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.

An abandoned beach resort in Normandy reclaimed by artists.

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

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

A crumbling cliffside ruin hidden in the woods.

An abandoned Art Deco hotel nestled on the side of a wooded mountain.

An abandoned hotel in the highlands of Bali is shrouded in stories of ghosts, curses, and corruption.

The world’s highest ski resort was deserted after an 18,000-year-old glacier melted away.

This restored farmhouse is a time capsule of a 19th-century Colorado homestead.

This tea house was a hand-built gift from Boulder's sister city in Tajikstan.

The remains of an early 1900s dude ranch that operated until the 1970s.

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

Wall to wall taxidermy at Denver's oldest and most exotic steakhouse.

Prison made famous by The Shawshank Redemption has been out of commission since 1990.

A castle built by an eccentric medieval enthusiast in rural Ohio.

Take a drunken tour inside the world's largest known geode.

Spanking machines, fake goats, and more devices of humiliation are on display in this museum of fraternal initiation devices.

This botanical garden outside Chicago boasts an array of more than 300 varieties of lilacs.

One of the last functioning antique elevators in Chicago.

Eclectic collection of rare and beautiful stones in a historic home.

This grave in a ghost town cemetery marks the death of a witch on a day that never happened.

Built to house a chapter of the Knights Templar, this grandiose building is a relic of Freemasonry in Chicago a century ago.

The face of a woman pushes its way through the earth.