Railroad came. People came. Railroad left. Town died.

Enormous lake at the bottom of a unique cave system.

All that's left of the quintessential "cabin in the woods."

Moonbows over Kentucky.

A failed utopian experiment for British expats in the American South is now a Victorian village frozen in time.

An abandoned saucer-shaped monument in the Bulgarian mountains.

Crumbling Kennedys and a decaying Tecumseh are just some of the haunting remains of one man's cement art trail.

This fantastical waterfall is hidden in a cave located in a cracked cliff.

Natural time capsule containing an alien ecosystem.

This wonky bit of historical taxidermy is experiencing a second life online.

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

Tucked away atop a quaint Alabama pharmacy is this tiny display of antique medical tools.

A ring of creosote bushes that are estimated to be 11,700 years old.

This hilltop warren of monastic dwellings is the result of centuries worth of Mongol attacks.

As the aging humans of this Japanese village die off one local artisan is replacing them with eerie homonculi.

These Stalin-era industrial 'death traps' hang lifeless above the city

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

This softly rounded mansion was built without corners not to avoid evil spirits, but to make them more comfortable.

Putrefaction plateaus in Iran, where the dead were sent for decontamination before going to their final resting place.

These concrete domes were installed on an Icelandic bluff to honor a very specific musical tradion.

150-year-old satirical tableaus made from stuffed frogs.

Gambling, boozing, and yodeling animals cover the walls of this dive bar cum natural history museum.

Museum of stuffed gophers set up in various scenes.

A giant gun barrel in Barbados that once hoped to shoot outer space with science.