All these places were once filled with people living their lives. Abandoned by various reasons, they now look like ghost towns or horror movie sets. The mysterious mood of these places makes you feel fear, curiosity and delight at the same time. Only the bravest can dare to visit such a place!

Ghost Town of Bodie, California, USA

The now abandoned city was founded in 1876, when miners discovered rich reserves of gold and silver here. In search of wealth and better life people were traveling to a small town.
It soon gained a reputation as a "sin city", full of brothels and bars. Residents went bankrupt, and by the forties of the twentieth century, Bodie became a ghost town. It is now considered one of the best preserved towns of its type in the world.

Prison in Pennsylvania, USA

This prison was used from 1829 until 1971. Even the most famous criminals in America ended up here; for example, Al Capone was kept here.
After the prison was closed, it became a state landmark and museum, open for guided tours and exhibitions.

Railway station in Częstochowa, Poland

The railway system in Częstochowa in southern Poland was created during the golden years of industrial development. These days, this abandoned station represents one of the most mysterious places in Europe.

Ghost Tower in Sathorn, Thailand

In the early nineties, Thailand experienced the largest economic boom in history. At this time, authorities and businessmen demonstrated stability, financial success led to the emergence of many ambitious construction projects, among which was the skyscraper in Sathorn.
However, the Asian financial crisis soon occurred and the Thai economy was destroyed. Continued construction was cancelled.
On at the moment further fate building remains unknown: reconstructing it will cost more than building a new one. In addition, the tower has a reputation as a place inhabited by ghosts.

North Brother Island, USA

From 1885 until the end of the thirties of the twentieth century, Riverside Hospital treated diseases requiring quarantine: measles, typhoid, scarlet fever, leprosy. After this, the center was used to rehabilitate people with heroin addiction.
In 1963 it was closed. Now no one lives on the island except birds. The hospital building is still there, but could collapse at any moment, with all the windows broken and paint peeling off the walls.

Devil's Mountain, Germany

This reminder of a bygone era is located on the top of a mountain in west Berlin. There was once a Nazi military school here. After several unsuccessful attempts to blow up the building, the Allies decided to fill it with debris left over from the bombing.
After the fall of the Berlin Wall, the abandoned building had many owners. Among them was even David Lynch, who wanted to organize yoga courses here. The Berlin authorities refused this proposal.

Miranda Castle, Belgium

During the French Revolution, Count Liedekerke-Beaufort, a Belgian political activist, was forced to leave the castle with his family. They moved to a farm nearby.
After World War II and until the end of the eighties, the castle belonged to the state railway company and was used first as a shelter, and then as children's camp. In 1991, due to high cost maintenance, the castle was abandoned.

Kijong-Dong, North Korea

It seems that this Korean village was purposely built to remain empty and uninhabited. It is located near the border with South Korea. After the conflict in 1953, the government North Korea decided to use the village as a propaganda tool: it is the only one visible from the southern territory, which means everything should look perfect.
The authorities say that ordinary residents live in the village, but there is not even glass in the windows. In the evenings, the lights come on in all rooms at the same time. This is a fake village!

Fordlandia, Brazil

This place was founded by American entrepreneur Henry Ford in 1927 when he began his urban project. There was to be a rubber tree plantation that would extend into the Amazon rainforest. Ford came up with the idea of ​​a corporate city with all the amenities, swimming pools, golf courses, bungalows and even a place to dance.
However, local residents did not accept the idea and refused to accept the ban on alcohol. Brazilian workers and American industrialists found themselves in conflict situation. In 1930, a riot broke out in one of the cafeterias. The cars were thrown into the river and the managers were driven away. After this, the city was abandoned forever.

Abandoned cinema, Sinai desert

Locals say the cinema was built by a wealthy Frenchman who was walking in the desert with friends and thought the only thing he was missing was a movie. He bought a generator, a hundred chairs and a huge screen in Cairo. Everything was ready for display, but local residents did not like the idea at all. They broke the generator and it was all over before it could have started. As a result, in the heart of the desert there is still a white screen on which not a single film has been shown.

Varosha, Cyprus

In the early seventies of the last century, Varosha was a popular tourist area with luxurious beaches where celebrities and millionaires vacationed. At that time, Cyprus was loved by Brigitte Bardot and Elizabeth Taylor.
Everything changed in August 1974, when Türkiye captured and occupied the northern part of the island. Fifteen thousand residents of the area fled from the invaders, leaving their homes. Many planned to return, but the political situation did not allow them to do so.

Abandoned hotel, Colombia

The once luxurious Hotel Del Salto, located near the waterfall, was built in 1924. Over time, the Bogota River became more and more polluted, and as a result, tourists gradually lost interest in the region.
In addition, many suicides choose this picturesque place, so the hotel is now considered haunted.

Discovery Island, USA

This island was an amusement park.
One day they found in the waters of the lake dangerous bacteria, and the park was closed in July 1999. It has remained abandoned since then.

Holy Land Experience Park, USA

In 1958, John Greco built a religious theme park in Connecticut. It was quite popular in the sixties and seventies, with more than forty thousand people coming here every year.
In 1982, Greco decided to temporarily close the park for reconstruction and expansion, but he died and the park was never reopened.

Orpheum Theater, USA

This is an abandoned theater in Massachusetts. It was opened in 1912, and in 1959 it was already closed. Nowadays a supermarket is located in the office premises, but most of it is simply empty. Charitable organizations want to invest in New Bedford and bring a cultural landmark back to life.

American ship on the beach, Canary Islands

In the first days after the crash, the ship was still intact, so people even tried to climb aboard. Then the ship broke into two halves, and now it is not recommended to climb on it. It seems that the ship is very close, but it is surrounded by incredibly strong currents, in addition, sharp debris is hidden under the water. At least eight people died while trying to explore the area around the crash.

These enchanting photographs of abandoned cities and places give us a unique glimpse into what the world would be like without people.

Abandoned cities, buildings overrun by vegetation, deserted streets. There are no people in these photographs, and they give us a unique opportunity to see what this world would be like if we were not in it. Well, or what it will be like if we suddenly disappear.

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1. A shower room in the largest US industrial plant in Ohio, which has long been taken over by nature.

2. The beautiful Gothic interior of a Detroit theater is falling into disrepair. Michigan, USA.

3. The city of Nami, Japan, which was once home to about 20,000 people, was abandoned after the Fukushima nuclear power plant accident. The lanterns are still burning in the hope that one day they will be allowed to return here.

5. An unused chemical laboratory in an abandoned university in Belgium.

6. The Cointe Observatory - a product of its time - is now abandoned and abandoned in the city of Liege, Belgium.

7. Tram cars rot in the depot of the Vintage Electric Streetcar company, founded in 1986, which can now be called a scrap metal cemetery. Pennsylvania, USA.

8. After being abandoned in 1982, this swimming pool at the University of Rochester became a dumping ground for old chairs and tables. New York, USA.

10. The “residents” of a greenhouse in Ohio, abandoned for almost 10 years, are rotting in their pots.

12. An abandoned Japanese hotel is slowly but surely becoming the domain of nature.

15. Audience long abandoned primary school, in which there have been no students for many years. Pennsylvania, USA.

16. Abandoned house on North Brother Island, New York. In 1885, the island was used as a quarantine zone for patients with smallpox, typhus and fever, and also as a rehabilitation center and prisons. The house has been abandoned since 1963.

18. The Woodward Avenue Church in Detroit, Michigan, USA, lies in ruins after many years oblivion.

19. The Kelenfold plant, built in 1927 and opened in 1929, was abandoned after the collapse of the USSR. Budapest, Hungary.

20. Built in 1933, this hotel once served as a popular ski resort in New York. It has been abandoned since 1998 and is now slowly crumbling due to weather conditions.

22. This place was once a popular vacation spot in Liberty, New York, USA. Now its only residents are weeds.

24. An abandoned funhouse in an old amusement park in Chippewa Lake, Ohio, USA.

25. Nuclear power plant Lemonitz in Vizcaya, Spain, was left to nature after the opposition attacked it several times in the 70s, killing several workers and fighters.

26. An abandoned tram station in Sydney, Australia, covered in graffiti.

27. Billingham House in the UK has been abandoned since 1995, and only legal disputes over the site have prevented this fading ruin from being demolished.

28. In this opera house Philadelphia, USA, has not held any performances for a long time.

29. The rays of the morning sun shine through broken glass plant in Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg.

30. In their haste to leave Detroit, the staff of this library abandoned everything - including books.

31. This bar has remained untouched since the 1980s, when people began leaving Bodie in droves. Thick layer dust covers everything, and beer bottles stand in the same places where they were left the night before closing. California, USA.

32. A forgotten warehouse of collectibles vehicles Now he “collects” only dust. Detroit, Michigan, USA.

33. Abandoned safe at the National Bank of Detroit. The owner was clearly in a hurry to get out of the city.

34. Ivy has taken over an abandoned house on 17th Jefferson Street in Louisville, Kentucky.

35. Hashima is an island off the coast of Japan. It was abandoned when the coal industry declined. Now this once vibrant city is just a pitiful semblance of itself.

36. Presidio Modelo, a prison on Isla Juventud, Cuba, was built during the rise of communism.

Unusual abandoned places around the world

Man has learned to create stunning beauty architectural structures, hundreds of times larger than himself. And there seems to be no limit to human imagination and human capabilities. The only pity is that nothing lasts forever, and even works of architectural art are sooner or later, due to various circumstances, abandoned by people and given over to nature to be torn to pieces. However, such abandoned places have their own charm, and even fascinate with their shabbyness and alienation, as if they were hiding some secret known only to them.

Today we have collected many similar places from all over the world, not forgetting to mention our favorite abandoned building, for the fate of which we are committed to the whole city...

Belitz, an abandoned Soviet hospital near Berlin. The city of the same name is located 40 kilometers from the capital of Germany. During the First and Second World Wars, the city-forming hospital was used by the military, and in 1916 Adolf Hitler was treated there. After World War II, the hospital ended up in the zone Soviet occupation and became the largest Soviet hospital outside Soviet Union.

The complex is an architectural monument of the Art Nouveau style and consists of 60 buildings, some of which have been restored.

USA, last home on Dutch Island. This house was once part of a fairly successful island colony in Chesapeake Bay in the States. However, due to rapid soil erosion, there was less and less space left on the island. The house in the photo was the last one on the island; it collapsed in 2010.

In the twenties of the last century, a resort town appeared on the shores of the salt lake Lago Epecuen, located 600 kilometers southwest of Buenos Aires, in Argentina. It was named Villa Epecuen, and soon its own railway station was built here. For several decades, prosperity reigned in the town. In the 1970s, when the city reached the apogee of its development, its population was about five thousand people. Around the same period, due to a prolonged cyclone, much rain fell in this hilly region. more precipitation than usual. Because of this, the water level in Lake Lago Epequen has risen significantly. In 1985, the waters of the lake broke through the earthen dam, and Villa Epecuen was doomed to destruction. Squalls of flooding gradually began to cover the town until, in 1993, the depth reached ten meters (33 ft). Soon the rains stopped, and by 2009 the water began to recede.

For comparison: a photograph of one of the streets of Villa Epecuen in the 1970s and now, after twenty-five years spent under the thickness of the lake water.

Belgium. This is part of the cooling tower of the abandoned power plant in Monceau. The funnel-shaped structure in the center supplied hot water, which then cooled as it drained into hundreds of small concrete gutters.

Belgium. Cooling chamber.

Namibia, the ghost town of Kolmanskop. This is a small abandoned community that flourished in the early 1900s. Then German settlers began mining diamonds here. The flow of funds ended after World War I, when the diamond field began to deplete. By the 50s, people had completely abandoned the city, and now only tourists and photographers come here.

Russia. Abandoned library. The books were not distributed to schools, nor were they sold for next to nothing to orphanages and boarding schools, provincial cultural centers or vocational schools. They were left as they were - on racks, in a building with a leaking roof, no heating, broken windows and an open door.

Australia. Floating forest in Sydney. This is the hull of the large steamship SS Ayrfield, which they decided to dismantle in Homebush Bay after the Second World War. But when the shipyard closed, this ship, like several others, remained where they were abandoned. Now it is a beautiful and mysterious floating forest, which serves as an example that nature can survive always and everywhere, even after human activity.

United Kingdom. Munsell Sea Forts. These forts were built near the mouths of the Thames and Mersey rivers to protect the country from a potential German air threat during the Second World War. When they were decommissioned in 1950, several people lived here, including operators of pirate radio stations, and was also home to the Principality of Sealand, a self-proclaimed independent state.

Gulliver Travels Park, Kawaguchi, Japan. The Japanese theme park Gulliver's Kingdom opened in the vicinity of Mount Fuji in 1997 with government funds, but lasted only four years.

The reason for its collapse was not only financial problems among investors and unpopularity among visitors, but also an initially “bad” place - nearby are a plant that produced sarin for the notorious Aum Senrikyo sect, and the most famous place of pilgrimage for all unfortunates - the Suicide Forest.

Bulgarian House communist party. The former building of the monument house, built in the 1980s in honor of the Bulgarian Communist Party, today looks eerie both outside and inside (like a failed regime). This UFO-like structure fell into disrepair after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Now it is just a phantom of the former structure, although there is talk of starting restoration work.

An abandoned resort in Croatia in the town of Kupari. The resort, built in the second half of the 20th century, was considered the most luxurious hotel complex in all of Yugoslavia. More than a billion dollars from the country's military budget were invested in the construction.

In 1991, when Croatia was fighting a war of independence, the town of Kupari was captured by Serbian troops - after all the hotels were fired upon from missile frigates and boats, the largest naval landing was landed on the beach in front of the resort. The meaning of this operation remained a mystery, shrouded in darkness, but almost everything that was valuable here was plundered. After the war, the resort was never restored: the hotels are in ruins, and only local residents come to the local beach in the summer, which is still considered one of the best in the area.

USA. Deserted island in southeast Florida. These small dome-shaped structures were built in 1981 at Cape Romano. They were the summer residence of oil magnate Bob Lee, but then fell into disrepair. It is still unclear what fate awaits them.

Italy, Sorrento. Abandoned mill. This structure in the Valley of Mills was abandoned in 1866. Wheat was once ground here, and there was a sawmill nearby. The mill was isolated from the sea after the construction of Piazzo Tasso, which increased humidity levels in the region and forced the mill to be abandoned.

USA, Detroit. Michigan Central Station. The station was built in 1913 to create a new transport hub. However, several construction errors meant that it had to be closed in 1988.

The fate of Michigan Station has not yet been decided, but it has appeared in several films.

A yacht sunken in Antarctica. This eerie ghost ship was the Brazilian yacht “Mar Sem Fim”, which sank near Ardley Cove. On a yacht, a Brazilian film crew decided to film documentary, however, due to strong winds and a storm, water flooded the ship and it sank.

USA. Old abandoned New Bedford theater in Massachusetts. It opened in 1912 and was closed in 1959. Since then, he has managed to visit a supermarket and even a tobacco warehouse. Now non-profit organization is trying to raise funds to renovate this building.

Abkhazia, abandoned train station. This railway station in Sukhumi was abandoned during the Abkhaz war in 1992 and 1993. As a result, the region was deserted, but the station still retains traces of its former grandeur, such as the stunning stucco work.

Russia. Abandoned wooden houses.

These and similar exquisitely decorated towers are located in the Russian outback. Some of them are surrounded by forests.

Perhaps it was precisely due to their remoteness that these towers remained untouched.

Eastern China. Underwater city in Shichen. This incredible underwater city, lost in time, is already 1341 years old! Shichen, or Lion City, is located in Zhejiang Province. It was flooded in 1959 during the construction of a hydroelectric power station. The water protects the city from erosion by wind and rain, so it remains in relatively good condition.

USA. An abandoned subway station in New York. This beautiful station is located directly under the city hall. That's why a lot of attention was paid to its design, but due to neighboring stations it never received the attention it deserved from the public, and its curved route was considered insufficiently safe. The station closed in 1945 and remains so, apart from a few exclusive tours for curious visitors.

Colombia, Hotel Salto. Opened in 1928 next to Tekendama Falls to serve tourists who came to admire the 157-meter waterfall. The hotel was closed in the early 90s after interest in the waterfall waned. But in 2012 this place was turned into a museum.

Ukraine. Abandoned subway tunnel. This photo was taken in the metro near Kyiv. Many of the tunnels are partially flooded and stalactites hang from the ceilings.

Ukraine, Balaklava. Abandoned submarine base. And although it is not completely abandoned, it is still impressive. Before its closure in 1993, it was one of the most secret bases on the territory of the USSR, and today it is just a museum.

Japan, Hashima Island (Japanese: “border island”). This island has many names, including “Warship” (due to its shape) and “Ghost Island”. It was previously inhabited and served as a base for workers in underwater coal mines.

As Japan gradually transitioned from coal to gasoline, the mines (and the buildings that sprang up around them) closed, leaving behind a ghost island.

Taiwan, Sanzhi. Houses are like UFOs. These flying saucer-like buildings (60 of them) were originally intended to become resort houses - in particular, for American military officers serving in Asia. However, due to low level investment, this place had to be closed shortly after it was built in 1980. Unfortunately, these amazing buildings were demolished in 2010.

They say the only constant in life is change. History literature is one way to understand the passage of time, but there are also tangible monuments that can tell a lot about past times. And if some such places are looked after and cared for, sometimes the most interesting are those that have been neglected for a long time. We bring to your attention several abandoned places around the world, each of which has its own special charm.

Beneath all this dust, rust and cracks lie the stories of the people who once lived, prayed, and worked here. everyday affairs. And when you try to imagine these people and their lives, a special atmosphere and nostalgia is born. It seems as if people just recently packed up their things and left the abandoned places. On the other hand, it is interesting to see how some things that once belonged to people are now being returned to nature.

This is part of the cooling tower of an abandoned power plant in Monceau, Belgium. The funnel-shaped structure of the abandoned site in the center supplied hot water, which was then cooled by draining through hundreds of small concrete gutters.

Kolmanskop, Namibia

This is a small abandoned settlement in Namibia that flourished in the early 1900s. Then German settlers began mining diamonds here. The flow of funds ended after World War I, when the diamond field began to deplete. By the 1950s, the city was completely abandoned by people, and now only photographers and tourists come to this abandoned place.

Floating forest in Sydney

This is the hull of the large steamship SS Ayrfield, which was dismantled at Homebush Bay, Australia, after World War II. But when the shipyard closed, this ship, like several others, remained where they were abandoned. Now an abandoned place, a beautiful and mysterious floating forest that serves as an example that nature can survive always and everywhere.

Munsell Sea Forts, England

These forts were built near the mouths of the Thames and Mersey rivers in Great Britain to protect the country from a potential German air threat during World War II. When they were decommissioned in 1950, several people lived here, including operators of pirate radio stations, and was also home to the Principality of Sealand, a self-proclaimed independent state.

Last house on Holland Island, USA

This house is an abandoned place that was once part of a fairly successful island colony in the Chesapeake Bay in the United States. However, due to rapid soil erosion, there was less and less space left on the island. The house pictured was the last one on the island before it collapsed in 2010.

Pripyat, Ukraine. Pripyat is an abandoned city in the north of Ukraine, in the Kyiv region

The city is located on the banks of the Pripyat River, 3 km from the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, not far from the border with Belarus. Distance to Kyiv - 94 km. Abandoned place Pripyat was founded on February 4, 1970. The general reason for the founding of the city was the construction and subsequent operation of one of the largest in Europe nuclear power plants, Chernobyl - the city-forming enterprise, which gave Pripyat the title of a city of nuclear scientists. Pripyat became the ninth nuclear city in the Soviet Union.

Many workers of the Chernobyl station, whose work ended, lived in Pripyat major disaster in 1986. After the evacuation, Pripyat remains a radioactive ghost town, which can only be visited with specialized escorts.

House of the Bulgarian Communist Party

The former building of the monument house, built in the 1980s in honor of the Bulgarian Communist Party, today looks eerie both inside and out. This abandoned place, resembling a flying saucer, fell into disrepair after the collapse of the USSR. Now it is just a ghost of the former structure, although there is talk of starting restoration work.

Nara Dreamland Amusement Park, Japan

The park opened in 1961. But by 2006 it was already closed. It is now a popular abandoned site among city explorers, although security guards periodically patrol the area and issue fines to trespassers who enter the restricted area.

Uninhabited island in southeast Florida, USA

These abandoned sites are small dome-shaped structures that were built in 1981 at Cape Romano, off the coast of the United States. They were the summer residence of oil magnate Bob Lee, but then fell into disrepair. It is still unclear what fate awaits them.

Abandoned mill, Italy

This building in the Valley of Mills in Sorrento was abandoned in 1866. Wheat was once ground here, and there was a sawmill nearby. The abandoned site was isolated from the sea after the construction of Tasso Square, which increased humidity levels in the region and forced the mill to be abandoned.

Michigan Central Station in Detroit, USA

The station was built in 1913 to create a new transport hub. However, several construction errors meant that the abandoned site had to be closed in 1988.

The fate of the station has not yet been decided, but it has appeared in several films, for example, in Eminem’s “8 Mile.”

Sunken yacht, Antarctica

This eerie ghost ship is the Mar Sem Fim, a Brazilian yacht that sank near Ardley Cove in Antarctica. A Brazilian film crew decided to film a documentary on the yacht, but had to abandon it due to strong winds and storms. The water that entered the ship froze, pierced the hull and sank the yacht.

Abandoned theater New Bedford, USA

This is an old theater in Massachusetts. It opened in 1912 and closed in 1959. Since then, it has already been a tobacco warehouse and a supermarket. The nonprofit is now trying to raise funds to renovate the building.

Abandoned train station, Abkhazia

This station in Sukhumi was abandoned during the war in Abkhazia in 1992 and 1993. As a result of the conflict between Georgia and Russia, the region was abandoned, but the station still retains traces of its former grandeur, such as the stunning stucco work.

Abandoned wooden houses, Russia

All these exquisitely decorated buildings are located in the Russian outback. Some of them are surrounded by forests.

It is thanks to their remoteness that they remained untouched.

Underwater city in Shichen, China

This incredible underwater city, lost in time, is 1341 years old. Shichen, or Lion City, is located in Zhejiang Province in eastern China. It was flooded in 1959 during the construction of a hydroelectric power station. The water protects the city from erosion by wind and rain, so it remains in relatively good condition.

Abandoned subway station in New York, USA

This beautiful subway station is located directly under New York City Hall. That's why a lot of attention was paid to its design, but due to neighboring stations it never received the attention it deserved from the public, and its curved route was considered insufficiently safe. The station closed in 1945 and remains closed except for a few exclusive tours for tourists.

Hotel Salto, Colombia

The hotel opened in 1928 near the Tequendama Falls in Colombia to serve tourists who came to admire the 157-meter waterfall. The hotel was closed in the early 90s after interest in the waterfall waned. But in 2012 this place was turned into a museum.

Abandoned metro tunnel in Kyiv, Ukraine

This photo was taken in the metro near Kyiv. Many of the tunnels are partially flooded and stalactites hang from the ceilings.

Abandoned submarine base in Balaklava, Ukraine

Although this base is not completely abandoned, it is still impressive. Before its closure in 1993, it was one of the most secret bases on the territory of the USSR. Today it is the State Maritime Museum.

Abandoned military hospital in Belitz, Germany

This large hospital complex would have been built in the late 1800s. In it, Adolf Hitler was recovering from a leg injury suffered during the Battle of the Somme in 1916. Some parts of the complex are still operational, but most were abandoned after Russian authorities abandoned the hospital in 1995.

Hashima Island, Japan

This island goes by many names, including Warship (due to its shape) and Ghost Island. From the late 1800s to the late 1900s, the island was inhabited because it provided access to underwater coal mines.

However, as Japan gradually transitioned from coal to gasoline, the mines (and the buildings that sprang up around them) closed, leaving behind a ghost island resembling part of a ghostly warship.

UFO houses in San Zhi, Taiwan

These alien houses in Sanzhi were originally intended to be resort lodges, particularly for American military officers serving in Asia. However, due to low investment and machine accidents, the site had to be closed in 1980, shortly after it was built. Unfortunately, these amazing buildings were demolished in 2010.

Abandoned church in the snow.