Abandoned places

A historic mansion sits abandoned but recently a ghost tour was allowed inside. Check out incredible photos of the Birdsell Mansion.

There's a new story that serves as a warning to always have some idea of what might be waiting inside if you choose to investigate an abandoned place. An investigator went inside an old factory in Crestwood, Illinois, but learned it hid a terrible secret and a creature guarding it.

You never know what you might find when you're hiking in the woods of Illinois. A new exploration uncovered what appears to be a forgotten family cemetery hidden somewhere in Illinois near a pond that's been abandoned for at least 120 years.

The Kingpins Bowl has sat vacant since closing its doors for the last time in July 2016. See photos taken years later revealing the state of rot and decay as the building and its contents were left abandoned.

The Oak Grove School in Jay County, Indiana was built in 1913. A photographer shared these extraordinary pictures of the now abandoned building.

It's a part of Missouri that's practically been forgotten. Remnants of ghost towns that used to thrive, but now sit empty. An adventurer just took a lonely walk through what is left of these towns that have been lost in a distant past.

You never know what you might find in the woods. That was especially true of a hiker in Illinois who found an abandoned airplane.

What's scarier than investigating an abandoned place? Answer: realizing that you're not alone. That's exactly what happened to some urban explorers who recently checked out what remains of an abandoned elementary school in Illinois.

You've seen a lot of abandoned places on YouTube, but I guarantee you've never seen one quite like this.

Nazareth Speedway was once a thriving and busy NASCAR track that held 45,000 NASCAR fans. Now, 16 years after the track closed it sits with only the history of what it once was.