Towers are used frequently in industrial architecture. But they often have an unintended aesthetic appeal that long outlasts their industrial usefulness.

The atmosphere in an abandoned amusement park gives off a nightmarish vibe. With 69 uber-creepy urban exploration photos, we tour abandoned Six Flags New Orleans.

Think death and derelict nightmare or think urban explorers’ dream. Here's an ode to abandoned Hellingly Mental Asylum with 33 photos. R.I.P. It's being demolished.

A faltering economy has forced businesses all over the world to shut down. So how do you keep the local economy alive and attract more businesses? You fake it.

Off-grid living can mean a number of things, but for these people, it means living in an unusual place under extraordinary circumstances.

Mysterious ghost ships with missing crews have spiced the tales of mariners for hundreds of years. Here are ten of the scariest ships you ever will "sea".

"This building is out of order! You are not allowed to enter because you may DIE!" Welcome the mercury poisoned, abandoned Polam Philips factory in Poland.

When Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was removed from power, his palaces were used as temporary shelter for US troops. Photographer Richard Mosse explored.

Inhabited bridges were once very common all across Europe and other parts of the world. Today, not many remain, but will they make a resurgence in the future?

Suddenly it's 1968! Matti Suuronen's plastic fantastic Futuro house let homeowners live in Space Age style without ever having to leave their front yards.

Sound Mirrors, Acoustic Horns and War Tubas were the only means of detecting enemy aircraft before the invention of radar - and for some time after.

Carbon chugging chimneys are shifting from sooty to beauty through new artistic visions and via a variety of infrastructure renewal projects.

Survival Town was a group of buildings and structures designed to measure the effects of an atomic weapon. On May 5, 1955, Survival Town became Loserville.

These 9 examples of preserved buildings stand, in stark contrast to their successors, as testaments to a war that forever changed the world we live in.

Billboards, fire towers, pig barns and factories are converted into stunning modern homes that preserve the history of the original structures.