World's first "penitentiary," meant to be humane, drove men insane.

Prison made famous by The Shawshank Redemption has been out of commission since 1990.

Once adorning a New York skyscraper, these reclaimed ruins now haunt an Indiana park.

A hidden network of subterranean passageways lies tangled beneath Indianapolis' bustling City Market.

This pair of eccentric Ohio castles were built by a pair of brothers who wanted to bring a bit of class to the Ohio wilderness.

Now in disrepair, this 19th century station was a stop on of the famed B&O Railroad.

This Indiana walk of fame honors music legends with record-shaped plaques in the pavement.

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

An art deco ice cream shop covered in vintage train station tiles.

This magnificent Cincinnati graveyard is also a popular public park.

A castle built by an eccentric medieval enthusiast in rural Ohio.

An abandoned munitions factory with a shot tower continues to wage war on the surrounding environment.

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

A suspended garden, now gone, once hung in the middle of this abandoned church.

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

A floating museum that was sunk by a flood and left to rot in the tides.

An urban forest overtakes what was the greatest failure of utopic urban housing.

A late sculptor's last project was to turn this abandoned cement factory into a castle-themed amusement park.