Superfans of The Shawshank Redemption can take a driving tour of most of the films real locations.

The failure of one component toppled this entire bridge during rush hour.

See the nearly two-century-old ruins of pre-railroad America at the former site of a lock on the Ohio and Erie Canal.

A late sculptor's last project was to turn this abandoned cement factory into a castle-themed amusement park.

An abandoned factory along the Mississippi coated by a giant mural.

A creepy sculpture of a decapitated head invites viewers to see St. Louis through its empty eyes.

Illegal drag racing two stories beneath Chicago’s streets.

This urban drawbridge gained eternal pop culture fame when the Blues Brothers jumped it while it was raised.

What was once the second largest steel mill in the US is now a sprawling complex of modern ruins.

The unluckiest U-boat in the entire German fleet is now on display in a Chicago museum.

These abandoned grain silos and tunnels are an urban exploration dream.

Old car parts and assorted materials get turned into one man's mechanical treasures on the side streets of Cleveland.

This former industrial site has transformed into a community sculpture garden that hosts monthly Full Moon parties.

Lovingly nick-named the "Brick Dick" this municipal tower was winner of the World's Most Phallic Building Contest.

Enormous small-business mecca in the Midwest, serving dozens of artists.

An ever-evolving wall of graffiti art off East Liberty Street.

This Detroit ruin was once a gothic bastion of its community, but now it stands as a haunting ruin.

Known as "The Dome" this is the world's largest open air geodesic dome.

For decades, this waterfall remained hidden because of an artificial dam.

The bones of an old zoo crumbling in the shadow of a new one.

A Beaux-Arts triumph set to become Ford's innovation campus

A wacky two-story folk-art assemblage of carved and found objects, with lights, motion, and sound now in need of financial support.

The collection of ceremonial and cultural objects spans many countries and hundreds of years.

Glass and concrete building designed by Albert Kahn.