Buildings that dynamite couldn't bring down were abandoned because of bathroom issues.

An earthwork sculpture built by Robert Smithson in the Great Salt Lake only reemerges during drought.

The library of every book lover's dreams.

In upstate New York, gorgeous waterfalls and a watermill are slowly being reclaimed by nature.

This abandoned asylum was once a state of the art facility before devolving into one of the most deadly mental institutions in American history.

A historic grist mill and active sluice on the Black River.

An abandoned bait shop with a front lot filled with storage boxes.

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

In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.

A Japanese pilot crash-landed on this Hawaiian island after the Pearl Harbor attack and terrorized locals for a week.

Abandoned anti-ballistic missile base.

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

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

A modern ghost town whose inhabitants were driven away by the growth of nuclear power.

This palatial botanical garden is home to one of the largest pipe organs ever installed in a private residence, and a piece of Wood's cycad.