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35 Of The Most Breathtaking Forgotten Places, Shared In The ‘Abandoned Beauties’ Facebook Page (New Pics)
Our fascination with architecture runs deep. We pay attention to the structures around us because of the way it shapes our experiences and tells stories about the culture. To really understand our environment, we can explore cities by strolling down the main streets and learning about history by admiring famous landmarks. For some of us, however, the view from the bottom and from a safe distance is simply not enough.
So today, we’re giving center stage to people who yearn for adventure and choose the path less traveled. We’re talking about urban exploration, often referred to as urbex, that attracts artists and thrill-seekers who wish to document the gradual process of architectural decay. They traverse through buildings full of wrecks and ruin, finding buzz and inspiration in the forgotten structures and the stories they tell.
Let us introduce you to the 'Abandoned Beauties' Facebook page, dedicated to sharing captivating images of deserted places and objects. Both past and present. We have gathered a collection of breathtaking photos that capture the essence of the uncanny and undiscovered wilds that aren’t generally seen by the public. So continue scrolling, hit upvote your favorite ones, and let us know if they encouraged you to go on a real-life adventure!
Psst! After you’re done admiring the pictures, be sure to check out Part 1 of this feature right here.
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400 Yo Yew Tree In Muckross Abbey, Ireland
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Polar Bears At An Abandoned Soviet Weather Station On Kolyuchin Island
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Abandoned Castle In Germany
#4
Abandoned House In The Republic Of Karelia, Russia
#5
An Old Mansion Somewhere In Portugal
#6
Dunalastair Castle, Scotland
#7
A Decaying Neo-Gothic Turret Hidden Among The Hills - Italy
#8
An Abandoned Victorian Home Has Been Dramatically Restored In Rarden, Ohio, USA
It was built in 1900 by Lafayette Taylor who made his fortune mining sandstone and milling lumber in the Rarden area. Rarden has a population of just 159 people. Top taken in 1973, bottom taken in 2013
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1941 Packard 90 Eight-Door Open Top Tour Bus
#10
Abandoned Castle De Leuhan, France
#11
Abandoned Library
#12
A 14th Century Abandoned Castle In Scotland
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Abandoned Castle In Italy
UpupaEpops 4 years ago
Castle of Sammezzano, is an Italian palazzo in Tuscany featuring Moorish Revival architectural style. It is located in Leccio, a hamlet of Reggello, in the Province of Florence. -Wikipedia
#14
Abandoned Library Somewhere In Italy
#15
Lennox Hospital, Glasgow
#16
Md-160 “Lun” Class Soviet Ekranoplan
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Abandoned Tree House Redmond Washington D.C
#18
Abandoned Beautiful Greenhouse
#19
Amazing 19th Century Staircase On An Abandoned Building
MacKenzie Moore 4 years ago
so much work must have been put into these. it makes them that much better
#20
Entrance Of An Abandoned Castle, France
#21
Old House Abandoned
#22
Mcdermott's Castle, Abandoned Fairytale Irish Castle In The Middle Of A Lake, County Roscommon, Ireland
Michelle Kozac 4 years ago
Outside of my town of Boyle, Co. Roscommon. Featured in the tv series 'Moone Boy' with Chris O' Dowd.
#23
Abandoned Villa With Sea View
#24
Abandoned 19th Century Greenhouse, France
#25
Abandoned Chapel In France
Nimues Child 4 years ago
This looked perfectly intact until I scrolled down to see the foliage.
#26
Abandoned Villa Zanelli, Built In 1907 Savona, Italy
#27
End Of Line
Jordan Rogers 4 years ago
Always wanted to know why we just leave massive vehicles where they stopped?
#29
Raniji Ki Baori Or "Queen's Stepwell" Was Built In 1699 By Rani Nathavati Ji, Who Was The Younger Queen Of The Ruling Rao Raja Anirudh Singh Of Bundi In India
#30
Navigator's Position On A Tu-104 Ok-Ldc In Petrovice, Czech Republic
Cat the rat queen 4 years ago
I’m just getting Star Wars vibes from this and I bit of final space “Hue light-fold the engines”
#31
Abandoned Mansion In Italy
#32
Abandoned Bedroom, France
#33
An Abandoned Railway In Taiwan
#34
Abandoned House In South Tyrol, Italy
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In Russia: The Factory Is Located Next To A Marble Quarry, The Extraction Of Stone From Which Began As Early As 1768
Then the marble from the quarry was intended for the construction of St. Isaac's Cathedral in St. Petersburg. Since then, the history of the factory, full of ups and downs, began. Having lost state orders, at various times the factory produced decorative stone chips, lime and gravel. The owners changed rapidly, for some time it was even rented by the Finns, and therefore marble from this quarry can be found in the facing of several Finnish buildings.⠀
In 1895, the first furnaces for burning marble and getting lime were equipped here. The stone was blown up and then crushed with sledgehammers into small pieces. The marble was lifted up on winches with trolleys and then pushed by hand to the stoves.⠀
In 1960, the factory began to specialize in the production of decorative crushed stone and lime. Crushed stone was used to decorate buildings throughout the Soviet Union, and lime was used by collective farms for liming soils.⠀
With the onset of the 90s, the kilns were extinguished forever, and in the early 2000s, on the site of the former quarry, which turned into a picturesque turquoise lake, the Gorny Park was created, which has become one of the most visited tourist destinations in northwestern Russia. Near the park, the same kilns have survived, the territory of which has now been cleared and gradually beautified, planning to create a full-fledged tourist facility and attach it to the park.
Lyuben Petkov 4 years ago
like fairy tale, imagine this place as scene in the movie The fall (by Tarsem)
#36
Abandoned 19th Century Greenhouse, France
#37
Le Cabinet Des Bustes Artist Studio In An Abandoned French Mansion
#38
Abandoned Spa Town In The Czech Republic
#39
Abandoned Gothic Revival House, Portugal
#40
Beautiful Decay House
#42
The Stairway Of An Abandoned Button Factory
#43
Abandoned 19th Century Greenhouse Somewhere In France
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Abandoned Castle, France
Sireyensid 4 years ago
this one is not abandonned anymore, it has been purchased by several people and getting slowly restored
#45
Berlin, Germany
#46
Abandoned Chapel In A Foggy Cemetery
Cat the rat queen 4 years ago
A great quest will take you here traveler. But it is dangerous to go alone
#47
The Ruins Of Bannerman’s Castle, An Abandoned Military Surplus Warehouse, Still Stand In The Middle Of The Hudson River
#48
Madame Sherri's Castle In Chesterfield, New Hampshire
Jordan Rogers 4 years ago
We took the midnight stairs going anywhere! (Journey pun) And it was worth it.
#49
The Beauty Of A Forgotten Greatness
#50
Awesome Old Bed !
#52
Abandoned Psychiatry, Hungary In The First Half Of The 1900s, It Was One Of The Most Successful Sanatoriums, Mainly For Children With Lung Disease
#53
Abandoned, Italy
#54
Abandoned Castle In Ukraine
#55
Abandoned Hydroelectric Plant
#56
Abandoned Party Mansion Deep In The Maryland Forest
#58
Poland
#59
Abandoned In Tennessee
#60
This Is A Ship Is Stranded On Koh Chang And Used To Be Bookable As Accommodation. Now It's Completely Deserted For Some Years Already And People Call It The 'Ghost Ship'
Concept-Peter Roosdorp 4 years ago
It is a very overlooked attraction on the island. Most people will never even know where it is. Partially because it is at the litteral end of the road. But the beach there is nice and usually has very few people.
#61
Abandoned Church, Russia
Jan Eivroc 4 years ago
The center dome(?) looks like it's about to cave in and/or collapse anytime...
#62
Frozen Piano
#63
Abandoned Prestigious Villa Nicknamed 'The Queen', Italy
#64
Abandoned Tiny House In A Forgotten Garden
#66
Abandoned Capitol Building
Rob Chapman 4 years ago (edited)
Would have been nicer without the photographer's copyright/twitter handle on the portico
#67
Abandoned Observation Tower At Coral Island, Bahamas
#70
Abandoned Ship.ms World Discoverer Was A German Expedition Cruise Ship. It Hit An Uncharted Reef In The Sandfly Passage, Solomon Islands 29. April 2000
#71
Abandoned House In USA
#72
Villa Nottebohm - Abandoned Castle In Belgium (1908)
Falcon dimi 4 years ago
Was used by Tim Burron in ´Miss Peregrine´s home for peculiar children. But it has been demolished in 2018
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What do you think ?
Fabian 4 years ago
While these photos are incredibly fascinating to look at, it is actually pretty sad to see the decay at the same time. Especially when it comes to the houses/flats that still contain the belongings of the person who used to live there. Makes you think 🤔
K- THULU 4 years ago
But there's a certain beauty in decay.....everything returns to the earth....
Load More Replies... Bailey 4 years ago
I went to Chernobyl a few years ago, and one thing that stood out was the difference between areas where things had been left to decay, and areas where clearly people had rearranged and gone through what was there so they could stage pictures. While there was a fascinating beauty to the natural decay when things had been abandoned, it felt really wrong and disrespectful to see where people had gone through drawers etc, pulling pieces from from different locations, to build what they thought looked cool or would have an interesting narrative when put up on Instagram. A few of these have that same unnatural look of how things would not actually be left
Fabian 4 years ago
While these photos are incredibly fascinating to look at, it is actually pretty sad to see the decay at the same time. Especially when it comes to the houses/flats that still contain the belongings of the person who used to live there. Makes you think 🤔
K- THULU 4 years ago
But there's a certain beauty in decay.....everything returns to the earth....
Load More Replies... Bailey 4 years ago
I went to Chernobyl a few years ago, and one thing that stood out was the difference between areas where things had been left to decay, and areas where clearly people had rearranged and gone through what was there so they could stage pictures. While there was a fascinating beauty to the natural decay when things had been abandoned, it felt really wrong and disrespectful to see where people had gone through drawers etc, pulling pieces from from different locations, to build what they thought looked cool or would have an interesting narrative when put up on Instagram. A few of these have that same unnatural look of how things would not actually be left
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