The author in front of an abandoned zoo enclosure (L) and another abandoned structure in the Crandon Park Zoo's ruins in Florida.Joey Hadden/Insider In 2021, I explored the ruins of a Miami zoo that ...

In 1912, the city of Los Angeles petitioned to build a “healthier” zoo in Griffith Park, but funding stalled and they had to make do with a mere fifth of their budget, an inadequate amount to build ...

Griffith Park, located near West Hollywood, has over 50 miles of hiking trails, including iconic hikes to the Griffith Observatory and the Hollywood Sign, which are notable for being among the best ...

From an eerie lighthouse standing empty along California's coast to closed but still nostalgic amusement parks whose carousels stopped spinning decades ago, some of the creepiest spots in the U.S. are ...

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