Discover 52 abandoned places in the United States

Ghost towns, hospital ruins, underground tunnels, and more. Email not displaying correctly? View in your browser. August 29, 2019 52 Abandoned Places in the United States From Florida to Washington, the United States has its fair share of abandoned places. Sometimes sites, such as Jazzland in New Orleans, are abandoned after a disaster. In other cases, times change so rapidly that entire settlements, like Rhyolite, Nevada, can turn into ghost towns. No matter the reason it disappeared, each forgotten site tells us something about our past. Check out 52 abandoned places here or seven of our favorites below. Read More → ROYSE CITY, TEXAS Futuro House Fewer than a hundred of Finnish architect Matti Suuronen’s sci-fi-inspired Futuro Houses were ever produced. Fewer than 50 remain, making this odd spaceship vacation home crumbling away in a Royse City, Texas, field more sought after than it would appear. Read more → BEATTY, NEVADA Rhyolite Ghost Town Founded in 1904, Rhyolite was one of several short-lived boom-towns from the late Gold Rush era. People were drawn to the desert on the edge of Death Valley by the promise of gold found amongst quartz in local mines, but the town was abandoned by 1916. Read more → FREDERICKSBURG, VIRGINIA Virginia Renaissance Faire Open from 1996 to 1999, the Virginia Renaissance Faire attempted to create a replica medieval square deep in the Virginia wilderness. However, the location was simply too remote and due to dwindling sales, the faire shuttered its gates and was left to rot. Read more → MANHATTAN, NEW YORK Smallpox Hospital Ruins From 1856 until 1875, this Roosevelt Island hospital treated infected smallpox patients away from the New York City population. Abandoned since the 1950s, it was declared, in its ruin, a city landmark in 1975. Read more → NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA Abandoned Jazzland After Hurricane Katrina, this former Six Flags was judged too expensive to restore. Slated for demolition by the Six Flags corporation, the defunct park quickly fell into disrepair. Read more → ELLICOTT CITY, MARYLAND ‘Hell House Altar’ Buried in the woods of Patapsco Valley State Park are the ruins of St. Mary’s College. Although the main buildings have been torn down, a single stone gazebo still sheltering a metal cross remains. Read more → Atlas Obscura Trips Moonlit Ghost Towns Join us this November for a six-day photography exploration as we venture through the remains of Death Valley’s bygone mining past. With a special focus on after-dark composition, you’ll learn how to capture the spirit of the abandoned towns that still haunt the expansive desert. Learn more → Visit AtlasObscura.com · View in Browser · Unsubscribe · See All Newsletters 61 Greenpoint Ave #622, Brooklyn, NY 11222