The eerie ruins of an isolated abandoned town nicknamed "the Widowmaker" for its deadly gold mine.

This abandoned, windowless concrete block is one of the strangest buildings in Tulsa.

A forgotten Cold War relic hidden in the outskirts of a Wisconsin city.

This isolated airport in the middle of the Everglades sees more alligators than planes.

This off-the-beaten-path abandoned town is a relic of Montana's silver mining boom.

The Jewish section of the famous Boothill Graveyard was abandoned for nearly 100 years.

A mining town, now abandoned, was built in a canyon so narrow that the railroad ran right through the hotel lobby.

In 1967, murder and mayhem disrupted the tranquility along this quiet stretch of Old Route 66.

A partial tunnel blasted into a steep ridge is all that remains of a failed railway across Arizona.

This abandoned mine and power plant was built atop land once given to Revolutionary War soldiers.

This Old West prison built into the side of a cliff was said to be inescapable.

This former mining hub holds a surprising abundance of undisturbed relics from the Old West.

The crumbling structure is a rare surviving relic of the area's bygone mining industry.

The graffiti-covered ruins of an abandoned trading post in the middle of Navajo Nation.

The 19th-century ruins hide deep in an overgrown forest.

An abandoned mine where dreams of quicksilver trickled away over 75 years ago.

The crumbling remains of the first Black-owned and operated hospital in Kansas City.

This now-abandoned outcrop is an important Native American spiritual site, overtaken by European settlers and mining pollution.

Operational for less than a year, this mill produced more than 11,000 tons of chrome concentrate in its short lifespan.

Abandoned businesses, homes, and rusted cars are all that remains of this stopover town.

Although now a decaying ruin, this stone cabin's history includes several notable figures.

This replica of the Indian spiritual master Meher Baba's tomb stands unfinished in the New Mexico desert.

This old army installation has worn many hats throughout its history.

An ill-fated attempt to grow wheat in the sagebrush steppe of northeastern Nevada.