

If you don't look closely, you might mistake this sculpture for just another passenger waiting at the airport.

Disney's abandoned animal island is now an overgrown ruin that was almost the coolest attraction ever.

Disney World's very first waterpark is now an abandoned ruin being reclaimed by the swamp.

Loyal fans of one television's most famous painters still come to pay their respects.

This kitschy curio wonderland is full of fake animals, teak tables, and a cacophony of random bric-a-brac.

Town of spiritualists and mediums in Florida.

This 1920s railway depot is now home to two unique museums complete with a miniature train ride.

The smallest post office in the United States is no bigger than a broom closet.

This liminal destination combines creaky carnival rides, a classic car museum, and luck-of-the-draw flea market finds surrounded by dust and drive-in movie screens.

A community of collapsing homes more than a mile out from the Florida coast.

A collection of 16,000 antlers crammed beautifully into a small shed.

A miniature golf course crafted inside the world's largest simulated cave.

A throwback train ride transports passengers through one of the lesser-known national parks in the country.

The overgrown remains of an old rail bridge rise above the valley like ancient Greek ruins.

The angel of death appears to weep black tears at this grave marker.

The ruins of the suspension bridge hang over Kingsbury Run as a ghost of racial prejudice.

The home made famous by the 1983 holiday classic is now a perfectly preserved shrine to the movie.

An abandoned, rusty old relic of railroad history stands at attention over the Cuyahoga River.

Abandoned since the 1950s, the streetcar lane beneath the heavily trafficked bridge lays empty and unused.