This probably wasn't what Mao had in mind.

An abandoned facility that has become a place of ritualistic satanic worship, or so rumor has it.

Medieval town turned hippie commune, once home to the secret foreskin of Jesus Christ.

This floating cinema brings new meaning to the phrase "going out" to the movies.

A defunct all-girls college which may be the resting place of H.P. Lovecraft's real-life Necronomicon.

Shrine to Japanese water-goblins, complete with their preserved body parts.

One man's real life disfigurement inspired a lasting local legend surrounding an eerie tunnel.

Walk through depictions of the torture inflicted on those who go to Buddhist hell.

Beyond the usual stories that attend old prisons, this one has deep bloody undercurrents.

This picturesque mansion has gone from opulent ruin to nature museum.

An abandoned stretch of highway, deteriorating next to the operational one.

Once featuring over 60 miniature replicas of famous Chinese locations, the Splendid China theme park was completely abandoned and is now mostly rubble.

Once an opulent Art Nouveau hotspot, the Constanța Casino is one of Romania's most beautiful abandoned buildings.

The ghost town left by the worst nuclear disaster of all time is being taken over by nature and urban explorers.

I fought the law and the precinct caved in.

The Devil’s own choice when he needs a drink in Brussels.

The ruins of an ancient island city built atop a coral reef in the South Pacific are spectacular and strange enough to have inspired H.P. Lovecraft.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

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

This dramatic sea spire is home to the world's rarest insect and is part of the lost continent of Zealandia.

This collection of over 50 murals celebrates Brussels' rich history as the self-proclaimed home of the "comic strip."

This perfectly preserved Chinese medicine shop was untouched for decades before being reopened as a museum.

This former Masonic hall has been turned into an art project that uses even more metaphysical iconography.

The former locus of Boston's high culture has been shuttered and buried for over 70 years.