Despite repeated attempts to make it work, this former mining town is now nothing but dust and memories.

The remains of an idyllic small town built for the film 'Big Fish' still stand around a rundown main street.

This abandoned seaside fortress is now simply an imposing ruin being taken back by nature.

An abandoned cyanide mill is now a haunting magnet for graffiti and illegal parties.

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

This once-grand marvel of engineering is now 41 miles of scenic hiking trail.

The site of one of Japan's very few American occupations during World War II still holds the relics of a roundly disastrous campaign.

Once America's longest-manned military fort, now an abandoned hulk.

These disused steel furnaces are now haunting ruins that may one day be a national park.

This abandoned Civil War fortress is slowly being swallowed by the waters of Lake Borgne.

A crumbling wizard is one of the final reminders of a roadside Middle Earth.

The graffiti-covered remnants of a former triangulation station are balanced precariously on this California peak.

What was once one of the country's largest confectionary plants is now an abandoned ruin, but is still pretty sweet.

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

This abandoned sea fort has become an accidental bird sanctuary.

The ruins of a Massachusetts prison farm can still be found crumbling the woods of a state park.

This huge, disused viaduct is now a crumbling concrete underworld of covered in years of graffiti.

The second tallest railway trestle bridge in America.

This forlorn park is the result of a failed investment turned tax dodge.

These World War I shooting range tunnels are now haunted halls of underground graffiti accessed through the roots of a tree.

This abandoned factory on the Hudson River once churned out a million bricks a week.

The remains of this early 20th century refinery loom on a mountainside like a graffiti-covered fortress.

Nine of the very few concrete ships ever made in the U.S. are beautifully decaying off a Virginia pier.

Despite being made of a seashell mortar, the crumbling remains of this historic Florida mill are still standing.