A ghost town originally established and governed solely by Black Americans seeking a place of their own, free from discrimination.

This deserted Gold Rush town is home to a Masonic lodge that, strangely enough, still holds meetings.

This remote fort on the Yukon River is a vestige of the wild Alaska gold rush.

A mining town, now abandoned, was built in a canyon so narrow that the railroad ran right through the hotel lobby.

This former mining hub holds a surprising abundance of undisturbed relics from the Old West.

A lawless town deep in Death Valley was famous for its riches and death rate.

When he found his hometown was no more, Lowell Davis decided to recreate a "new" ghost town from scratch.

In the early 1900s, hundreds of Black Americans found opportunity in this now-abandoned rural community.

Abandoned businesses, homes, and rusted cars are all that remains of this stopover town.

This ramshackle ghost town is comprised of mining-era buildings collected from around the region.

Legend says a primate-like cryptid prowls this otherworldy sliver of the Louisiana bayou.

The eerie remnants of an ancient forest were hidden under the sand for centuries.

A 4,500-year-old forest is slowly being revealed from beneath the sands of a Welsh beach.

A fairytale-like grove with a crystal-clear spring bubbling under the shade of a massive ancient tree.

This crocodile-infested East Timor reservoir is also home to a spectacular half-sunken forest.

These trees are living witnesses to events that inspired poet Walt Whitman’s service during the American Civil War.

These figures float and flutter in this fountain crafted by famed Swedish sculptor Carl Milles.

The final resting place of a controversial man who was instrumental in plucking the banjo from obscurity.

This historic, one-acre island is the only legal place to camp in the city of Richmond.

The largest cemetery for enslaved people in Loudoun County was almost lost to history, if not for the research of a minister.

The romance of early commercial flight still fills this Art Deco destination.

A decaying garage hidden amid the dense forest is all that remains of a once-prosperous dairy farm.

The final resting place of an unidentified revolutionary soldier sits behind a Virginia church.

The oldest arched-covered bridge in Virginia has truly withstood the test of time.