Abandoned power station once home to a squatter community, now being developed into an arts center.

A 200-year-old building in the French Quarter that was to be Napoleon's home in the New World.

This beautiful "lagoon" is actually a toxic soup filled with cars, carcasses, and trash. When warnings couldn't stop people from going for a dip, the town dyed it black.

This abandoned mansion has a window for every day of the year, and is a temple for ghost hunters.

Florida's oldest bar was once a morgue, complete with a hanging tree and gravestones.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

A mysterious castle built as a monument to lost love.

The "dragon babies" of southeastern Europe.

Remote, volcanic island that Darwin, Hooker, and the Royal Navy shaped into a thriving, artificial ecosystem.

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.

A ruined castle has more than its fair share of legends and ghost stories.

The gloomy ruins that inspired Bram Stoker to bring Dracula to life.

This antique prison is a tourist attraction with a sordid past.

White beach sands made of the remains of tiny, star shaped creatures.

This historic "City of the Dead" lies prominently in the center of New Orleans' famous Garden District.

This "second" cemetery represents New Orleans' attempt to keep cholera at bay.

An abandoned town of skeletal wooden homes.

Hitler's bleak vision of relaxation still stands as a mostly abandoned 10,000-room resort complex.

One of the most accessible undersea plane wrecks in the world.

This dark, quiet forest on the outskirts of San Diego is dense with rumor and lore.

A mining town once rife with murderous disputes over its copious treasures now creates income as a popular spot for photo shoots.

Five miles of underground river link lake to ocean.

A lush desert oasis in the shape of a narrow crescent.