Heading eastbound on Hwy 287 just outside of Wichita Falls, Texas, motorists can’t help but be intrigued by the skeletal remains of a house residing on a hill, the Witches Gate.
Just across the Piscataqua River and Prescott Park sits the eerie abandoned Portsmouth Naval Prison in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The facility is considered the Alcatraz of the East.
Along Route 66, you used to be able to find all kinds of cafes, gas stations, attractions, and tourist courts. One of the more iconic landmarks in Amarillo, Texas was the Ranchotel.
There is a former riverboat casino that is abandoned and still floating on the Illinois/Iowa border nearly adrift in the Mississippi River near Burlington.