The remains of a community that was forced to move for a dam that never materialized still rot in this Pennsylvania park.

This eerily well-preserved coal town was saved from destruction by a Sean Connery movie.

This underwater old Texas hill town only resurfaces during harsh drought.

This once prosperous community was home to European settlers and the Ojibwe.

This picturesque ghost town is located on the banks of the Suwannee River.

Abandoned 19th century homes once occupied by naval officers, soon to be demolished.

The old Route 66 town straddling Texas and New Mexico died along with the Main Street of America.

This disastrous New Jersey safari park saw animal attacks, escapes, and disease before being abandoned.

This tiny New Jersey village has lived many lives but seems determined to remain a ghost town.

A historic recreation of the golden age of the Erie Canal, abandoned for some time, slowly being restored.

In the woods of New Jersey lie the ruins of a munitions village abandoned after World War I and the remnants of a 1920s wooden racetrack.

The deserted railroad town had a last gasp as a ghost town attraction before being abandoned for good.

A modern ghost town whose inhabitants were driven away by the growth of nuclear power.

This demolished goliath of American industry once loomed over the depressed town it once made thrive.

Buildings that dynamite couldn't bring down were abandoned because of bathroom issues.

A deteriorating 1990s Girl Scout camp in a beautiful lush park on Lake Ontario.

A mine fire has been burning under the deserted town since 1962, but this church is still going strong.

Once a thriving business district, this former shopping area is now an urban ghost town in the heart of the city.

An eerie, decaying ghost town destined to fade into the forest.

This abandoned Victorian-style house was built in 1884.

Toxic waste disaster that founded the Superfund program.

The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.

An overgrown garden stands as a grim marker of an unrealized dream.

Once luxurious, these oceanfront beach homes have been left to succumb to the elements as the beach is slowly washed away.