A Saint Nicholas-themed ghost town in the Mojave desert.

Costumed elves and mountain bikers co-exist peacefully at this abandoned Christmas-themed adventure park.

This Nevada lake holds its titular natural pyramid and, if the legends are true, a number of dangerous spirits.

A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.

This attraction was abandoned after the Chernobyl disaster.

Secret Manor, a house full of legends, the least of which is the haunting of long-deceased ladies of pleasure.

Law-protected wreckage serves as a peculiar memorial for an almost forgotten World War II tragedy.

A decommissioned submarine base makes a great space for graffiti art.

A rotting air force base is now home to rare birds and scarce plants.

The rusting remains of the largest assembled WWII fleet on the West Coast.

The ghost town left by the worst nuclear disaster of all time is being taken over by nature and urban explorers.

Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.

Giant pinnacles in the sun-scorched lands of Southern Utah have been nicknamed "white ghosts."

A unique form of erosion created an uncanny landscape of boulders perched atop slender columns of clay.

Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.

This stone tower marks a lookout point over the historic Washington Crossing, and maybe some buried treasure.

Thousands of rusting train cars have been slowly falling apart on the edge of Greece's second largest city.

Stalin's prisoner-built rail line sits in ruin, never having a single car ride its tracks.

Now a memorial, this factory was once used as a concentration camp for artists by the Vichy government.

Teddy Roosevelt’s famous “midnight ride to the presidency" started at this small lake high up in the Adirondacks.

This picturesque stream was up until recently the site of a ten story mountain of slag and sewage.

When the Austin Dam failed it destroyed much of Austin...and then it failed again.

"Dark Sky Park" is heaven on Earth for astronomers, one of the rare U.S. locations with no artificial light pollution.

This beautiful building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District was empty for decades.