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

This park pays homage to the region's rich industrial history of brick making.

This church houses the “incorrupt” body of its founding Bishop.

At 135 years old and counting, this historic print shop is heaven for poster nerds and music buffs.

Florence’s mother built a stairway down to her daughter’s coffin so she could comfort her during storms.

In the middle of an abandoned stretch of old Route 50 lies a tombstone that weighs three tons.

The final resting place of the camel who served with the Confederate Army during the Civil War.

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

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

This overgrown Illinois water park offers a whole new type of adventure.

This abandoned school has had many lives since the early 1900s, and all of them doomed.

This schoolhouse for Black American children is one of the oldest remaining in southeastern Ohio.

This former tuberculosis research hospital endeavored to cure the dreaded disease with fresh air and positive attitudes.

A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.

Crumbling ruins mark the site of a couple's grisly murder in the woods.

An abandoned theme park with a strange and tumultuous past.

A former 19th-century tavern, famous for its peach brandy and honey concoction.

This tomb was fashioned with a sliding window for a grieving mother who struggled with her daughter's death.

The grave of the iconic Kentucky Fried Chicken mascot features a bust of the man behind the goatee.

The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.

The juke joint where legendary soul artists ate, drank, and made merry.

These early tent-shaped grave coverings are unique to Appalachia.

A house built specifically to shelter the dead.

This tiny 19th-century tunnel was built so a man could move his cows from one field to another.