This lovely university observatory continues to sit abandoned since its potential savior was sent to jail for fraud.

The abandoned husk of a mental institution that failed to save a Jazz Age icon still sits nearly unchanged.

Ruins of a historic medical facility sits eerily by the water.

Nine of the very few concrete ships ever made in the U.S. are beautifully decaying off a Virginia pier.

This once bustling boomtown hotel is now the hottest spot in Nevada for ghost hunters.

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

The ruins of a 19th century shelter run by the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

A remarkable time capsule of American manufacturing deep in Maryland coal country.

An unrealized Taoist palace left abandoned in a Houston suburb.

Before it was abandoned and left to rust alongside the road, this riverboat starred in a John Wayne movie.

This off-the-beaten-path abandoned town is a relic of Montana's silver mining boom.

A mining town, now abandoned, was built in a canyon so narrow that the railroad ran right through the hotel lobby.

These expertly crafted, scientifically accurate glass sea creatures were once an international phenomenon.

The collection of 80+ pieces created between the years 1100 and 1500 is intended to be seen, heard, smelled, touched, and tasted.

Hundreds of skulls and bones at the largest skeleton museum in the country.

A record-size collection of wild-haired troll dolls tells the story of the mythical creature's roots in Scandinavian folklore.

Nose around a unique collection of more than 300 natural aromas used to craft perfume fragrances.

The museum calls itself the "National Museum of the Paranormal" and is full of eerie oddities.

The institution is sitting on a goldmine of 21,000 paints, varnishes, pigments, and primers preserved for posterity.

Antique skeletons and taxidermy creatures were found crammed in a university closet.

Fiji mermaids, mummified remains, and recreated cryptids are among the morbid oddities at this Maryland museum.

An old church full of restored Catholic statues is a makeup artist's labor of love.

One of the most elaborate displays of Jellyfish is on display at the aquarium.

Massive still life just off the highway in Kansas.