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

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.

This fairy tale-themed amusement park is now abandoned, and childhood metaphors abound.

An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.

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

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

This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

This amazingly preserved Gold Rush town is a historian's dream.

Instead of becoming a power plant, this abandoned complex became a massive letdown.

This abandoned prison castle has become an imposing gallery of graffiti art.

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

The haunting "Hell House Altar" is one of the few remnants of an abandoned college that has been a magnet for local legends.

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

This former tuberculosis research hospital endeavored to cure the dreaded disease with fresh air and positive attitudes.

The beauty of urban decay, hiding some dark secrets.

Enchanting gardens surround a derelict mansion, all hidden in plain sight behind a stone wall.

An overgrown garden stands as a grim marker of an unrealized dream.

The ruins of this Thomas-Jefferson-designed mansion have been left to crumble since the Christmas Day they burnt down.

A railroad tunnel that, upon its completion, was considered one of the engineering marvels of the modern world.

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