The abandoned ruins of a failed resort hide on this verdant, picture-perfect island.

The ruins of an abandoned church loom within a picturesque Ukranian village.

A former hospital is now home to a pizza parlor and maybe a few ghosts.

This ''hidden'' 19th-century bridge played a simple, yet important role during the Spanish-American War.

The abandoned remains of this once-thriving hotel looms over the city, awaiting an uncertain future.

Rhode Island's tallest building bears a resemblance to the "Daily Planet" building and has been empty for more than five years.

This abandoned mine and power plant was built atop land once given to Revolutionary War soldiers.

The verdant mossy ruins of a Franciscan monastery lie in the remote Sintra hills awaiting exploration.

The tangled roots of a giant banyan tree have fully reclaimed the ruins of this abandoned warehouse.

Disturbing winged beings decorate the walls of this strange abandoned hermitage.

Britain’s highest medieval monastery is a remote ruin nestled at the head of a valley 1,240 feet above the sea.

An abandoned underground bunker not far from downtown New Orleans.

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

A nearly abandoned 19th-century town on the Palouse.

One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.

An abandoned tuberculosis hospital said to be haunted by the patients who died within its walls.

A ghost village sits atop a mountain within Jordan’s largest biosphere reserve.

This once-forgotten oasis in the middle of Lisbon was first created over a century ago quite by accident.

A Trabant car, a kangaroo statue, and a plethora of plants take over this abandoned-factory-turned-bar.

An abandoned desert hamlet swallowed up by sand.

These abandoned vessels are destined to be reclaimed by the forest.

This Old West prison built into the side of a cliff was said to be inescapable.

The picturesque remains of an abandoned silver mine slope down to Tagish Lake in the Yukon.

Abandoned for over a century, this chilling train tunnel is now a destination for ghost hunters.