From your local abandoned manufacturing plant to Chornobyl, certain locations are mesmerizing precisely because time and decay have set in. Eerie, fascinating, spooky or beautiful, man-made things ...

There is something strangely fascinating about places that were once vibrant but now stand empty. Abandoned towns, factories, and villages often look frozen in time, with machinery or streets ...

What makes a place instantly creepy in your eyes? Is it its history? Is it about aesthetics: how it looks and what it reminds you of? Or is it more of a feeling, just a vibe you're getting while being ...

Lots left vacant, offices full of equipment but devoid of people, entire villages literally left to the wolves--this hour, TED speakers share stories about bringing new life to abandoned places.