A small side chapel in Santa Fe's basilica is home to the oldest statute of the Virgin Mary in North America.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

A beautiful and abandoned New York subway station from 1904, complete with chandelier.

The city of Rockford, Illinois is symbolically protected by a quartet of fittingly stony sentinels.

This eye-popping Icelandic crater lake is surrounded by red volcanic rock.

The ruins of this medieval castle on a foggy hill tell the story of a once-mighty empire.

Climb to the top of its spiral spire for spectacular views of Copenhagen.

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

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

These mouldering mansion ruins remember a time when the Catskills were nothing but luxury.

Built by the inventor of the radio, this abandoned hotel has housed early radio employees, military men, and a dangerous cult.

The walkable ruins of an 19th century hotel, destroyed in a horse cremation gone wrong.

The top of society once luxuriated in this world-class hotel, which continues to impress, even in ruin.

A once-luxurious, now abandoned hotel in the Italian Alps.

This magnificent abandoned hotel has long been haunted by its Nazi past.

This eerie abandoned building with a dark history is said to be one of the most haunted places in the Philippines.

The abandoned ruins of a failed resort hide on this verdant, picture-perfect island.

This abandoned Poconos resort is haunted by a history of kitschy romance and a violent fugitive.

A forsaken beachfront condo abandoned after the Boxing Day Tsunami.

The now-overgrown beach resort was once frequented by Yugoslav military elite.

The once-grand remains of this resort are slowly turning into the strange ruins of the future.

This abandoned five-star hotel is now a five-star urban exploration destination.

This truly palatial work of Communist-era architecture now sits crumbling on a Croatian beach.