This abandoned school has had many lives since the early 1900s, and all of them doomed.

This abandoned amusement park was built on a site with a dark history.

This abandoned bridge is now a favorite haunt for graffiti artists.

Jacksonville's highways rendered this century-old grammar school unusable.

The ruins of a cotton mill that was burned in the Civil War are still hidden in a Georgia forest.

A nearly century-old amusement park is quietly decaying in a riverside forest in South Carolina.

This abandoned lighthouse looks like a rusting oil rig, but has managed to survive a number of storms.

A hobby born from insomnia has turned into a hangar full of objects that have been be-buttoned by the Button King.

This handcrafted, old western-style town is filled with deserted cars, retired movie props, and other forms of Americana.

Divinely-inspired village houses 6,000 dolls, plus strange and lovely outsider art.

Settled in 1696, abandoned after the Revolutionary War.

This historic home of the shag is keeping a Southern dance tradition going strong.

This bare tree might not have leaves but it is constantly clothed in festive decorations left by mysterious local benefactors.

Once luxurious, these oceanfront beach homes have been left to succumb to the elements as the beach is slowly washed away.

The seat of the Mantua bishop holds many secrets within its walls.

In the middle of a busy residential neighborhood, a small roofless church being reclaimed by nature.