The most unloved grain elevator in Brooklyn was a “Magnificent Mistake.”

A Balinese resort, empty and trapped in time.

A rocky sea serpent hides caves, blowholes, and a spectacular natural bridge.

The decaying ruins of Wales' first asylum for the mentally ill.

A formerly abandoned mental institute, now back in business.

This hospital once pioneered the use of electroencephalograms, but fell into maltreatment, abuse, and eventual abandonment.

A lovers' beach, tucked below the surface of the island, provides a safe haven for romance.

The loneliest island in New York.

A serpentine highway twists and turns over the treacherous Norwegian Sea.

Bold contestants slide in a rice paddy behind two charging bulls.

A submerged village appears when dam levels drop.

Even King Tut was intrigued by the glass of the Great Sand Sea.

The third largest ship breaking yard in the world has created an eerie shipping graveyard in southern Pakistan.

An ethereal glowing blue ocean cave in Croatia.

Remote Honduran Islands with a colorful history.

The feral felines of Roosevelt Island have a small army of allies and an abandoned hospital all to themselves.

A reservoir of vintage pinball machines and arcade games for the nostalgic and thrill seeking.

The forgotten mummies of Dakhla oasis.

Home on the Hillside, and home of the first breakfast cereal.

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

The largest underground church in Europe.

Beijing's version of Disneyland, completely abandoned, mostly destroyed.

The seamy, underground secrets of Portland's criminal past.

From scholastic to sepulchral - now under reconstruction.