To avoid the demolition costs this abandoned drawbridge was simply left in the up position.

The final resting place of New England's last "vampire."

This fairy tale-themed amusement park is now abandoned, and childhood metaphors abound.

The US Navy's only submarine museum is also home to the world's first nuclear submarine.

Over fifty whirling pools left by the glacial age.

Once a private collection, now the only museum of arms and armor in the Western Hemisphere - CLOSED.

This small-town Connecticut restaurant gives each diner a free book from its vast library.

The largest body of water in Massachusetts annihilated four small towns just to slake Boston's thirst.

An old trolley bridge was converted into a breathtaking garden bursting with colorful flowers.

This abandoned neighborhood is now a park filled with beautiful trees, wildflowers, and hints of its past.

This oversize piece of novelty cookware once cooked the largest pancake in the world.

A world-class collection of mechanical musical instruments and automata.

A unusual sanctuary for abused and exotic animals in South Jersey.

Designed by Horace Trumbauer in 1893, this Gothic-style castle is now a home for academics.

One of the U.S. Forest Service's only mansions is outfitted with a dinner table for floating food.

A field of nothing but boulders which resembles a giant's gravel driveway.

This park contains a number of standing stones meant to heal and inspire.

The remains of a community that was forced to move for a dam that never materialized still rot in this Pennsylvania park.

An abandoned stretch of highway, deteriorating next to the operational one.

Ant sculptures march up the side of what used to be an iconic spot in punk rock lore.

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A flooded Mexican cave that hides a river beneath the water.

No telescopes, no power, no gift shop: The Observatory of Chichen Itza, one of the world's oldest observatories, takes astronomy back to basics.

Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.