No Gordon Lightfoot song, only a barebones monument to greed.

Steep canyon walls hide a forested oasis in the West Texas desert.

Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia meet at this point in the Cumberland Gap.

Once an ambitious nature spa, these forest ruins now provide a serene monument to failure.

When this test site was abandoned, they didn't even bother to take the rocket with them.

This angular Dwarven tunnel cuts through a mountainside in Glacier National Park.

A memorial to the unknown and unheralded men and women of the Cold War military and intelligence services.

This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.

This abandoned island off the Venetian coast has been a radical monastery, a political prison, and a secret Nazi base.

This ghostly Alaska village still clings to a steep cliffside despite having been abandoned for over 50 years.

These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world's largest coastal brick fortresses.

An abandoned settlement originally established by British colonialists in the Andaman archipelago.

Ruins of a Carnegie family mansion on Cumberland Island.

An abandoned whaling station on an active volcano offers hot springs in Antarctica, surrounded by ruined giants of industry.

This Canadian island is a veritable garden of decay with countless abandoned structures dotting the landscape.

A small island less than half a mile from Venice is a forbidden island with a dark and twisted past.

Remains of an abandoned coral city.

As a show of peace, a Japanese naval pilot gifted his 400-year-old Samurai sword to the Oregon town he bombed.

Dubbed the "Blade Runner dragon," this buzzing neon sign is a beloved local icon.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

This grand mansion has starred in everything from Bones to Buffy.

Step into a cartoon at this Seoul café that aims to evoke a two-dimensional scene.

Plenty of old carney magic still haunts this photogenic amusement park.

An abandoned boat that's been stranded mysteriously for decades.