Far from the shore, this sandy victim of the Skeleton Coast looks like it was plopped in the middle of the desert.

This abandoned fishing settlement may well be the greenest village in the world.

One man's ambition created this psychedelic log home.

An abandoned relic of the city's failed experiment with below ground transit.

The remnants of an early American attempt at missile defense.

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

An abandoned vacation home spent a decade taking on legends. It's now taking on water.

A hillbilly theme park that proved so unpopular the land wouldn't even sell on eBay after it closed.

Abandoned silver mine strewn with wrecked and twisted structures.

Four-story concrete hotel never opened to customers.

A Saint Nicholas-themed ghost town in the Mojave desert.

On the Oregon coast there is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

The tombstone of the founder of the lost town of Ogletown is now stuck inside a traffic median.

In 1787, a group of delegates met at this very spot to drink, be merry, and ratify the Constitution of the United States.

The Dover International Speedway is home to a towering, concrete-skinned, racecar-hungry behemoth.

Hundreds of antiquated typewriters and office machinery show the technological evolution of business.

A grotesque Fiji merman dwells within this traditional Dutch-style building.

The highest point in Delaware is located under a trailer so this marker across the street will have to do.

World War II-era bunkers are hidden under the beaches of this picturesque park, which is still scattered with wartime watchtowers.

A desiccated merman and a walrus penis bone are among the oddities in this eclectic collection of shipwreck treasures.

The historic home still shows the scars from a little run-in with the British in 1813.

A wrecked ship dating back to the American Revolution was only recently discovered off the Delaware coast.

What began as an art installation is now the private drinkhaüs for a brewery's employees.