A short hike into the mountainside forest reveals a decaying 1890s town.

The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.

A well-preserved Ancestral Puebloan ruin tucked beneath a desert cliff.

Despite being burnt down multiple times, the ruins of this South Carolina church are still standing.

Tucked away on an empty wooded lot in suburban Oklahoma City lie the remnants of an abandoned circus camp.

The old Route 66 town straddling Texas and New Mexico died along with the Main Street of America.

The remnants of an early American attempt at missile defense.

Ruins of the elaborate house where the enigmatic costume designer threw glamorous parties for New York's theatrical elite.

The remains of a World War II munitions factory still haunt the fields of this Twin Cities suburb.

If astronomy had a ghost, it would look like this observatory.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

Try the frozen treat that inspired Arrested Development's famous banana stand.

This giant ice cream cone is the last remaining icon of a Salt Lake City staple.

Sandstone rock formations that look like they belong on the cover of a progressive rock album.

This rugged area of red rocks and arches is often considered one of the most beautiful places on Earth.

A house carved into a rock in the 1940s.

The hike through a narrow river flanked by the 2,000-foot-tall walls of Zion Canyon is one of the best in the world.

Here, at the "world's longest art gallery," you'll find forty miles of ancient petroglyphs and pictographs.

The remains of the medieval wall that once surrounded Paris with ties to the construction of the Louvre.

Strange beasts lurking in a garden are all that remain of a quirky, short-lived theme park.

The 10-foot-wide Long Beach home was built on a dare.

Chef Lawrence West serves up Indian tacos, wojapi, and other Lakota dishes at the brick-and-mortar incarnation of his popular food truck.

A saloon and inn that served the Wild West's most iconic figures—and is still haunted by some of them today.

A haunted hot springs hotel that went from healing retreat to asylum before it was restored.