Woven tree art gives this towering Australian woodland a touch of mystical whimsy.

Besieged by war, this castle ruin has crumbled into a peaceful picnic spot.

The industrial monstrosity known as Bagger 258 is a colossal mining machine built in the DDR - but now left for dead in a German field.

The abandoned Japanese amusement park once loomed as a dystopian Disneyland.

The inspiration for H.P. Lovecraft's horror stories and Batman's Arkham Asylum is now a condominium complex.

This amazingly preserved Gold Rush town is a historian's dream.

This abandoned asylum in Wales might look haunted, but it's still beautiful.

The tragic reality of a town riddled with rumors of haunts, chemical spills, and serial killers.

The ghost town left by the worst nuclear disaster of all time is being taken over by nature and urban explorers.

Dilapidated ruins that once treated a notorious young serial killer, currently hosting vandals, squatters, and ghost hunters.

A massive stairway that almost wasn't leads to one of Australia's most scenic vistas.

A castle hand-built by a Spanish dreamer in the Australian tropical jungle.

Australian Lake set aglow by Noctiluca Scintillans.