The wreckage of a deadly bomber plane crash can still be found near an Arizona peak.

When this test site was abandoned, they didn't even bother to take the rocket with them.

This angular Dwarven tunnel cuts through a mountainside in Glacier National Park.

This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.

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

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

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

Once the most densely populated place in the world, this island is now a ghost town.

Egyptian treasure trove of fossils documenting the whale's transition from land mammal to sea creature.

A part of the world's largest marsh seems to be growing bright red Martian grass.

An architectural marvel that spans the Arda River, and has stories of a haunted past.

A town church once nearly submerged by the damming of a river is now hauntingly visible as the water recedes.

These slanted cubic abodes are a creative if odd solution to a zoning pickle.

Entombed in this strange, white stone hill are the deadly remains of radioactive weapons production.

A reproduction of earth's many biomes.

This lost city belongs to one of the earliest civilizations in the world.

World's oldest and largest space launch facility, once a secret missile testing site.

A fiery crater has been burning in the Karakum Desert since 1971.

This beautiful system of tunnels built into natural rock serves as a centuries old plumbing system.

The remains of diamond fever taken over by the desert.

An unfinished tomb carved into a giant boulder in the Arabian Desert.

Five sultans and their families rest in eternal splendor, teeming with overlooked beauty and drama.

Hidden just under the waters around this Turkish island are the ruins of a once great city.

This derelict superstructure was a very important warning system for the Soviet military.