The cruel trial of a 13-year-old boy inspired the creation of this now abandoned reformatory.

The angel of death appears to weep black tears at this grave marker.

The largest earthwork effigy in the world.

Urban explorers embraced America's now demolished first suburban mall, south of Chicago.

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

A century-old network of freight tunnels underneath the city's historic business district.

The remnants of Peoria's proud baseball past stand slightly abandoned, but not forgotten.

These abandoned grain silos and tunnels are an urban exploration dream.

Must form and function forever remain at odds? Not if the Florida Department of Transportation has its way.

The world's largest private aircraft collection.

It turns out that a hurricane-prone beach is probably not the best place to house wild animals.

The culprit who accidentally lit this 3,500-year-old tree on fire stated "I can't believe I burned down a tree older than Jesus."

The haunting remains of a failed housing development can still be found behind the big box stores that were to anchor them.

The ruins of a Florida miracle spring resort make it seem like a wonder that this was ever a health spa.

The first custom-designed building to showcase the works of Dale Chihuly is a wonderland of glass and light.

In the depths of the Everglades, one man has dedicated his life to studying the elusive Skunk Ape.

Jacksonville's highways rendered this century-old grammar school unusable.

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

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the former home of the second Voodoo Queen of New Orleans.

An old-timey wax exhibition campily depicting New Orleans legends and scandals.

Crystal clear lake with a shoreline of travertine located in a Colorado canyon.

Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.

In this small Phoenix taxidermy emporium, you can find everything from a squid in a jar to a freeze-dried toad.

Thousands of mounted insects, and some live ones, hide within an otherwise ordinary shopping mall.