Abandoned places in the world with a description. Flooded mall. Shicheng Underwater City, China
In our wonderful world every traveler will find something to see. Lovers of beauty are simply obliged to look at beautiful abandoned places, and connoisseurs thrill discover scary sights that excite the blood. We invite you to go with us to, among which there are both beautiful and scary. There are legends about them, scenes of horror films or beautiful ones are filmed here. And one thing pleases that there are many such places, and all of them are unique.
Many of us sincerely believe that horror elements can only be seen on the TV screen, well, in a pinch, at the celebration of Halloween. However, there are many places in the world that, at the mere sight, chill the blood. It is impossible to remain indifferent to them: either you are afraid of them, or visiting such a place becomes the main goal of life. If you are a thrill seeker, sit back and join us in spooky journey called - the most terrible.
California - House of the Winchesters
This huge house is located in San Jose, consists of 40 stairs, 160 rooms and secrets covered in darkness.
The inhabitants of the estate were strange to say the least: a crazy widow with a family of ghosts lived here.
The history of this mansion began from the moment when the mistress Sarah Winchester lost her beloved rich husband, inheriting a multi-million dollar fortune. After her death, the spirit of her dead husband appeared to her and told terrible secret about how he made money.
According to him, he built all his wealth on human bones, so their entire family is cursed, and the ghosts will avenge them to death. Fuel was added to the fire by a fortune teller who told Sarah that the spirits of every person killed with Winchesters bought from her husband's weapons company would appear to her.
But in all this hell there was a thin straw of salvation - Sarah had to make peace and try to make friends with the ghosts. To do this, it was necessary to start building a house and not stop, because if the knocking of hammers subsided, Sarah would die. Thus began the construction of the house, which was not to be completed throughout the life of the widow.
First of all, the poor woman redeemed old mansion in California and hired workers. The house grew like mushrooms after the rain. According to Miss Winchester's plan, secret passages, corridors, balconies began to appear in it. Stairs usually led nowhere to confuse the ghosts that haunted Sarah, whom she was scared to death of. The construction of the mansion did not stop for more than a day, but this madness lasted for 38 long years!
Today, this abandoned place is open to tourists, but you can enter here provided that you do not leave the group, otherwise you will simply get lost in the terrible labyrinths. They say ghosts are still waiting for their victims.
Toxic Danakil Desert
Ethiopian Danakil Desert. If you go there, it will be the scariest trip of your life! There is no such landscape anywhere else, probably even in the real hell.
Once here, you are unlikely to want to fly to Mars, because here it feels like in space. You feel just a catastrophic lack of oxygen, it becomes hard to breathe, but there is an abundance of fetid burning gases that are born under your feet in a volcanic surface with floating stones.
Traveling here, tourists in literally words shorten their lives. The heat is + 50 degrees, the danger of stepping on an awakening volcano and boiling in its red lava, inhaling sulfur vapor for life and making it short - all these risks are present here. Moreover, often in the struggle for water and food, semi-wild tribes of the Afar region lie in wait for tourists, who, as a rule, are armed and hungry. They can become an unpleasant addition to the unearthly beauty of the Danakil Desert.
Suicide Forest
The Danakil desert is a terrible deserted place, and there is nothing like it in the world. It is located at the foot of Mount Fuji, which is considered sacred.
This gloomy place differs from the forest we are used to in that people come here not for mushrooms, berries, they don’t fry kebabs here and don’t relax with their families, but come to say goodbye to life. For these purposes, he was chosen by authentic Japanese suicides.
They began to go into the forest forever from the beginning of 1950. In less than half a century, and the number of deaths in the forest reached 500 people who voluntarily said goodbye to life. Rumor has it that the fashion for death in the forest came to the masses after the publication of the book "The Black Sea of trees" by the author Seiko Matsumoto, according to the plot of which two volunteers went to this forest in order to hang themselves. They walked hand in hand...
The forest is so shady and gloomy that even on a sunny day it is easy to find a terrible corner, wrapped in grave twilight, to do your dirty work. In addition to skulls, corpses and bones, here you can find shields like "Think of relatives!" or “Think one last time!”
The issue of suicide in the forest became a national issue in the 1970s. Since then, every year the government sends units there to clean up the forest from the "fresh" dead.
Aokigahara forest area 35 sq. m. For about a year, 50-100 corpses “ripen” on the trees, depending on how “fruitful” the year was.
The bridge is a killer of quadrupeds
The killer arch bridge is located near the Scottish village of Milton, to be more precise, it is located near the Overtown mansion, which has become a haven for ghosts.
Mystical events take place on this bridge, and they were often associated with a gloomy house, however, as it turned out later, it was not the mansion that mattered, but the bridge itself. Strange events on it began to occur in the middle of the twentieth century. Dozens of dogs threw themselves from a height of fifteen meters and crashed to death, the survivors still tried to jump off the bridge.
What led them to such actions, even veterinarians and zoologists could not figure out, but the most interesting thing is that they all jumped from the same parapet.
During this time, many hypotheses have been put forward. It was said that perhaps the dogs were driven by the hunting instinct, and they rushed at the rats and minks living below. Others suspect that the bridge is located on the border of two worlds: the living and the dead, and the dogs smell the paranormal, follow the trail, and pay for their curiosity with death. Perhaps you know the secret of the Overtown Bridge?
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Beautiful abandoned places
In addition to the creepy places that disturb our minds, there are also beautiful abandoned places in the world that are hard to look away from. Despite their beauty, they evoke a feeling of pity because they are abandoned and no one seems to need them. But in fact, this is not so - hundreds of tourists come to look at them.
Italy, San Fruttuoso: Christ from the Abyss
This is one of the most beautiful abandoned places under water. The bronze statue of Christ is so realistic that hundreds of people come to San Fruttuoso to look at it at least once in their lives.
But we’ll warn you right away that only those who love diving can see it, since the statue is under water in an Italian bay. Duilio Marchante installed a bronze sculpture in honor of his friend who died at sea - the first scuba diver in Italy, Dario Gonzatti. And it was created by the talented sculptor Guido Galetti. The height of the masterpiece is 2.5 m, it is installed at a depth of 17 m, so it is not as easy to see it as it seems. But those who were lucky enough to look at the grandiose statue will not be able to forget its noble, blessing image.
Japan, Gulliver's Adventure Park
Gulliver's Adventure is another place that can be categorized as one of the most beautiful abandoned places in the world. The theme park is located in Japan, in Kawaguchi, was created as conceived by the local government to revitalize the leisure of local residents.
But for some reason, the project was not profitable and lasted only 4 years, after which it “successfully” went bankrupt. It has not been operating since 2001, but its main attraction, the 45 m long sculpture of Gulliver, attracts tourists not only from Japan, but also from other countries of the world.
There are guesses that the park was closed due to the fact that there was little entertainment here: apart from the sculpture, only a steam locomotive and a few ordinary carousels, but no one knows how it really was.
Abandoned and beautiful
It is worth noting that there are many beautiful abandoned places in the world, where, however, many of these "pearls of the world" are open to the public. The list of the most mysterious abandoned places includes the following:
- City of Kolmanskop (Namibia desert);
- Domed houses in Florida, which people have long abandoned;
- Monastery of the 15th century in Germany (in the Black Fortress);
- Bodiam Castle (England);
- Dead city of Keelung (Taiwan);
- Tunnel of love (Ukraine).
The scariest abandoned places
10 most beautiful places
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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 high cost 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 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 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 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.
People tend to be interested in something unusual, supernatural, those phenomena that do not want to fit in the head.
In every corner of the world there are places that are shrouded in terrible secrets and legends. Speculation here is intertwined with facts, and sometimes it is impossible to understand where is fiction and where is the truth. Our planet is rich in such places. Is it worth talking about the world famous Parisian catacombs Or the Auschwitz concentration camp? Why go far, take at least the same Ukrainian Chernobyl ...
However, Russia is full of stories with mysterious disappearances, inexplicable deaths and other terrible cases that make the blood freeze in our veins. We bring to your attention the top 10 most terrible places in Russia, which are famous for their paranormal phenomena and all kinds of legends.
Devil's cemetery in the Krasnoyarsk Territory
It looks like an ordinary clearing, located on a small hill, but it is included in a terrible rating called “The Most scary places in Russia". Almost a hundred dead or missing people are known over the past 30 years, who approached this inexplicable place. This clearing was discovered in 1908, according to one of the many versions, a meteorite landed here, known to many as the Tunguska. Allegedly, a celestial body pierced the mouth of a volcano, which is why a surprisingly even circle was formed inside a dense forest.
The damn cemetery is included in the top of the most terrible places in Russia for a reason: they say that absolutely everything alive dies in this clearing. Hundreds of cows, rams and any other domestic, as well as wild cattle, perish, barely wandering into it. People were afraid and still are afraid to approach this place, after the war all the nearest settlements were resettled.
Mountain of the Dead in the Sverdlovsk Region
The list entitled "The most terrible places in Russia" includes the so-called "Mountain of the Dead", known throughout the world as the Dyatlov Pass. A terrible story that happened here back in 1959 still haunts many. A group of tourists who went on a hike led by Igor Dyatlov died under strange, inexplicable, mysterious circumstances. The corpses, which were subsequently discovered by search expeditions, had injuries of an unknown nature.
The people in the group were found far beyond tent city barefoot, with shattered bones, with frozen horror on their faces. Where and from what they fled - and remained a mystery. Traces of a struggle or the presence of strangers (animals) were never found. Also, nothing indicated weather anomalies in the form of a hurricane, tornado or avalanche.
In 1961, almost under the same circumstances, another group of tourists died. Now the "Mountain of the Dead" is open to tourists who dream of visiting the most terrible abandoned places in Russia. However, apparently, the feeling of fear is stronger than curiosity, and the Dyatlov Pass is not very popular with extreme people.
Lake in the east of Yakutia - Labynkyr
This reservoir is located in the Oymyakonsky district. There are thousands of legends about this place and mysterious stories. It is said that a terrible monster lives in it, which has survived since the time of the dinosaurs. The list of the dead includes more than 20 people, supposedly all people and animals that fall into the waters of the lake are absorbed by this terrible monster.
But there is no evidence and real confirmation of abnormal deaths. After all, the area itself does not allow for any investigations - it is wild and difficult to pass and clearly does not want to be visited by curious researchers and tourists. So, the lake, covered with fables, legends and conjectures, nevertheless, is included in the top scary places in Russia.
Medveditskaya ridge in the Volgograd region
It's true creepy place located in Zhirnovsky district Volgograd region. The ridge is a whole chain of hills of various heights (from 200 to 300 meters). It is already impossible to surprise local residents with various traces allegedly left by UFOs, a huge amount of lightning and other unexplained phenomena. The proof of all this is the terrible broken trees with blackened, burned, crooked trunks and strange scorched meadows of regular, from a geometric point of view, oval and rounded shapes. But the interesting fact is that among all this madness with charred trees, bright green fresh grass grows. Living and dead side by side...
And under the Medveditskaya ridge itself, at a depth of 6-25 meters, there are many tunnels, reaching a diameter of 10 to 20 meters. Their length is several tens of kilometers. If you believe the local folklore, in the mentioned tunnels there is an underground UFO base, a city of robbers and much more, which, however, is not confirmed by any facts. Nevertheless, this region is included in the top 10 most terrible abandoned places in Russia, and people believe that it is well deserved.
Among other things, strange keys are beating out of the ground in this creepy place. Pure spring water flows from one place, and after 10 meters you can stumble upon a radioactive source.
death valley
So they call not one creepy place, but several at once. There are valleys of death not only in Russia, but throughout the world.
One of them is in Novgorod region, in Valdai. They talk about some old stump, when approaching which people and animals simply disappear. However, according to local authorities, all these are stories and nothing more. Allegedly, there has not yet been a single statement about the strange disappearance of people.
There is a Death Valley in the Yakutsk region. Here she is called Elyuyu Cherkechekh. They say that they constantly see luminous spheres, strange objects, inexplicable flashes there, but studies have not revealed any anomalies in this region.
But in Kamchatka, the world-famous Valley of Death is really dangerous. This anomalous zone, where livestock falls are often recorded, there are also rumors about human deaths. The reason for the death of animals wandering here is gas intoxication. No matter how much research was done, it was not possible to identify the cause of the spread of gases. During the day, troubles can be avoided (simply retire when slightest change well-being), but staying in this place at night is extremely dangerous - it can threaten with poisoning in a dream.
Myasnoy pine forest in the Novgorod region
But this land is really worthy of heading the list of “The Most Terrifying Places in Russia” (it’s creepy to look at the photo of the area, not to mention being there).
As if by malicious irony, the village located on this land was called Myasny Bor. The swamp and forests here are perishable in themselves. But during the Second World War, hundreds and thousands of Soviet and German soldiers died here.
Every year, search parties raise a lot of human remains for burial here, but, to everyone's horror, this does not decrease them.
This place has a creepy energy. According to eyewitnesses, at times you can clearly hear male voices and even bursts of machine guns, smell shag.
There are no living creatures in Myasnoy Bor, there is a clear feeling that you are on dead land, where it is not only creepy, but also possibly dangerous.
Lake Svetloyar in the Nizhny Novgorod region
It would seem that what is terrible and unusual can be seen looking at the ideally even, round shape of a small reservoir (12 sq. Km)? But, according to eyewitnesses, from the depths of the lake you can hear strange sounds that resemble the ringing of bells.
According to legend, in 1237 the settlement of Kitezh was located here, and its inhabitants prayed to God for salvation, so as not to fall into the hands of the Tatar evil spirits, which in those days burned Rus' to the ground. Allegedly, prayers were heard, and the whole village, along with churches, houses and people, simply disappeared, and Lake Svetloyar appeared in its place.
Moleb Triangle in the Urals
Is it mysterious place at the junction Perm Territory And Sverdlovsk region, known worldwide as the Permian anomalous zone.
Previously, this place was considered holy land, there was a prayer stone for sacrifices. Now it is famous as a zone prone to paranormal activity. Here they find footprints of a Bigfoot, see unidentified flying objects, and observe various luminous balls.
Not only Russian scientists are interested in this strange zone, but also foreign ufologists. Every year, thousands of studies are carried out here in the hope of finding explanations for such mysterious phenomena.
Zheltoyar in the Voronezh region
This area - by the way, not in vain - also got into the terrible top "The most terrible places in Russia." The cemetery for WWII soldiers located here is depressing. Day after day, thousands of human remains and belongings of the dead are found on this earth. Many claim that the ghosts of soldiers roam the forests.
Lovozero tundra
Another place dangerous for humans is in the form of a small area on the Kola Peninsula. There's a source somewhere in here that causes hallucinations in people that can drive you crazy. No explanation for this phenomenon has yet been found.
In connection with a series of mysterious deaths of dozens of climbers who tried to conquer the mountains located in this area, all tourist routes were closed in the last century. However, now anyone can try to conquer the local mountains, but it turns out that there are not so many extreme sportsmen.
Tired of the eternal frantic rhythm big cities? Do you want to relax, unwind and at the same time get new unforgettable impressions? Go to where time has stopped - to the abandoned places of the world. Indeed, it will be the most an amusing trip. Once populous and prosperous, now lifeless and dull cities will make you rethink your own ideas about the ideal life. And if not, then you can simply catch your dose of adrenaline from the ominous silence and the mystical abandonment of some places.
Abandoned places of the planet with photos and descriptions
In order for people to voluntarily leave their homes and leave an established life, something out of the ordinary must happen. In some cases, the reasons are obvious, while in others the details of abandonment are covered with mysterious and even mystical legends. Ready to get to know them better?
The history of this small but steadily growing and developing city was cut short in an instant. disaster on Chernobyl nuclear power plant April 26, 1986 once and for all turned its picturesque streets into the most terrible abandoned places in the world. During the evacuation, local residents were told to take only the most valuable and necessarily documents. All of them soon planned to return back, but fate decreed otherwise.
Today, three decades after the terrible accident, only the wind walks in the abandoned houses, the black lifeless windows terrify the daredevils who ventured to go here on an excursion. It is still dangerous to stay in the city for a long time, but short trips to the exclusion zone are of great interest to tourists.
Underwater city really exists, and it is Shicheng, which means Lion City. A hundred years ago it was crowded and beautiful, but today only fish, mollusks and other underwater inhabitants can live in it. In 1953, due to an accident at a hydroelectric power station, Shicheng was completely flooded and went under water by 30-40 meters, residents were evacuated to nearby cities. Only a few tiny islands in the middle of an artificial lake keep the memory of the buildings that once towered here.
In the second half of the 20th century, the Taiwan authorities decided to build a new resort city in a picturesque place among tropical vegetation. The highlight of the resort should have been houses in the form of original flying saucers. Enormous funds were allocated to implement the project, but the town of San Zhi died without being born. Something constantly interfered with construction: mysterious accidents on the sites, mysterious deaths and disappearances, a riot of elements. When the city was finally completed, there were no active people willing to buy real estate here. So these beautiful abandoned places of the world stood empty and deserted among the incredible beauty of Taiwanese nature on the very shore of the ocean. Recently, it was decided to completely demolish the city, which was never lucky enough to become a popular resort.
Describing the most beautiful abandoned places in the world, one cannot fail to mention Varosha, which became a victim of the irreconcilable confrontation between Turkey and Greece. In the 70s. last century resort town actively built up tourism infrastructure, but everything stopped at one moment, when Turkish troops came to Varosha. Residents fled their homes in panic, hoping to return as soon as the conflict subsides. And now, for more than forty years, empty houses, gazing into the sea with gloomy eye sockets, are waiting for the return of their owners. Varosha was plundered in the very first years after it was empty. And now the houses themselves are beginning to disappear from the face of the earth, deforming under the influence of sea winds and the scorching sun.
The fate of this small mining town in Pennsylvania was mutilated by good intentions. In the bowels of the land of Centralia there were deposits of coal, because of which the city was built in this area. One day, while cleaning up the area, the local authorities decided to burn the garbage dumps. Landfills burned down, and with them, underground coal caught fire, setting up a serious fire in the bowels of the earth. It didn't take long to notice. But when people with carbon monoxide poisoning rushed to the hospitals, the streets began to shake after tremors and the earth's crust opened up in some places, the authorities decided to leave the city. Today, in the photo of the abandoned places of the world from Centralia, you can see several creepy houses, wild thickets, a cemetery and complete desolation. And coal still continues to burn underground.
This is interesting: it was Centralia that became the prototype of the notorious computer game, and then a series of films about Silent Hill - a ghost town shrouded in a thick layer of fog. True, there is no fog as such in Centralia, there are only light lazy wisps of smoke floating out from under the split asphalt.
The Italian Krako, built on rocks with a high level of seismic activity, got into the TOP of abandoned places in the world. The history of the city is 1000 years old, but even this did not save it from the crushing forces of nature. In 1963, local residents left their comfortable homes due to real threat life and never returned. Empty streets, houses, roads have chosen wild animals living in these mountain ranges. No one else saw people here.
Did you know? Hollywood became a real salvation for Kracko. It was in this abandoned city that such cult films as "The Passion of the Christ" and "Quantum of Solace" were filmed. Since the scenery for the films needed to look natural, but still neat and safe, part of Kracko was restored.
But this one japanese island in the East China Sea, the inhabitants left completely voluntarily. Once its surroundings abounded with coal deposits, and mining families lived here. At the time, the city's population density was one of the densest in the world. But over time, the coal dried up, and the workers had nothing to do on this small piece of land. So Hashima Island got into the most abandoned places in the world. It can be visited for tourism purposes, but it is no longer possible to live here - time and the elements do not spare even monumental strong buildings.
At the beginning of the 20th century in Namib desert the Germans found deposits of diamonds and founded the city of Kolmanskop, built with their characteristic accuracy and reliability. Even in difficult desert conditions, the city managed to thrive as long as there was work. When the reserves of diamonds ran out, then the inhabitants left the desert monastery. Now Kolmanskop is one of the 10 most abandoned places in the world, as the only inhabitants of its houses are hot desert sands and rare animals.
In the TOP of the most abandoned places in the world you can not do without american island Holland, named after the first inhabitant to set foot on local lands. Cut off from big world, people were engaged in agriculture, fishing, lived quietly and measuredly, without the fuss of big cities. However, people here were unable to argue with nature. The island suffered from flooding, storms and erosion. By 1922 there was not a single inhabitant left. All 360 islanders moved to the mainland, leaving 70 strong, reliable houses to be torn apart by the elements. In 2010, the last of them surrendered, and now only photos remind us that once there was a whole town on the Dutch island.
It is hard to imagine that an abandoned concrete structure in the impenetrable thickets of Sarajevo once served as an arena for the competition of the best lugers in the world. It was built in 1984 for the Winter Olympic Games and successfully fulfilled its role. But a few years later, the then Yugoslavia was impressed by other competitions - the military, and they forgot about bobsleigh for many years. Thus, the abandoned places of our planet were replenished with another grandiose, but useless building.
Still full of enthusiasm to go to the creepiest and most interesting trip In my life? Then forward, to the abandoned places of the planet, photos with names and descriptions of which can be found in the guide. Stock up on courage, patience and be prepared for the most unexpected situations. Who knows what awaits you in-oh-he is around that corner!
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 gave 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 city 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, 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 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.
