Even once-opulent structures can deteriorate. These palatial estates were abandoned and now sit in varying states of decay for reasons ranging from natural disasters to rumored hauntings. Photos of ...

It can be hard to believe that some castles, as beautiful, mysterious, and alluring as they are, were once so unloved that they ended up being abandoned. Turrets and towers were sometimes left to fall ...

Gwrych Castle in North Wales was left abandoned decades ago. Built in the early 1800s, the castle was a private residence and then a site for reenactments. The castle, now used as the set of a TV show ...

They are renovating the property into a "cozy" space where they can stay long-term, despite its staggering size Jordan Kamelleri and Emanuele Neri tell PEOPLE how they got into renovating and their ...

Ramy Awad, an urban explorer living in New York City, set out to central France to document an abandoned 19th-century castle, which he claims was once home to victims of the Titanic disaster. The ...

In the 18th century B.C., a Canaanite palace at Tel Kabri, in what is today northern Israel, was a sight to behold. The enormous building—at 65,000 square feet it was larger than a modern shopping ...

An urban explorer has filmed an eerie town filled with abandoned Disney-esque castles, in footage that resembles a haunting fairytale. The Burj al Babas resort, in Turkey, was meant to attract wealthy ...

In cities across America, glamorous theaters of a golden age gone by stand as relics to the past. These palaces of entertainment harken back to the days of the early 20th-century when movies were a ...

Steven Seitz’s spring cleaning is a bit more daunting than most homeowners’. The 60-year-old University of Illinois political science professor’s passion is collecting. So when he moved from his ...

What started as a way to save on rent turned into a series of renovations that led to the purchase of a 16th-century Italian palace Jordan Kamelleri | @jordankamelleri One couple bought a stunning ...