There’s something so eerie and breathtaking about the places that haven’t seen a human for longer than they can remember. Sadly, in our increasingly urbanized world, there are not many corners left like this.
So today, we are taking you on a walk through the mysterious abandoned places where time stands still, and where yesterday and tomorrow don't exist. From ghost-like factories, ships, castles, islands, pools, and highways, below is a breath-taking collection that proves no force is as strong as that of nature. If left untouched, it swallows everything it crosses and that’s the whole beauty of it!
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Built In 1655
Abandoned Castle In Ireland
Abandoned House In The Republic Of Karelia, Russia
We live in times of rapid urbanization. In fact, it's projected that by 2050, more than two-thirds of the world population will live in urban areas. With a whopping population of 7.9 billion, it seems like no place on Earth is left untouched by humans. But as that likely will be the prospect in the coming century, today at least, we still have some no man’s lands and abandoned places to visit.
Abandoned Winter Garden Of An Abandoned Mansion, France
Thats beautiful.That doesnt look creepy,that looks like home...
Very Impressive Abandoned Lighthouse (Aniva Lighthouse, Russia)
The Beautiful Dietla Palace - Sosnowiec - Poland
“Abandoned spaces are eerily fascinating to us because they bring human culture and nature together in unexpected ways,” Lisa Yaszek, a Regents Professor of Science Fiction Studies at Georgia Tech, told Bored Panda. Lisa researches and teaches science fiction as a global language crossing centuries, continents, and cultures.
She explained further: “We tend to think of humans as active and nature as passive, and we assume that the monuments and cities we build by manipulating the material world and separating ourselves from nature will last forever.”
Petrified Ladder In France
Southern Gothic
Most Impressive Ceiling I Have Encountered In An Abandoned Building
It turns out that our fascination with abandoned places may come from the fact that they “remind us that nature is also an active force that moves in strong, slow, and persistent rhythms that differ from but intersect with cycles of human time.”
“In short, these places remind us that humans exist in larger webs of being, and that we might not be the most powerful thing around. It’s both a humbling and exhilarating recognition—we are not alone here on Earth,” Lisa explained.
Imperial Staircase Inside An Abandoned 18th-Century Palace
An Abandoned Shopping Mall Is Taken Over By Fish
Abandoned Spaceship Ropeway, Japan
Moreover, according to the professor, abandoned objects and places are also appealing because they invite imaginative play. “When we see worlds collide like this, we can’t help but wonder: what happened? How did things get this way? Then we get to exercise our deductive and storytelling abilities as we piece together clues to answer our own questions. Sometimes we do this for the sheer fun of it all.”
Lisa continued: “and other times, images of discarded objects and decaying places can even get us thinking about how we can make imaginative but real change in the real world: what economic, political, and social arrangements caused this to happen? How can I work with other like-minded people to make sure that doesn’t happen in my own part of the world?”
Abandoned Train
knew it looked familiar! That's in Russia, Permsky Krai, Shumkovo. Officially the trains are not abandoned, they've been left on those tracks for conservation after WWII as an emergency reserve in case of a new war. USSR fell, the trains were no longer needed, security was mosly removed. There are quite a few of them there, some are old, some are newer, some are even open. There's another currenly functioning train 'parking lot' (what's the word in English? it's like a winter base?) nearby. Some old trains have been recently removed but most are still there, it's a rather popular destination for photographers and fans of adandoned locations.
Abandoned Restaurant In Victorville, California
Bob Jagendorf: Detroit Train Station
Has a very Grand Budapest vibe to it, someone please pour some pastel paint on it and serve some Courtesan au Chocolat.
Bethlehem Steel, The Factory That Built NYC
I live in Bethlehem, its a monument to our past. That portion was left on purpose or can we say recycled as living history. There is a trellis you can walk where you can learn the history of the Beth steel and how it build this country not just NYC. If you are from this area for more than one generation likely someone in your family worked at the Steel. For me: my dad, uncle, grandmother and great uncle to name a few.
Abandoned Indigenous House In Papua New Guinea
I've seen documentary about a tribe that builds houses like this. They build it incredibly fast (few days). Whole tribe lives there including little kids, they can even make fire on stone foundation without worry as the wood used to build this is so hard it doesnt burn.
Former Hydraulic Laboratory At Cornell University
King Alfred's Tower, Somerset County
Abandoned Psychiatric Hospital
This one would be super creepy to run through, especially at midnight on Halloween.
My Great Great Great Grandfather Built This House
Electric Car Company Lot Left To Rot After Bankruptcy
Moorehall, House And Estate Built 1795 In Mayo, Ireland. It Burnt Down 1923 During The Irish Civil War And Has Been Abandoned Ever Since
Flooded Church In The City Petrolândia State Of Pernambuco Brazil
Abandoned Chuck E. Cheese Animatronic Found In A Landfill
Staircase In Derelict
"Michelangelo da Vinci" Restaurant In Italy That Was Closed In 2014
Ever Seen And Abandoned Highway ?
Military Housing In NJ
It's amazing to see numerous abandoned houses in the US and numerous homeless people who cannot resolve their homeless problem, because they can't find work because they're homeless. Ah, the irony.
Old Tanks Left Underwater
Abandoned Airplane
The last thing said in this plane, "Stop. STOP, STOP, STOOOOOOP! PHEW"
Nature Takes Over This Abandoned Industrial Building But Adds A Rooftop Pool
Abandoned School Room
An Abandoned School In Taiwan
Wow... just noticed the hand that holds up the old photograph...
Neat Reflections Inside An Abandoned Factory
I don't know why... but this reminds something from my childhood that is buried right there. This gave me so many emotions for no reason at all.
Graveyard Of Disused Ships
"my name is Boat and wen im tired (but shipping werk is still required) then all I want is lyttle snooze i turn to side i blok the Sooz" by @krfabian
Found On A Hike Through The Woods In The Middle Of Nowhere, West Virginia. Nothing Else Around, No Buildings Anywhere
This Was Once Someone's Home
Looking Down An Abandoned ICBM Silo In Russia
Failed Housing Project Outside Of Tehran
Stone Staircase From The 1850's
The Village Of Pegrema In The Republic Of Karelia, Russia. It Is Situated On The Bank Of Lake Onega And Dates Back At Least 500 Years
This Moated Castle In Scotland
It was many and many a year ago, In a kingdom by the sea, That a maiden there lived whom you may know By the name of Annabel Lee
Retired Former Soviet Gondola Lift That Was In Operation For Over 60 Years Until Last Year
All that deterioration in just a year? Even the station looks really bad for just a year.
Abandoned Ship Near Dakhla City In Morocco
Ice Crystals Cover The Interior Of An Abandoned Apartment North Of The Arctic Circle In Russia
Abandoned Mansion
Escalators To Darkness
Soviet Buran Space Shuttles Abandoned In A Hangar For 25 Years. We Hiked 80km Across The Kazakhstan Desert To See Them Up Close
The former US president Putin: "Russia doesn't have to spy on the US. We have our own knowledge." Shows exact copy of the US Space Shuttle.
2019 vs. 2021 Bowling Alley
Old Ford In A Tree. Humboldt County CA
40 Years Later In The Same Place. Someone's Childhood Is Left Here. Pripyat - An Abandoned City In The Kiev Region Of Ukraine
Abandoned House... Or What's Left Of It...
Abandoned Orphanage Built In 1899 In Istanbul
Grocery Store Abandoned In The 80s U.P. Michigan
Abandoned Train At Salt Flat In Bolivia
Abandoned Island In Japan
If memory serves, this was the island that was used as the villains, (played by Javier Bardem) base of operations, in the 007 film Skyfall.
Completely Empty Plaza Grocery Store With Cctv And Registers Still Running
Scooby And The Gangs Abandoned Van
Zoinks Scoob...I guess that last mystery really was a spook and it took the gang to the Underworld.
Little Creepy But Cool Nonetheless, Abandoned Stitch Animatronic
An Abandoned Lambo In An Auto Garage
Abandoned Pentagon Shaped Complex In Shanghai, China
Wild Bills Abandoned Haunted House. Bill Built This Place All By Hand
Abandoned School In Missouri
Gary, Indiana Is Reportedly Home To 13,000 Abandoned Structures, Many Of Them Abandoned Houses Like This One
A Strip Club Or “Oppabu” In Japan. Abandoned In 1997
A Ship That Never Was Meant To Sail
An Abandoned Sears Inside Of My Local Mall
I'm very happy to see posts like this not only for the beauty but to remind me that I'm not the only person would feels like they want to explore all of these even though they seem very spooky. Lol
I would go with you to explore them, and take a camera
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Theres a huge abandoned steamship in my area called the duke of lancaster, it was put on land in the 1970s and left to rot! I cant attach a picture but theres some cool drone videos of it on the internet
I'm very happy to see posts like this not only for the beauty but to remind me that I'm not the only person would feels like they want to explore all of these even though they seem very spooky. Lol
I would go with you to explore them, and take a camera
Load More Replies... Theres a huge abandoned steamship in my area called the duke of lancaster, it was put on land in the 1970s and left to rot! I cant attach a picture but theres some cool drone videos of it on the internet
