An abandoned gun-funded 19th century utopia.

Locals say Williams's ghost still haunts the place where she was murdered.

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

Connecticut's shot tower is near the end of its life.

This railroad tunnel was once the longest in Massachusetts.

With some 500,000 books across five buildings, this bookstore is a reader's paradise.

No one really knows how these old hobby horses got here, but the herd keeps growing.

Panoramic views of the city of New Haven and the Long Island Sound, with a side of history.

The seat of Buffalo government is a gorgeous Art Deco palace.

This opera house along the banks of the Connecticut River has two Tony Awards to its credit but it’s never staged a single opera.

Just a few miles from downtown Atlanta is a trail covered in a crazy collection of outsider art.

The third version of this tall sailing ship sits, rusted and burnt, in Lake Ontario.

This stone gatehouse was once the entrance to a historic mountain resort, and it had a cameo in a cheesy cult horror movie.

These World War I shooting range tunnels are now haunted halls of underground graffiti accessed through the roots of a tree.

This historic park site contains the last remnants of a once bustling canal system.

To avoid the demolition costs this abandoned drawbridge was simply left in the up position.

This mouldering abandoned mental hospital was once a center for progressive healing.

This abandoned Poconos resort is haunted by a history of kitschy romance and a violent fugitive.

A crumbling stone stable and carriage house are all that remain of a manse that was once filled with Egyptian artifacts.

This lovely hilltop tower was specifically built to withstand 100 MPH winds.

The ruins of a Massachusetts prison farm can still be found crumbling the woods of a state park.

Empty, but not abandoned, this cavernous Brooklyn loading dock was once considered the largest individual building in the world.

This tall Massachusetts folly got its name thanks to all of the purple prose its vistas inspired.

Unlike other abandoned asylums this empty institution welcomes visitors, just don't go in the buildings.