The remnants of an early automobile route across shifting sand dunes can still be found in the deserts of Southern California.

Costa Rican accommodation resembles a crash site, but with a nice balcony.

There is a small island in the Gulf of Nicoya where the only human inhabitants are dead.

One Costa Rican island is so beset by illegal shark poachers that the local rangers have built an entire bridge with their confiscated gear .

In Costa Rica's cloud forest, the roots of a woody ficus create a botanical bridge.

Once the foundation for a mansion, these ruins now offer amazing panoramic coastal views.

This unusual rock formation looks like an apple that has been neatly sliced in half.

Along the most northwestern point in Africa is an ancient cave surrounded by legends.

This ancient Irish landscape boasts hundreds of legendary ruins.

This Art Nouveau mansion was used as the "House of the Screaming Child" in Dario Argento’s giallo classic.

This chest hospital with a dark, haunted past serves as a fitting set for horror films and a paradise for ghost hunters.

The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.

Shop for books in the New Orleans house where William Faulkner once lived.

The stone labyrinth in this New Orleans city park was laid to symbolize healing in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

The largest treasure hoard in Europe is contained in a castle that was bombed out during World War II.

Garden dedicated to native carnivorous plants and site of huge flytrap heist.

In 1977, an eccentric book lover formed a micronation for book lovers.

What was once the second largest steel mill in the US is now a sprawling complex of modern ruins.

The overgrown remains of an old rail bridge rise above the valley like ancient Greek ruins.

These abandoned grain silos and tunnels are an urban exploration dream.

Built by an accountant with a dream of running a grand resort, this estate has sat vacant for over half a century.

An enormous factory from the late 1800s sits abandoned on Cleveland eastside.

A fire lookout atop a glacial pinnacle is reached by climbing three vertiginous flights of stairs.

A grueling 699-step stairway to a heavenly view of the island of Saint Helena.