The scariest abandoned buildings in the world. The most terrible places on earth (39 photos). Floating forest in Sydney

All these places were once filled with people living their lives. Abandoned for various reasons, they now look like ghost towns or horror film 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 Bodie, California, USA

The now abandoned city was founded in 1876 when miners discovered rich deposits of gold and silver here. Looking for wealth and a better life people went to small town.
It soon gained a reputation as a "sin city" full of brothels and bars. The inhabitants went bankrupt, and by the forties of the twentieth century, Bodie had become a ghost town. Now it is considered one of the best preserved towns of this type in the world.

Prison in Pennsylvania, USA

This prison was used from 1829 until 1971. Even the most famous criminals of America turned out to be here, for example, Al Capone was kept here.
After the prison was closed, it became a national landmark and museum, open to guided tours and exhibitions.

Railway station in Czestochowa, Poland

The railway system in Czestochowa in southern Poland was established during the golden years of industrial development. Today, this abandoned station is 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, the 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 hit and Thailand's economy was devastated. The continuation of construction was cancelled.
On this moment further fate building remains unknown: it will cost more to reconstruct it than to build a new one. In addition, the tower has a reputation for being haunted.

North Brother Island, USA

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

Devil's Mountain, Germany

This reminder of a bygone era sits atop a mountain in western Berlin. Once there was a Nazi military school. After several unsuccessful attempts to blow up the building, the Allies decided to cover it with the debris left after the bombing.
After the fall Berlin Wall the abandoned building had many owners. Among them was even David Lynch, who wanted to arrange yoga classes here. The Berlin authorities refused such an offer.

Miranda Castle, Belgium

During the French Revolution, the Count of Lydekerke-Beaufort, a Belgian political activist, was forced to leave the castle with his family. They moved to a farm next door.
After the Second World War 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 Kid `s camp. In 1991, due to the high cost of maintenance, the castle was abandoned.

Kijong-Dong, North Korea

It seems that this Korean village was specially 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: only it can be seen from the territory of the South, which means that everything should look perfect.
The authorities say that ordinary people live in the village, but there is not even glass in the windows. The light in the evenings lights up 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 started his urban project. There was supposed to be a plantation of rubber trees that would extend into the Amazon rainforest. Ford came up with a corporate city with all the amenities, swimming pools, golf courses, bungalows and even a place to dance.
However, the locals did not accept the idea and refused to accept the ban on alcohol. Brazilian workers and American industrialists found themselves in a 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 that, the city was forever abandoned.

Abandoned cinema, Sinai desert

Locals say that the cinema was built by a wealthy Frenchman who was walking with friends in the desert and thought that all he needed was a movie. He bought a generator in Cairo, a hundred chairs and a huge screen. Everything was ready for display, but the locals did not like the idea at all. They broke the generator and it ended before it could even begin. As a result, there is still a white screen in the heart of the desert, 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 rested. At that time, Cyprus was loved by Brigitte Bardot and Elizabeth Taylor.
Everything changed in August 1974, when Turkey seized and occupied northern part islands. Fifteen thousand residents of the area fled from the invaders, leaving their homes. Many planned to return, but political situation didn't let them do it.

Abandoned hotel, Colombia

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

Discovery Island, USA

This island was an amusement park.
Once a dangerous bacterium was found in the waters of the lake, and in July 1999 the park was closed. Since then, it has remained abandoned.

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, more than forty thousand people came here every year.
In 1982, Greco decided to temporarily close the park for renovation and expansion, but he died and the park was never reopened.

Orpheum Theatre, USA

This is an abandoned theater in Massachusetts. It was opened in 1912 and closed in 1959. Now the office premises housed a supermarket, but most of just empty. Charities want to invest in New Bedford and bring the 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 on board. 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 trying to explore the area around the crash.

Mysterious and attractive places: you can shoot picturesque thrillers in them. Our country is beautiful and huge so that few people can seriously imagine its scale. And almost everywhere: from Sakhalin to Kaliningrad, people live who eventually leave their homes for various reasons. Even in the middle of a busy city, you can find a forgotten corner, and deserted villages are scattered throughout the country.

Here is a list of the ten most romantic and eerie places that no longer have people.
Nuclear lighthouse at Cape Aniva (Sakhalin)



The lighthouse was built with great difficulty in 1939 by the architect Miura Shinobu, it was unique and the most difficult technical facility throughout Sakhalin. It operated on a diesel generator and backup batteries until the early nineties, and after it was re-equipped. Thanks to the atomic energy source, maintenance costs were minimal, but soon there were no funds left for this - the building was empty, and in 2006 the military removed two isotope installations that powered the lighthouse from here. Once it shone for 17.5 miles, but now it has been plundered and fallen into disrepair.

Fairytale castle in Conclusion



It can be found in a picturesque forest area, on a high bank. small lake, between Moscow and St. Petersburg. Manor of the architect A.S. Khrenova was built at the end of the 19th century according to his own design. Distinctive feature houses - complete asymmetry, as well as a combination of natural and artificial materials during construction. What appears to the eye is not medieval castle, not like a classic city estate, in which there was a sanatorium in Soviet times. Currently, the house is being restored very slowly, so it cannot be considered completely abandoned.

Five-star hotel "Northern Crown"


The construction of the Northern Crown Hotel began in 1988 by a Yugoslav company. They wanted to build a five-star hotel with 247 rooms with total area about 50,000 sq. m. Construction work stopped at the end of 1995, when the object was almost ready. It has been going to be demolished for several years, but still nothing. And so it stands, damp, attracting outsiders with its roof of unusual configuration, light interiors and mold on plasterboard stucco molding.

Eighth workshop of the Dagdiesel plant, Kaspiysk


Naval weapon test station, commissioned in 1939. It is located at a distance of 2.7 km from the coast and has not been used for a long time. Construction was carried out for a long time and was complicated by difficult conditions: the foundation was made on the shore, and then delivered to the construction site. The walls are 14 meters deep and 1.5 meters thick. Unfortunately, the workshop did not serve the plant for long. The requirements for the work carried out in the shop have changed, and in April 1966 this grand building was written off from the balance sheet. Now this “Massiv” is abandoned and stands in the Caspian Sea, resembling an ancient monster from the shore.

diamond quarry Mir, Yakutia


In 2004, open pit diamond mining ended and the mine reached 525 meters deep and 1,200 meters wide, making it the second largest excavated hole in the world after the Bingham Canyon mine. The hole is so big air space above the shaft is closed to helicopters due to accidents in which they were sucked into the downdraft. The landscape around looks deserted and completely alien.

Khovrinskaya hospital, Moscow


A huge multi-story hospital began to be built on the site of the cemetery in 1980, and construction was stopped five years later. Now the cellars are flooded, and the building is slowly sinking underground. "HZB", "Umbrella", "Unfinished", "Nemostor": the place is more than famous, overgrown with a huge number of urban legends and attracts a variety of personalities. The resident of evil and the gate to a parallel world in the middle of Moscow. Popular with young fans thrill, and already has its own folklore and " local residents».

The village of Kadykchan, Magadan region



Kadykchan (translated from the Evenki language - "Valley of Death"), the settlement was built by prisoners. In January 1986, the population was 10,270 people, and by 2006 there were not even a thousand left; in 2012, one elderly man lived here. Coal was mined here, due to which most of the energy was received. Magadan region, but after the explosion at the mine, people began to leave, the village was closed and disconnected from heat and electricity. Now it is an abandoned mining "ghost town". Books and furniture have been preserved in the houses, cars in the garages, the streets of five-story buildings are gradually being destroyed.

Abandoned naval submarine base Bechevinka


Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky-54, Finval Bay was founded in the 1960s as a military camp, a base for submariners. Once a week a ship went to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, there was no land communication with other settlements. The brigade was completely disbanded in 1996. All military equipment was removed, electricity and water supply were cut off. Simultaneously with the village of Bechevinka, the Shipunsky missile settlement, located on a hill on the other side of the bay, ceased to exist. The village is surrounded by mountains and the incredible beauty of Kamchatka.

Building of the sanatorium "Energy" in the Moscow region


On the territory of the sanatorium there is a new building that regularly receives guests who want to go fishing in local ponds, but the old building was partially burned down and was abandoned. There was a movie theater in the burnt part. The rooms are filled with mountains of garbage - TVs and furniture. The main attraction of the building is the palace-style staircase. There are a huge number of similar institutions in Russia, abandoned pioneer camps and sanatoriums are a common occurrence.

Maternity hospital in the Vladimir region



What could be more mysterious and darker than overgrown medical institutions? Even operating hospitals terrify many people simply because of their specificity. The building was built at the end of the 19th century and housed the maternity ward of the city hospital. It functioned, judging by the calendars and documents, until 2009, and there was some protection until 2012. Broken windows were regularly repaired, and in 2013 the building was going to be repaired. Much of the building remained untouched, and it seems that until recently in these spacious halls people were waiting for good news from doctors.

Stalking is a very popular type of hobby today, covering everything. more people who want to get some adrenaline and feel the atmosphere of abandoned places. On the Internet, we often see breathtaking photographs of abandoned places around the world, where eternal silence reigns, where nature begins to win back what man has taken from her.

In fact, it is not at all necessary to go to a distant and expensive trip for stalking, and if you are not a fan of such sorties, then we suggest you just enjoy our selection of the most scary places, which can be found right in Russia.

1. Abandoned submarine dock

Huge spaces and at the same time closed spaces. The sound of water and the echo of waves in the lifeless walls. This shelter for submarines began to be built in Pavlovsk, Primorsky Krai, in the middle of the 20th century. The construction was given as much as 20 years, but in the early 80s, construction was suspended due to an outflow of funding. In 1991, the United States and Russia signed an agreement under which the countries pledged to disarm, and this underwater base was finally abandoned.

According to the stories of local stalkers, in some rooms of the base there is an increased background of radiation, so if you are suddenly going there on a trip, it is better to play it safe.

2. Khovrinskaya hospital, Moscow

Hospitals have always been a favorite place for stalkers and ghost hunters to visit. No wonder, because this is not an easy hospital, the authorities decided to build it right on the site of the cemetery in 1980, but abandoned this idea halfway through. The building remained unfinished, and poor organization to strengthen the soil and ensure the strength of the foundation led to the fact that the structure is still shrinking.

This place was chosen by teenagers who identify themselves with various subcultures. If you know for sure that you want to communicate with the spirits of the dead, then you are here.

3. Russian Valley of Death

Think Death Valley is only in the US? In fact, there are similar places in other parts of the planet, albeit not so cruel. For example, Death Valley in Kamchatka was discovered in the mid-70s of the last century. Hydrogen sulfide, carbon disulfide and carbon dioxide. Such a hellish mixture is dangerous for living organisms, so the ground here is often littered with the corpses of careless animals who did not pay attention to the unusual smell.

A person from here, most likely, will leave without problems, but the corpses of animals on the surface are so common that this makes the Death Valley in Kamchatka one of the most terrible places on Earth.

4. Sablinsky caves

Fans of tickling their nerves can choose as a place to visit the ancient caves, which were formed as a result of sand mining in this place from the 18th to the 20th centuries. When mining was stopped, the caves had to be closed. There are real labyrinths here, so only experienced stalkers and speleologists decide to go to such a place.

In the middle of the last century, real bandits and those who escaped from prisons equipped their lairs in the Sablinsky caves. Few dared to go deep into the caves, even those who lived in them. There were times when people disappeared in labyrinths and died. Now tourists are already being taken there, a special “walking” zone has been allocated for them, but deeper ordinary tourist cannot get in. But stalkers find loopholes.

5. Abandoned submarine base

In a city called Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky-54 is an abandoned place, a submarine bay that has long been considered a secret. A few decades ago, life was in full swing in this place, and submarines returning from missions parked in the bay.

After the base was closed in 1996, the military rolled up all their property and left the place. However, no one went to extremes, so a lot of props of those times have survived to our times, which are of value precisely from the side of the atmosphere. There are few places where you can feel such an oppressive silence.

6. Kadykchan, Magadan

Oddly enough, but translated from local language, Kadykchan means the same “valley of death”. This urban-type settlement was built in 1943. Not far from it, the authorities launched the extraction of high-quality coal, and until recently, life was in full swing in the town. However, around the mid-90s, a disaster occurred at the mine - gas exploded. Seeing this, people began to disperse.

By the early 2000s, there were more than 700 people in the city. But in just a few years, the number of inhabitants fell to such a minimum that, by a strong-willed decision, the authorities decided to disconnect the city from central heating and water supply, since these services did not even pay off. After such a cardinal upheaval, the last inhabitants left the city, and now it is a ghost town, which still retains the indescribable atmosphere of a dead place.

These buildings were once invested in, people lived and worked there, and now they look like ghosts. But such objects, of course, attract with their mystery and give the city a certain charm.

The editors of the portal "ZagraNitsa" have selected a collection of the most original "abandons" of Moscow.

Plant named after Likhachev

st. Avtozavodskaya, 23

Not everyone knows that ZIL was originally called AMO and was conceived as a place for the production of Fiat cars. However, after the revolution, the plant was nationalized and for several years it was engaged only in car repairs, and only then it was retrained for domestically produced trucks. Likhachev developed the plant's turnover to 100,000 cars per year, and in the 1970s, ZIL produced 200,000 cars annually. In the 1990s, production fell and the plant is now largely abandoned. In theory, no one is allowed into the unused territory of almost 300 hectares, but in practice, of course, it is not guarded so well that those who wish could not get there.

Hadron Collider "Accelerator"

Simferopol highway, 97 km

In Protvino, the city of nuclear physicists, the only collider tunnel in Russia is located at a depth of 60 meters. The Accelerator began to be built in the 1980s and was almost completed in 1991, but was abandoned at the final stage. For 25 years, many structures have collapsed. The fate of the collider is being discussed - some want to seek funds to resume construction, others insist on destruction. Scientists argue that the disposal of the "Accelerator" can cause serious environmental consequences.

Yard on Malaya Sukharevskaya Square

Malaya Sukharevskaya Square, 6, p. 4

It is rather unusual that the courtyard in the very center of Moscow has not yet been rebuilt or used. The building of 1873 was once a significant decoration of Malaya Sukharevka, but 9 years ago there was a fire there, and the courtyard was badly damaged. Now this is a favorite place for those who like to take pictures in gloomy colors.

Water park "Akvadrom"

Aminevskoe highway, near the Kuntsevskaya metro station

In the late 1990s, a large-scale water park was planned here. However, due to disagreements between developers and investors, construction was stopped. Later, the Moscow authorities bought the right to own the unfinished premises and in 2007 sold it at an auction. There are plans to build a large shopping mall However, so far the matter has not gone further than plans. But Muscovites like to spend time indoors, taking pictures and painting walls with graffiti. They say that some episodes of the Brigade were even filmed here. Due to the emergency condition of the premises, accidents were recorded during its visits.

VIEV laboratory

st. Kuzminskaya, 10

The All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Experimental Veterinary Medicine existed for 85 years in the Kuzminki region. Later, the institution was moved to Ryazansky Prospekt, and the old building was abandoned. It is believed that over the years of the laboratory's work, dangerous experiments on animals have been repeatedly carried out here. Whether the corpses and the chemicals used were properly disposed of is not known for certain. The laboratory is currently being tested and prepared for demolition.

School of Zoya and Alexander Kosmodemyansky

st. Zoya and Alexander Kosmodemyansky, 3, p. 1

The building of the Kosmodemyansky school, opened in 1956, was moved to a newer building in the early 2000s. The old building was going to be reconstructed, but it did not come to that. People without a fixed place of residence calmly settled down at the school, twice even arranging a fire there. If you are not afraid to meet them, you can even have an interesting time at school, finding things forgotten by students.

Lift on Sparrow Hills

st. Kosygin, 20

The 90-meter lift was supposed to serve as another exit from the station "Vorobyovy Gory" (then still "Leninskiye"). The reasons for its closure and desolation are not exactly known. They talk about landslides, lack of funding, and so on. Now it is an increasingly collapsing “abandonment”, with which at the moment nothing is planned to be done.

"Blue tooth" - business center "Zenith"

Prospect Vernadsky, 82

"Blue tooth", "iceberg", "ice", "crystal" - all these are unofficial associative names for the unfinished business center "Zenith" with an original design. This is a rather gloomy building with elevator shafts and protruding fittings. The business center is now owned by the state and is waiting for its new owner.

Khovrinsk hospital

st. Klinskaya, 2 building 1

The construction of the Khovrinsky hospital lasted 5 years in the first half of the 1980s. There are various rumors about the reasons for its termination - mostly they talk about the suspension of funding. The layout of the building is quite original - the hospital was built in the form of a star with three rays. Periodically, information appeared that sectarians and Satanists gathered in the building. In the early 1990s, a murdered girl was found on its territory. At the moment, getting into Khovrinskaya is quite difficult - the security of the hospital has been significantly strengthened.

Cinema "Yerevan"

Dmitrov highway, 82

Quite enough in Moscow a large number of abandoned cinemas, one of them - "Yerevan". Last time Watched movies here in the early 90s. Then the art was slowly "moved" by the hardware store and back rooms. For 10 years the Yerevan building has been empty, its reconstruction is being discussed, but it has not yet begun to be implemented.

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

Under all this dust, rust and cracks, there are stories of people who once lived here, prayed, and went about their daily business. And when you try to imagine these people and their lives, then special atmosphere and nostalgia. It seems that people have recently collected 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 returning to nature.

This is part of the cooling tower of an abandoned power plant in Monceau, Belgium. The funnel-shaped structure of an abandoned place in the center served hot water, which then cooled, merging into hundreds of small concrete troughs.

Kolmanskop, Namibia

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

Floating forest in Sydney

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

Sea forts of Munsell, England

These forts were built near the mouths of the Thames and Mersey rivers in the UK to protect the country from a potential German air threat during World War II. When they were taken out of service in 1950, several people lived here, including operators of pirate radio stations, as well as the Principality of Sealand, a self-proclaimed independent state.

Last home on Dutch Island, USA

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

Pripyat, Ukraine. Pripyat is an abandoned city in northern 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. The 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 nuclear power plants in Europe, Chernobyl, a city-forming enterprise, which gave Pripyat the title of a city of nuclear scientists. Pripyat became the ninth nuclear town in the Soviet Union.

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

House of the Bulgarian Communist Party

The former building of the memorial house, built in the 1980s in honor of the Bulgarian Communist Party, today looks creepy both inside and out. This abandoned place, similar to a flying saucer, fell into disrepair after the collapse of the USSR. Now it is only a ghost of the former building, 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 the city's "discoverers", although guards periodically patrol the area and impose fines on violators who enter the closed area.

Uninhabited island in southeast Florida, USA

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

Abandoned mill, Italy

This building in the Valley of the Mills in Sorrento was abandoned in 1866. Once upon a time, wheat was ground here, and there was a sawmill nearby. The abandoned site was isolated from the sea after the construction of Tasso Square, which increased the 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 led to the abandoned site having to be closed in 1988.

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

Sunken yacht, Antarctica

This spooky ghost ship is the Mar Sem Fim, a Brazilian yacht that sank off Ardley Cove in Antarctica. On the yacht, the Brazilian film crew decided to shoot documentary, however, due to strong winds and the storm had to leave it. The water that got on the ship froze, broke through the hull and sank the yacht.

Abandoned Theater New Bedford, USA

This is an old theater in Massachusetts. It was opened in 1912 and closed in 1959. Since then, he has already managed to visit a tobacco store and a supermarket. Now the non-profit organization is trying to raise funds to renovate the building.

Abandoned railway 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, this region was abandoned, but the station still has traces of its former greatness, such as amazing stucco.

Abandoned wooden houses, Russia

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

Due to their remoteness, they remained untouched.

Underwater city in Shichen, China

This incredible underwater city, lost in time, 1341. 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 wind and rain erosion, so that it remains in relatively good condition.

Abandoned subway station in New York, USA

This beautiful subway station is right under New York City Hall. That is why much attention was paid to its design, but because of the neighboring stations, this one never received due attention from the public, and its curved route was considered not safe enough. The station was closed in 1945 and remains closed to this day, except for a few exclusive tours for tourists.

Hotel Salto, Colombia

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

Abandoned subway tunnel in Kyiv, Ukraine

This photo was taken in the subway near Kiev. 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. Until 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 massive hospital complex would have been built in the late 1800s. In it, Adolf Hitler was recovering from a leg injury sustained during the Battle of the Somme in 1916. Some parts of the complex are still in operation, but most were abandoned after the Russian authorities left the hospital in 1995.

Hashima Island, Japan

This island has 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 gave access to underwater coal mines.

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

UFO houses in San Zhi, Taiwan

These alien houses in Sanzhi were originally supposed to be resort houses, in particular for US military officers serving in Asia. However, due to low investment and accidents with cars, the site had to close in 1980, shortly after it was built. Unfortunately, these amazing buildings were demolished in 2010.

Abandoned church in the snow.