An old abandoned mining town in The Adirondacks where Theodore Roosevelt first learned of the shooting of President William McKinley.

An abandoned quicksilver mining town surrounded by the Big Bend parks.

Abandoned silver mine strewn with wrecked and twisted structures.

The remnants of an early American attempt at missile defense.

An abandoned relic of the city's failed experiment with below ground transit.

This abandoned radar station from the Cold War era now only broadcasts a seriously ominous air of isolation.

Once the largest winery in the world, this castle-like building now sits abandoned on the San Pablo/San Francisco Bay shore.

An abandoned meat mecca now serves as an excellent locale for urban exploration.

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

One of the ghostly stops along Route 66.

This demolished goliath of American industry once loomed over the depressed town it once made thrive.

The remains of an idyllic small town built for the film 'Big Fish' still stand around a rundown main street.

Despite repeated attempts to make it work, this former mining town is now nothing but dust and memories.

Another of California's unused Cold War missile defense complexes has become a graffiti gallery.

This abandoned asylum was once a state of the art facility before devolving into one of the most deadly mental institutions in American history.

This tiny cluster of abandoned buildings looks like the future of the ghost town - today!

This abandoned Civil War fortress is slowly being swallowed by the waters of Lake Borgne.

The graffiti-covered remnants of a former triangulation station are balanced precariously on this California peak.

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

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

This abandoned bootleg attraction was built to cash in on the popularity of classic TV show, F Troop.

This abandoned sea fort has become an accidental bird sanctuary.

From overly ambitious (and eventually abandoned) atomic dream to bustling office park.

This forlorn park is the result of a failed investment turned tax dodge.