Over 12,500 words are scrawled across each room of this historic plantation house and no one knows why.

These simple structures are living monuments to the fishermen who built this community over a century ago.

Though it may look like it’s missing its outer shell, this skeletal cast-iron tower was built to withstand wind and waves.

Once featuring over 60 miniature replicas of famous Chinese locations, the Splendid China theme park was completely abandoned and is now mostly rubble.

Built in 1927, this pink stucco hotel once hosted stars of Hollywood’s silent movie era. Now it's being brought back to life.

An abandoned town is hidden in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

A man's home is his castle.

The remains of the iconic train crash from the movie The Fugitive can still be found rusting along the Great Smoky Railroad.

Just a few miles from downtown Atlanta is a trail covered in a crazy collection of outsider art.

Performers, intricate sets, and a real speakeasy tell the story of the 18th Amendment.

This small museum gives visitors a chance to soak up the history of the "sponge capital of the world."

Off of the Crawfordville Highway in Florida, nature is taking back this decrepit row of Ford trucks.

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

Owned by no one but beloved by all, Brownie was a good dog.

A Florida college boasts the world's largest single-site collection of structures designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

Could this grave be the true resting place of legendary gunfighter "Doc" Holliday? Unclear.