Once luxurious, these oceanfront beach homes have been left to succumb to the elements as the beach is slowly washed away.

An abandoned Victorian-era mill in the middle of modern Manchester.

Once a thriving business district, this former shopping area is now an urban ghost town in the heart of the city.

An abandoned observatory in the middle of the Illinois prairie.

This replica of the Indian spiritual master Meher Baba's tomb stands unfinished in the New Mexico desert.

This enormous abandoned factory is now a makeshift graffiti gallery.

Once the central jail for Los Angeles, this building housed inmates like Al Capone, those arrested from the Zoot Suit and Watts Riots, and individuals imprisoned for their sexuality.

Take a self-guided tour through one of Colorado's most elevated mining districts.

This defunct, fortress-like prison has been the setting for several movies.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

This subterranean shrine beneath a bike rental store celebrates the iconic Italian scooter.

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.