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Bryson City, North Carolina

The Road to Nowhere

This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.
Added by ashleeweeks
Catskill, New York

Catskill Game Farm

The abandoned ruins of America's first private zoo are open for exploration in the Catskills.
Added by Ashawnta
Oroville, California

Oroville Train Tunnel

A train tunnel that was made obsolete by the dam it helped create.
Added by Jeremy D
Decatur, Georgia

Decatur Waterworks

Nature (and graffiti) reclaim this old waterworks that has been surrounded by a bike path and network of walking trails.
Added by gatorskulls
Malta, Ohio

Morgan County Dungeon

This underground holding cell was forgotten for over a century and rediscovered in the 1960s.
Added by Jparker72
Beacon, New York

Madam Brett Park

Home to the abandoned Tioronda Hat Works Factory, this park is a combination of woodlands and marshlands.
teiovex Added by teiovex
New Bedford, Massachusetts

Fort Taber Park

Historic seaside park featuring explorable, abandoned military structures.
crystallubinsky Added by crystallubinsky
Lock Haven, Pennsylvania

Farrandsville Iron Furnace

This abandoned iron furnace was one of the first to use coke—a type of high-carbon fuel—to make iron.
Added by tatianac9816
Traverse City, Michigan

Cherry Growers Weigh Station

This vacant station is a relic of harvest processing techniques of the mid-20th century.
rickbbiking Added by rickbbiking
Delaware

Redbird Reef

Decommissioned NYC subway cars are dumped into the ocean to create this underwater wildlife habitat.
leiris Added by leiris
Cleves, Ohio

Cincinnati and Whitewater Canal Tunnel

A small wall and marker are all that remain of this historic canal tunnel.
Added by BearcatEngineer
Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin

Chateau Hutter

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

Great Camp Santanoni

Hike deep into the woods to explore this Gilded Age masterpiece.
Added by jshepworth
Knoxville, Maryland

The Sign Above the Tunnel

This advertisement for talcum powder was painted on the rock face and has since defied removal.
Sydney Rose Added by Sydney Rose
Washington, Pennsylvania

LeMoyne Crematory

Francis Julius LeMoyne built this crematory in 1876; he was the third person to be cremated here.
robvelella Added by robvelella
Lebanon, Ohio

Glendower Historic Mansion & Arboretum

Built around 1845, this house was occupied for 100 years, serving as a home to a prosecuting attorney, a Union Civil War general, and a wealthy socialite.
Warren County Historical Society Added by Warren County Historical Society
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia

Ruins of St. John's Episcopal Church

Built in the 1850s, this church was of the first five churches constructed in Harper's Ferry.
Added by blimpcaptain
Germantown, Maryland

Ruins of Clopper Mill

The hidden ruins of a mill that is linked to an attempt to assassinate the vice president of the United States.
phantomimic Added by phantomimic
Lorton, Virginia

Beehive Brick Kiln

The last of nine massive kilns that produced many of the red bricks for buildings in Washington, D.C. and northern Virginia in the early 20th century.
Added by blimpcaptain
Hudson, New York

Hudson-Athens Lighthouse

A small Second Empire-style building is one of only seven remaining lighthouses on the Hudson River.
Preservation League of NYS Added by Preservation League of NYS
Framingham, Massachusetts

Stone's Bridge

A historic bridge no one is allowed to cross.
TheDiscoveryService Added by TheDiscoveryService
New York, New York

Seaman-Drake Arch

Surrounded by low rise buildings and partially converted into an auto body shop, this marble archway is the only vestige of a forgotten Manhattan estate.
Gerard Nolan Added by Gerard Nolan
Grafton, West Virginia

Tygart Lake

A beautiful hidden gem in central West Virginia.
Added by tygartmarina
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Newkirk Viaduct Monument

This 15-foot tall obelisk commemorating the Philadelphia-Baltimore railroad connection sat neglected for over a century.
Brady Santoro Added by Brady Santoro