World's first "penitentiary," meant to be humane, drove men insane.

Remnants of a storybook amusement park hidden behind a strip mall.

The United States Capitol's former columns still stand.

The "3rd largest" city in California is an empty mirage of suburbia in the middle of nowhere.

A former utopian healing center created by a huckster and built by derelicts.

Finale of "William Tell Overture" can be heard as drivers pass over grooves in the road.

Ingenious bakery opens up the first Cupcake ATM at their flagship location in Beverly Hills.

Medical and zoological curiosities for sale.

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

A hospital closed seemingly in the middle of operations, leaving behind fodder for horror films and ghost hunters.

An abandoned facility that has become a place of ritualistic satanic worship, or so rumor has it.

A picture-perfect town, perfect for blowing up.

Devilish landscape, once cinema home to giant alien bugs, now derelict roadside attraction.

Here lies Lilly E. Gray, an alleged "victim of the beast," but the reason long remained a mystery.

A replica that won't float away.

Dig for your own trilobites in this goldmine of invertebrates.

Prehistoric animals decorate this popular outdoor park.