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Abandoned buildings and residential buildings, entire ghost towns covered with moss and overgrowth - all this creates a mysterious splendor, and Mother Nature herself shows us what the world would look like if all the people living in it suddenly disappeared from the face of the earth. Having visited such places, a person begins to realize that after his disappearance, nature will take everything into its own hands and finally become the main ruling force on Earth. We invite you to enjoy the beauty of destroyed and simply abandoned places found around the world.

Bathroom inside the largest industrial plant at the mercy of nature [Ohio, USA]

Beautiful Spanish Gothic theater interior in Detroit [Michigan, USA]

The deserted city of Namie, which was home to about 20,000 people before the Fukushima nuclear disaster [Japan]

Abandoned chemical laboratory [Belgium]

Cointe - a former observatory that closed as unnecessary [Liège, Belgium]

Old Tramway Cemetery [Pennsylvania, USA]

Since it was abandoned in 1982, the pool at the University of Rochester has become a dumping ground for old tables and chairs. [New York, USA]

Greenhouse occupants, abandoned for nearly 10 years, languish in their pots [Ohio]

An empty hotel is slowly but surely surrendering to nature [Japan]

Assembly Hall primary school who hasn't seen students for years [Pennsylvania]

Abandoned house on North Brother Island where people with smallpox and typhoid were sent in 1885 and later used as a rehabilitation center and prison [New York]

The Woodward Avenue Church in Detroit has fallen into disrepair after years of neglect [Michigan, USA]

Kelenfold power plant built in 1927, which was closed after the collapse of the USSR [Budapest, Hungary]

Grossinger - famous ski resort built 1933 and abandoned 1998 [South Fallsburg, New York, USA]

Now popular place Holidays, Grossinger Resort Has New Guests - Weeds [Liberty, New York, USA]

A dilapidated funhouse in an old amusement park. [Chippewa Lake, Ohio, USA]

The Lemonitz nuclear power plant surrendered to nature after an attack by an opposition group in the 1970s that killed several workers [Bizcaya, Spain]

Abandoned tram station covered in graffiti [Sydney, Australia]

Billingham House has been derelict since 1995, and only a legal battle is keeping this crumbling building from demolition [Billingham, UK]

This Opera theatre covered in a thick layer of dust and has not performed for many years [Philadelphia, USA]

Morning rays break through the broken windows of a metallurgical plant [Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg]

When leaving their homes, Detroiters left everything behind, even books in libraries [Michigan, USA]

This bar has been untouched since 1980, when people began leaving Bodie [California, USA] in droves.

A forgotten warehouse of collectible vehicles is now gathering dust. [Detroit, Michigan, USA]

Gutted safety deposit boxes at the National Bank of Detroit [Michigan, USA]

Ivy is slowly taking over an abandoned house and soon it will be unrecognizable [Louisville, Kentucky]

Hashima is an island off the coast of Japan that was abandoned after the coal industry collapsed [Japan]

Presidio Modelo - a prison on Isla Juventud built to house prisoners during the height of communist rule [Cuba]

An abandoned freight station in Duisburg was the site of the 2010 Love Parade, in which 21 people died as a result of overcrowding. This abandoned place has been left untouched to remember those who died. [Duisburg, Germany]

Weeds grow from cracks in abandoned motel [Texas]

This is what Murray's Pub looks like now in Wilkes-Barre, which used to be a busy place [Pennsylvania]

A gymnasium in Detroit with a floor bent due to flooding [Michigan, USA]

Abkhazia - area land plot, carved during the war between Georgia and Abkhazia in 1992. Most of the former population was forced to flee, leaving areas such as this station [Abkhazia]

The Air Force Base was quickly established after the United States entered the First world war and also served as a training camp during World War II [Rentall, Illinois, USA]

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website with bated breath presents a selection of the most mysterious places on the planet, which cause quiet horror and interest at the same time.

The combination of mystery and danger arouses interest and attracts attention against our will, and the sight of nature, which calmly captures what people have created, returns us to the understanding of our own insignificance in the face of time.

San Ji Ghost Town, Taiwan

A luxurious resort on the sea coast was built specifically for the local rich. But already during construction something strange began to happen. Dozens of workers died: they broke their necks falling from heights (even with safety ropes), and died under collapsed cranes. The surrounding residents were sure that the town was inhabited by evil spirits. There were harrowing stories about a Japanese “death camp” that had once been located here. At the end of the 1980s, construction stalled. The apartments never found buyers, and the authorities do not demolish the city because people believe that this will release evil spirits.

Abandoned military hospital in Beelitz, Germany

The city of the same name is located 40 kilometers from the capital of Germany. During the First and Second World Wars, the hospital was used by the military, and in 1916 Adolf Hitler was treated there. In 1995, people left the city, and since then it has been gradually destroyed.

Eighth workshop of the Dagdizel plant, Makhachkala

Naval weapons testing station, commissioned in 1939. It is located 2.7 km from the coast and has not been used for a long time. Construction took a long time and was complicated by difficult conditions. Unfortunately, the workshop did not serve the plant for long. The requirements for the work carried out in the workshop changed, and in April 1966 this grandiose structure was written off from the factory balance sheet. Now this “Array” is abandoned and stands in the Caspian Sea, resembling an ancient monster from the shore.

Psychiatric Clinic Lier Sikehus, Norway

The Norwegian psychiatric hospital, which is located in the small town of Lier, half an hour from Oslo, has a dark past. Experiments on patients were once carried out here, and for unknown reasons, four hospital buildings were abandoned in 1985. Equipment, beds, even magazines and personal belongings of patients remained in the abandoned buildings. At the same time, the remaining eight buildings of the hospital are still operating to this day.

Gunkanjima Island, Japan

In fact, the island is called Hashima, nicknamed Gunkanjima, which means “cruiser island.” The island was settled in 1810 when coal was discovered there. Within fifty years, it has become the most populated island in the world in terms of the ratio of land and the number of inhabitants on it: 5,300 people with a radius of the island itself of one kilometer. By 1974, the reserves of coal and other minerals on Gankajima were completely exhausted, and people left the island. Today, visiting the island is prohibited. There are many legends about this place among the people.

Kowloon Walled City, Hong Kong, China

The city was located in Hong Kong, but did not obey the authorities, being under the control of the mafia. Not only did prostitution and drug trafficking flourish inside, but there was also self-government. In addition, the area had its own industry: semi-handicraft production of noodles and all sorts of small things. The products of enterprises were inexpensive: there were no taxes, and labor legislation local entrepreneurs did not comply. They had their own nursing home, kindergarten and school. In the early 1990s, the population density reached two million people per square kilometer.

After a difficult process of eviction of the people living there, a park of the same name was opened in this place in 1995. Some of the city's historical artifacts, including the yamen building, and the remains South Gate were saved.

Abandoned Hotel Salto in Colombia

In 1924, the luxurious Refugio El Salto hotel was built in the city of San Antonio del Tequendama. After some time, the hotel was closed due to the increasing number of suicides among visitors. There are ominous legends and rumors surrounding this place.

Church of San Juan Parangaricutiro, Mexico

The church, located in the village of the same name, was buried under the lava of the Paricutin volcano in 1944, the village was completely destroyed. Miraculously, the altar and church bell tower remained intact, surrounded by ruins temple complex, protruding cones of frozen lava resemble foreign paintings.

Underwater city of Shichen in China

Ghost town of Kolmanskop, Namibia

The ghost town of Kolmanskop, built in a place where small diamonds were discovered in the sand, which the wind brought from the ocean. Large buildings were built in the city beautiful houses, school, hospital, stadium, and the settlement quickly turned into an exemplary german city. Everyone was counting on long-term prosperity, but alas, the “reserve of diamonds” quickly dried up. In addition, the city was difficult to live in due to problems with water and sandstorms, and people left it. Most of the houses are almost entirely covered with sand and make a depressing impression.

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

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

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

Kolmanskop, Namibia

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

Floating forest in Sydney

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

Munsell Sea Forts, England

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

Last house on Holland Island, USA

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

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

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

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

House of the Bulgarian Communist Party

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

Nara Dreamland Amusement Park, Japan

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

Uninhabited island in southeast Florida, USA

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

Abandoned mill, Italy

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

Michigan Central Station in Detroit, USA

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

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

Sunken yacht, Antarctica

This eerie ghost ship is the Mar Sem Fim, a Brazilian yacht that sank near Ardley Cove in Antarctica. On a yacht, a Brazilian film crew decided to film documentary, however, due to strong winds and a storm, it had to be abandoned. The water that entered the ship froze, pierced the hull and sank the yacht.

Abandoned theater New Bedford, USA

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

Abandoned train station, Abkhazia

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

Abandoned wooden houses, Russia

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

It is thanks to their remoteness that they remained untouched.

Underwater city in Shichen, China

This incredible underwater city, lost in time, 1341. Shicheng, 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 it remains in relatively good condition.

Abandoned subway station in New York, USA

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

Hotel Salto, Colombia

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

Abandoned metro tunnel in Kyiv, Ukraine

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

Abandoned submarine base in Balaklava, Ukraine

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

Abandoned military hospital in Belitz, Germany

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

Hashima Island, Japan

This island 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 provided access to underwater coal mines.

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

UFO houses in San Zhi, Taiwan

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

Abandoned church in the snow.

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

Here is a list of the ten most romantic and eerie places where there are no more people.
Nuclear lighthouse at Cape Aniva (Sakhalin)



The lighthouse was built with great difficulty in 1939 according to the design of the architect Miura Shinobu, it was unique and the most difficult technical structure all over Sakhalin. It operated on a diesel generator and backup batteries until the early nineties, and then it was converted. Thanks to the nuclear energy source, maintenance costs were minimal, but soon there was no money left for this either - the building was empty, and in 2006 the military removed two isotope installations that powered the lighthouse from here. It once shone for 17.5 miles, but is now plundered and abandoned.

Fairytale castle in Zaklyuchye



It can be found in a picturesque forest area, on a high bank small lake, between Moscow and St. Petersburg. Estate of architect A.S. Khrenova was built at the end of the 19th century according to his own design. A distinctive feature of the house is complete asymmetry, as well as a combination of natural and artificial materials during construction. That’s not what appears to the eye medieval castle, not a classic city estate, in which Soviet time there was a sanatorium. 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. They have been planning to demolish it for several years now, but nothing has happened. So it stands, damp, attracting strangers with its unusually shaped roof, bright interiors and mold on the plasterboard stucco.

Eighth workshop of the Dagdizel plant, Kaspiysk


Naval weapons testing station, commissioned in 1939. It is located 2.7 km from the coast and has not been used for a long time. Construction took a long time and was complicated by difficult conditions: the foundation was made on the shore, and then delivered to the construction site. The depth of the walls is 14 meters and the thickness is 1.5 meters. Unfortunately, the workshop did not serve the plant for long. The requirements for the work carried out in the workshop changed, and in April 1966 this grandiose structure was written off from the factory balance sheet. Now this “Array” is abandoned and stands in the Caspian Sea, resembling an ancient monster from the shore.

Diamond quarry "Mir", Yakutia


Open pit diamond mining ended in 2004 and the mine was 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 that air space above the mine 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-storey hospital began to be built on the site of the cemetery in 1980, and construction stopped after five years. Now the basements are flooded, and the building is slowly going underground. “HZB”, “Umbrella”, “Unfinished”, “Nemostor”: the place is more than famous, has acquired a huge number of urban legends and attracts a variety of personalities. Resident evil and a gate to a parallel world in the middle of Moscow. Popular among young fans thrills, and already has its own folklore and " local residents».

Kadykchan village, Magadan region



Kadykchan (translated from the Evenki language as “Valley of Death”), the village was built by prisoners. In January 1986, the population was 10,270 people, and by 2006 not even a thousand remained; in 2012, one elderly man lived here. Coal was mined here, through which most of the Magadan region received energy, 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 have been preserved in the garages, and the streets of five-story buildings are gradually being destroyed.

Abandoned Navy submarine base Bechevinka


Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky-54, Finval Bay was founded in the 1960s as a military town and submarine base. Once a week a ship sailed 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 supplies were cut off. At the same time as the village of Bechevinka, the settlement of rocket scientists Shipunsky, 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 Energy sanatorium in the Moscow region


On the territory of the sanatorium there is a new building that regularly receives guests who want to fish in the local ponds, but the old building partially burned down and was abandoned. There was a cinema in the burned part. The rooms are filled with mountains of garbage - TVs and furniture. The main attraction of the building is the palace-style staircase. Similar establishments in Russia great amount, abandoned pioneer camps and sanatoriums are a common occurrence.

Maternity hospital in the Vladimir region



What could be more mysterious and gloomy than abandoned medical institutions? Even existing hospitals are terrifying to many people simply because of their specific nature. In a building late XIX century, the maternity ward of the city hospital was located. It functioned, judging by calendars and documents, until 2009, and there was some kind of security until 2012. Broken windows were regularly repaired, and the building was going to be renovated in 2013. Much of the building remained untouched, and it seems that just recently in these spacious halls people were waiting for good news from doctors.

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Time passes, people change, but one thing remains unchanged - places abandoned by people lose their former luxury. However, often, when nature takes its toll, they are transformed and acquire a mysterious, eerie and unique beauty.

In this article you can get acquainted with the most unusual abandoned places on the planet.


The most beautiful abandoned places in the world

Church of Santiago, Mexico



As a result of the drought in Mexico, the water level surrounding the 450-year-old church has dropped by 25 meters.

And although the circumstances were not favorable, they allowed the church, most of the time hidden under water, to reappear on the surface and expose an eerie reminder that the most beautiful things are often hidden from our eyes.

Castle Miranda, Belgium



Construction of the castle began in 1866 and it looked truly fabulous. The castle was intended as summer residence, but the architect who supervised the construction died before its completion.

During World War II, the castle was captured by the Nazis. Afterwards it was used as Kid `s camp, but was abandoned at the end of the 20th century because the cost of maintaining it was too high.

A parkSix Flags, New Orleans, USA



This amusement park was destroyed by the deadly Hurricane Katrina when it hit New Orleans in 2005. The park, once filled with laughter and joy, was flooded and salty water 80% of the parts of the rides were corroded, making their restoration impossible.

What remains of the park serves as a terrifying reminder of one of the worst hurricanes ever to hit the United States.

Dome House, Florida



Not far from Marco Island on Cape Romano you can see small domed houses that look like an alien spaceship.

They were used as a holiday destination, but were abandoned after their owner went bankrupt. It's too low now coastline does not allow them to be restored.

Kilhurn Castle, Scotland



This mysterious castle was built in the mid-15th century and has long been home to the most powerful people in the state.

It was abandoned three centuries later and has recently become a favorite destination for photographers from all over the world, thanks to its stunning setting - the castle sits on the shore of a lake and the nature around it is both enchanting and frightening.

Church of St. Nicholas, Macedonia



One of the main highlights of Lake Mavrovskoe in Macedonia is the half-submerged church of St. Nicholas. The destruction of the church was almost deliberate - the lake was created to provide water for the nearby power plant, and the cozy church fell victim to progress.

All that remains of it is an eerie-looking frame in the middle of a picturesque lake.

Floating Forest, Australia



The ship called"SS Ayrfield" , built in 1911 and ending her service in 1972, has been moored in Australia's Homebush Bay for many years.

It differs from other decommissioned ships in that it has stunning mangrove trees growing inside it, making it popular with photographers from all over the world.

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Abandoned manor on Lake Como, Italy



The history of this dilapidated mansion is somewhat murky, but locals say it was built in the mid-19th century. There are rumors that the owner abandoned him due to a mysterious bloody murder that occurred on a mission.

Now the mansion frightens tourists and local residents with its mysterious beauty.

Ta Phrum Temple, Cambodia



This world-famous Angkor temple was deliberately abandoned in the 17th century and now, several centuries later, it has become one with the jungle that surrounds it.

The greenery growing on the temple grounds is carefully looked after in order to preserve ancient shrine in a good condition.

Maunsell Sea Forts, UK



These strong and intimidating structures were designed to protect the coast from attack by German troops during World War II.

They were decommissioned in 1950 and, after serving as radio stations for pirates for some time, were finally abandoned. To this day, they sadly decorate the coast of Kent, not allowing people to forget the horrors of war.

Dundas Castle, USA



This castle, located in the suburbs of New York, was built by the architect Bradford Gilbert for his wife, Anna Dundas, but Gilbert died and the castle was transferred to the complete disposal of the sanatorium.

They say that the ghost of Dundas still wanders the corridors of the ancient castle.

Bodiam Castle, England



The intimidating Bodiam Castle, surrounded by a loch, was built in the 14th century in East Sussex by a knight keen to defend the surrounding area from the French during the Hundred Years' War.

This castle saw several warriors at once and stoically withstood them, but was still abandoned by people and is now a landmark open to tourists.

Methodist Church, Indiana, USA



This one is extraordinary beautiful church is located in Gary, Indiana. $1 million was allocated for its construction in 1926.

The church was popular with parishioners - there were about 3,000 of them, but over time the number of jobs in the city dwindled and crime soared, and the church was completely abandoned by 1980.

Abandoned cities

Craco, Italy

Despite the fact that this city is several hundred years old, people began to leave it only in the 20th century due to unsuitable farming conditions, lack of jobs and an earthquake in 1963.

Now ancient city It looks so mesmerizing that movie makers use it as a filming location. For example, the film "The Passion of the Christ" was partially filmed in Krako.

Kayakoy, Türkiye

A Turkish mountain town called Kayakoy was abandoned in the 1920s as a result of a political population exchange with Greece. There are now more than 350 abandoned buildings in the city.

Despite the fact that they are ruins, in the warm rays of the setting sun they look very attractive.

Kolmanskop, Namibia



The city was founded in 1908 in the Namib Desert in southwest Africa, when diamond deposits were discovered there. After all supplies were depleted, people left the city in 1954.

Now the empty houses are half filled with sand, which gives them a fascinating and slightly eerie look.

Berlin, Nevada, USA



The city was originally founded in 1897 during the boom of the mining industry, but did not last as long as neighboring cities and by 1911 it was already completely abandoned.

Now it is part of one of the Nevada state parks.

Abandoned Islands

Hirta, Scotland



Hirta was an inhabited island for a long time, but people abandoned it in the 1930s due to the threat of famine and terrible weather. Now stone buildings left by people are scattered throughout the island.

Ross Island, India



This stunningly beautiful island is located in South Andaman, India. It was used by the British administration during the time when India was a British colony.

After people left the island, it was overgrown with giant wild ficus and now amazes with the beauty of its unique jungle.

Goji Island, China



The fishing village of Goji on China's Yangtze River is more than just an abandoned village. The buildings covered with ivy and greenery look mesmerizing and peaceful, proving that nature can work wonders without human intervention.

Users of the site, where information about this village first appeared, dubbed it “the dream of the wizard of Oz.”

 

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