Two monstrous warehouses. One now holds priceless works of art, the other stands abandoned and dilapidated.

Every animal in the torah taxidermied and crammed into a Brooklyn townhouse.

This once luxurious Catskills resort is now a haunting ruin.

A Franco-era dam flooded (almost) everyone out of this centuries-old Aragonese town.

An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.

Disney's abandoned animal island is now an overgrown ruin that was almost the coolest attraction ever.

The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.

This airfield is home to a number of retired vintage planes in various states of disrepair.

This fairy tale-themed amusement park is now abandoned, and childhood metaphors abound.

A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.

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

A macabre farm reserved part of its 222-acres for dead bodies, all in the name of science.

One artist's love letter to his city and its citizens plays out across dozens of bright murals painted on the sides of decrepit buildings.

In which a local geological marvel becomes a quaint roadside attraction.

North America's oldest quarantine facility was built in response to Philadelphia's 1793 yellow fever outbreak.

An abandoned stretch of highway, deteriorating next to the operational one.

A labor of love built by local hang-gliding enthusiasts, this ideal launch spot was outlawed by the authorities and has since been largely abandoned.

The site where Poe "in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance" likely died.

This free, take-a-book shop seems like a trick but isn't.

It's not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music's library has been described as a "cathedral of books."

This simple convenience store sits on the location where the Ouija board was named—and has a plaque to prove it.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe's grave.

This Maryland farm is known for its amazing corn mazes and its 30-foot junkbots.

This abandoned asylum was once a state of the art facility before devolving into one of the most deadly mental institutions in American history.