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

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

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.

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

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

The remains of an idyllic small town built for the film 'Big Fish' still stand around a rundown main street.

This abandoned seaside fortress is now simply an imposing ruin being taken back by nature.

A former seaside jewel built for the everyman is now simply a neglected art deco fortress.

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

Elephant seals and sea lions have turned the abandoned buildings on this island into their endangered love shack.

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

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

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

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.

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

This abandoned prison castle has become an imposing gallery of graffiti art.

Unlike other abandoned asylums this empty institution welcomes visitors, just don't go in the buildings.

This lovely university observatory continues to sit abandoned since its potential savior was sent to jail for fraud.

What was once one of the country's largest confectionary plants is now an abandoned ruin, but is still pretty sweet.

This abandoned sea fort has become an accidental bird sanctuary.

The ruins of a cotton mill that was burned in the Civil War are still hidden in a Georgia forest.

An abandoned factory along the Mississippi coated by a giant mural.