The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.

The remnants of a 1970 plane crash remain high in the Rocky Mountains.

On the cliffs of São Jorge in the Azores stand the remains of a lighthouse that was struck by a series of earthquakes.

One of America’s oldest and spookiest hotels, thanks to the residency of ghosts, dead presidents, and Alfred Hitchcock.

A historic structure that once housed pigeons used by farmers to help fertilize farmland.

This contemplative sculpture made out of old machine parts is meant to be the first in a series of sculptures around the world.

On the edge of this small Washington Park, a piece of the Earth's mantle has come to the surface.

Only the original archway remains from the building where a false cry of "fire" started a panic that claimed more than 70 lives on Christmas Eve in 1913.

This unassuming retro burger joint was billed as “diner of the future” at the 1939 World's Fair.

Why walk on this historical site when you can zoom down instead?

A remote candy-striped mountain in the Peruvian Andes straight out of the pages of Dr. Seuss.

A mysterious echo seems to defy the laws of acoustics.

In the most arid desert on the planet, the world's leading telescope allows astronomers to see more than has ever been seen before.

It's unclear what caused the fire that led to this opulent hotel's demise.

A beautiful and abandoned New York subway station from 1904, complete with chandelier.

This abandoned subway station beneath the Waldorf-Astoria hotel is allegedly used to secretly transport presidents.

This abandoned island off the Venetian coast has been a radical monastery, a political prison, and a secret Nazi base.

This ghostly Alaska village still clings to a steep cliffside despite having been abandoned for over 50 years.

These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world's largest coastal brick fortresses.

An abandoned settlement originally established by British colonialists in the Andaman archipelago.

Ruins of a Carnegie family mansion on Cumberland Island.

An abandoned whaling station on an active volcano offers hot springs in Antarctica, surrounded by ruined giants of industry.

This Canadian island is a veritable garden of decay with countless abandoned structures dotting the landscape.

This foolish Victorian sea fort was converted to a deluxe hotel.