This abandoned Civil War fortress is slowly being swallowed by the waters of Lake Borgne.

The crumbling remains of a 19th century fortess.

Storyville was New Orleans' historic red light district and hotbed of jazz music, sometimes referred to simply as "The District."

Despite the ever pressing encroachment of urban sprawl this grand New Orleans manse still stands.

The restaurant keeps a hidden séance room on the second floor and reserves a table for the spirit of the former owner each night.

New Orleans' famous cemetery, located on the site of a former race track.

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

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

From Japan to Italy, this California park explores the world's cultures through their gardens.

A deserted hodgepodge of experimental structures designed by nearby university students.

A Mysterious Masonic tomb in San Luis Obispo.

Once America’s most beautiful army base, this abandoned military fort on the coast of Monterey Bay has been left to the elements.

Neoclassical Revival mansion and set of horror cult classic Phantasm.

A tiny survivor of the Donner Party disaster.

California's oldest wind harp represents a historic piece of America's Danish history.

One of the oldest reform schools in the United States, home to wayward boys such as Merle Haggard, now abandoned.

This Mississippi seminary was the first in America to train Black Catholic priests.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

Georges Seurat’s pointillist masterpiece has been recreated in Ohio in topiary form.

The first spinning jail built in the United States is the only one that still turns.

This elaborate estate contains a stunning marble aviary, a sunken conservatory, and a magnificent music room with a two-story pipe organ.