The 1936 Summer Olympics site is a crumbling remnant of sportsmanship and a history its host country would like to forget.

The last inhabitants of one of the U.K.'s most remote islands were evacuated in 1930.

The abandoned "Ghost Mansion" was left to decay in the mountains of Northern Italy.

The top of society once luxuriated in this world-class hotel, which continues to impress, even in ruin.

A once-luxurious, now abandoned hotel in the Italian Alps.

An abandoned beach resort in Normandy reclaimed by artists.

The now-overgrown beach resort was once frequented by Yugoslav military elite.

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

Three bridges and one giant canyon make up this fantastic Spanish settlement.

This floating garden in the sky is straight out of a fairy tale, but the real thing is nothing short of magical.