The most terrible ghost towns, abandoned and forgotten. Railway depot in Częstochowa, Poland

The ghost town has long been a symbol of the apocalypse for filmmakers. Writers, for now for long years, exploit this image to its fullest, showing us their forms in every way possible: from the 1948 ghost town in Gregory Peck's Yellow Sky to the empty streets of London in Danny Boyle's 28 Days Later. Feelings of fear, anxiety, and tension are associated with both the popular 1990s video game Silent Hill and the post-apocalyptic wasteland in Pulitzer Prize winner Cormac McCartney's novel The Road. No matter where you turn, the topic has already been covered far and wide. It has become a magnificent setting for all types of entertainment genre, be it a film or a literary work.
But what is causing this massive population loss? One of the main factors is the depletion of local natural resources and poor connections with main highways and railways. Another, more threatening reason could be a catastrophe. For example, the case of Pattonsburg, Missouri. Its residents have been victims of about 30 floods since 1845, when their city was founded. But after two floods in a row, their patience came to an end, and in 1993, with the help of the authorities, the entire city was completely rebuilt at a distance of 3 km from the old place. It is now known as New Pattonsburg. Old Pattonsburg is a completely abandoned ghost town.
IN this list we present 10 of the most interesting abandoned places on our planet, hoping to bring some spirit real life into what many consider to be an entirely fantastic phenomenon.

Bodie, California

Founded in 1876, Bodie has become a veritable American ghost town. It began its existence as a small mining settlement, which over time became very successful due to the surrounding gold deposits. By 1880, Bodie's population numbered 10,000 and the town was thriving. At the peak of its economic prosperity, the city's main street had 65 saloon bars and even had its own "Chinatown" with several hundred people from China.
With time Natural resources very exhausted. Although it had lost its former significance, the city continued to exist, even after a fire that destroyed most of the city's business center. Bodie is now uninhabited.
In 1961, it received the title of National Historic Site. And in 1962, the town became Bodie State Historic Park, home to the few remaining old-timers.
Today Bodi is in a ruined state. Only a small part of it is still preserved. Here visitors can stroll along abandoned streets and look inside buildings where the interior is still the same as it was once left. Body open all year round, but the long road that leads to it is usually impassable in winter, so the most best time visit it during the summer months.

San Zhi, Taiwan

San Zhi was originally built as a futuristic luxury vacation spot for wealthy people. However, after numerous deaths during construction, the project was shelved. Lack of money coupled with lack of desire caused construction to stop completely. As a result, the structures, which look like alien flying ships, remain only a kind of reminder of those who are no longer there. There are rumors around this place that the city is now haunted by ghosts - the souls of those who died.
The government, which initially supported this project, tried to distance itself from the mysterious incidents. Thanks to this, the names of the architects remain a secret to everyone. Due to growing legends and all sorts of rumors, the project will probably never be restored and the place is unlikely to be used for anything else, if only because destroying the houses of lonely ghosts is - Bad sign.

Varosha, Cyprus

Varosha is a district of the city of Famagusta in Cyprus, occupied by the Turks. Formerly a modern tourist area, it has become one of the most luxurious holiday destinations in the region. However, in 1974 the Turks captured Cyprus and divided the territory. Many residents left the island, hoping to return to their homes after some time. However, the Turkish military surrounded the place barbed wire and took complete control of it. These days, no one is allowed to enter here except military personnel and peacekeepers. Oddly enough, there is a positive side to all this - rare species of turtles have begun to nest on deserted beaches.
There is a project to return the place of Varosha to the Greek Cypriots. Currently Laxia Inc. 3 luxury hotels have been developed and are coming soon Turkish Republic Northern Cyprus will obviously rediscover the territory of Varosha.

Gunkanjima, Japan

Hashima Island (border island) - one of 550 uninhabited islands Nagasaki Prefecture, located 15 kilometers from the city of Nagasaki. It is also known as "Gunkan-jima" or fortress island. It all started in 1810, when the Mitsubishi company bought the island and began a project to mine coal from the bottom of the sea. This attracted a large influx of people, and in 1916 the company was forced to build Japan's first high-rise cement building on the island. It was a residential building needed to accommodate many workers.
In 1959, the population grew to reach 5,259 people with an island coastline of about 1 km - one of the highest populations in the world (139,100 people per sq. km). As oil began to be used instead of coal in the 1960s, coal mines began to close across the country, and the mines on Hashima Island were no exception. In 1974, the Mitsubishi company made an official announcement about the closure of the mine and now the island is deserted and abandoned, but open to visitors.

Balestrino, Italy

It was extremely difficult to find any specific information about Balestrino, at least on this topic. No one can give an exact answer when the city was founded, although written references to it appeared before the 11th century, when Balestrino was the property of the Benedictine monastery of San Pietro dei Monti. Population records date back to around 1860, at which time the town had a population of about 800–850, mostly farmers who took advantage of its favorable location to grow olive trees.
In the second half of the 19th century, the northwestern coast of Italy was shaken by numerous earthquakes. In 1887, one of these earthquakes (magnitude 6.7) destroyed several settlements in the vicinity of Savona and, although official sources do not mention Balestrino, this period coincides with the massive repair work in the city and a significant decline in population.
The city was eventually abandoned in 1953 due to "geological instability" and the remaining residents (about 400 people) were moved to the safer western region. The abandoned part of Balestrino, which has remained untouched and inaccessible for more than 50 years, is now being renovated.

Katoli World, Taiwan

Shouldn't we get out of the abandoned mossy slums and admire something like the Oscar-winning film Spirited Away by Hayao Miyazaki? Those who have seen it will understand that at the beginning of the film, a family wanders through an abandoned amusement park, built back in the 80s, but then lost its popularity and was eventually completely forgotten. This is common in Asia, where you can find many amusement parks that have now been left to rust. Katoli World is one of them.
Located in the scenic area of ​​Dakeng at the outskirts of Taichung, Taiwan. It was opened in the mid-80s. It was quite a success and was one of several roller coaster parks on the island of Taiwan.
However, Mir Katoli was closed after a strong earthquake on September 21, 1999. Thousands of people died then, but no one was injured inside the park, since the earthquake occurred an hour before the opening. The place where children's laughter once sounded is now slowly becoming covered with rust.

Centralia, Pennsylvania

Centralia was founded in 1841 and by 1866 received the status of a small city. Here, in 1962, an open coal vein ignited due to weekly waste burning, causing a massive underground fire. Attempts to extinguish the fire were unsuccessful, and it continued to burn into the 60s and 70s.
In 1979, local residents realized the full extent of the problem when a fuel station at a gas station recorded a temperature of 77.8 degrees Celsius. This attracted widespread attention, which became even more intense in 1981, when a 12-year-old teenager nearly died when he fell into a 45-meter-deep crevasse that suddenly opened up beneath his feet.
In 1984, $42 million was spent on relocation, with most residents moving to nearby Mount Carmel and Ashland. In 1992, Pennsylvania declared all the houses in the town uninhabitable, leaving only a handful of people, mostly priests, of the 1,000 residents who lived there in 1981.
The underground fire is still raging and, according to experts, could still rage for the next 250 years.

Yashima, Japan

Yashima is a vast plateau northeast of Takamatsu, the second largest city on Shikoku Island, one of Japan's largest islands. At the top of this plateau is the Yashima Shrine, a well-known place of religious pilgrimage. This is probably the only place, which draws crowds to this godforsaken geographic anomaly, but it wasn't always that way.
During the economic boom in the mid-eighties, the residents of Takamatsu decided that the plateau was an excellent place for tourism and began to invest money in the development of this sacred land. 6 hotels were built, many parks with paths and even an aquarium. However, at some point, people realized that the Yashima Plateau was not such an attractive place. The number of visitors dropped sharply and soon dried up completely. Through bitter experience, having failed to conduct proper economic justifications, Takamatsu's management severely paid for their lack of foresight. The huge investments made in the project did not yield results, and the city of Yashima turned into a ghost town.

Pripyat, Ukraine

Pripyat is an abandoned city located in a closed zone of northern Ukraine, in the Kyiv region, on the border with Belarus. Before the evacuation, the population of the city was about 50 thousand people, these were mainly workers of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. There was a disaster here in 1986, and the site was abandoned due to the threat of radiation. After this, for a long time Pripyat remained a kind of museum, perfectly demonstrating history Soviet life. However, over time, the city was completely looted, nothing remained, even toilet seats were stolen.
Some more years must pass before the city can be lived in, but even then people will not dare to rebuild it again.

Craco, Italy

Craco, is located in the region of Basilicata, province of Matera, about 40 kilometers inland from the Gulf of Taranto. It was built on the edge of a cliff. Since its founding in the 8th century AD. e. suffered repeatedly from invaders and earthquakes.
In 1891, Craco's population was more than 2,000. However, due to crop failures between 1892 and 1922, more than 1,300 residents of the city left. In addition to underdeveloped agriculture, such disasters as landslides, earthquakes and war were added. All this caused mass relocation. Between 1959 and 1972, Craco was devastated by natural disasters. In 1963, the remaining 1,800 inhabitants were relocated to the nearby Craco Peschiera valley, and the original Craco remains deserted and ruined to this day.

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These eerie images of abandoned places on our planet give you an idea of ​​what this world would look like if people left it.

A tree grows in an abandoned piano

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UFO houses in Sanzhi, Taiwan

Also known as the Sanzhi Saucer Houses, a futuristic complex of 60 UFO-shaped houses made from durable fiberglass is located in Sanzhi County, Xinbei, Taiwan. Unrealized project groups of companies under the patronage of the state, a complex of ultra-modern houses for the capital's rich.

Overgrown Palace, Poland

In 1910, this palace was built as a home for the Polish nobility. Under the communist regime, the palace became an agricultural college and then a mental hospital. After the 90s the building has been empty.

Jet Star amusement park coaster, New Jersey, USA

This coaster remained in the Atlantic Ocean after Storm Sandy in 2013. They rusted for six months until they were dismantled.

Abandoned house in the forest

Church in Saint-Etienne, France

Abandoned church with mannequins of parishioners, Netherlands

Doll factory, Spain

A tree growing through a bicycle

Wrecks on a sandbank, Bermuda Triangle

Floating forest, Sydney, Australia

Cinema in Detroit, Michigan, USA

As Detroit deteriorated, many of its historic buildings were abandoned.

Shipyard in Vallejo, California, USA

Mare Island Naval Shipyard served as a submarine port during both World Wars. In the 1990s, the building was abandoned and flooded.

House between two trees, Florida, USA

Titanic

The Titanic set off on its first and last voyage in April 1912. 73 years later, the largest ship of the early 20th century was found at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean.

Circular railway, Paris, France

The Petite Ceinture railway was built in 1852 and ran between the main train stations of Paris within the city walls. During its operation, it connected five city highways. Since 1934 Railway, as well as some of its stations are partially abandoned.

Spreepark, Berlin, Germany

In 1969, an amusement park with rides, cafes and green lawns was built on the banks of the Spree in the southeast of the city. After the unification of the two Berlins, the park lost its relevance and closed due to insufficient funding.

Library, Russia

House on the Row, Finland

Turquoise Canal, Venice, Italy

Like any other city, Venice has abandoned places. But there they look even more picturesque.

Stairway to Nowhere, Pismo Beach, California, USA

Nara Dreamland Park, Japan

Nara Dreamland was built in 1961 as Japan's answer to Disneyland and even included its own version of Sleeping Beauty Castle. Closed in 2006 due to low visitor numbers.

Abandoned Mining Road, Taiwan

Abandoned pier

Bare footprints in an abandoned nuclear reactor

Indoor water park

Boathouse, Lake Obersee, Germany

Abandoned administrative building in Italy

Methodist Church in Indiana, USA

Gary, Indiana was founded in 1905 during the US steel boom. In the 1950s, more than 200,000 people lived and worked in this city. After the fall of the dispute on steel, almost half of the city was empty.

Church in the snow, Canada

Blue spiral staircase in a European castle

Soviet naval testing station in Makhachkala, Russia

Bell tower of a church in a frozen lake, Reschen, Italy

Lake Reschen is a reservoir in which several villages and a 14th-century church were flooded.

Glenwood Power Plant, New York, USA

This power plant, built in 1906, has long since become obsolete. After closing in 1968, it was used as a location for filming thrillers and zombie films.

Flooded shopping center

Train station in Canfranc, Spain

Canfranc is a small town located near the border with France. In 1928, the largest and most beautiful railway station in the world at that time opened here, which was called the “sparkling gem modern."

In 1970, the railway bridge on the road to Canfranc was destroyed and the station was closed. The bridge was not restored, and the former “pearl of Art Nouveau” began to fall into disrepair.

Abandoned theater

Automobile cemetery, Ardennes, Belgium

Many American soldiers on the Western Front during World War II purchased cars for personal use. When the war ended, it turned out that sending them home was very expensive and many of the cars remained here.

Attraction in Chernobyl, Ukraine

Abandoned hospital. Chernobyl, Ukraine

The city of Pripyat was deserted after the 1986 disaster at the nearby Chernobyl nuclear power plant. It has been empty since then and will remain empty for thousands of years.

City Hall Subway Station, New York, USA

City Hall Station opened in 1904 and closed in 1945. Only 600 people a day used it when it was operational.

Abandoned house in Virginia, USA

Poveglia Island, Italy

Poveglia is an island in the Venetian lagoon that, during the time of Napoleon Bonaparte, became an isolation ward for plague victims and later an asylum for the mentally ill.

Gulliver's Travels Park, Kawagushi, Japan

The park opened in 1997. Lasted only 10 years and was abandoned due to financial problems

Lighthouse on Aniva rock, Sakhalin, Russia

The Aniva lighthouse was installed in 1939 by the Japanese (at that time this part of Sakhalin belonged to them) on the small Sivuchya rock, near the inaccessible rocky Cape Aniva. This area is replete with currents, frequent fogs, and underwater rocky banks. The height of the tower is 31 meters, the height of the light is 40 meters above sea level.

Eilean Donan Castle, Scotland

A castle located on a rocky island lying in the Loch Duich fjord in Scotland. One of Scotland's most romantic castles, it is famous for its heather honey and interesting story. Filming took place in the castle: “The Phantom Goes West” (1935), “The Master of Ballantrae” (1953), “Highlander” (1986), “Mio, My Mio” (1987), “The World Is Not Enough” (1999) , Friend of the Bride (2008).

Abandoned mill, Ontario, Canada

Underwater city Shicheng, China

Hidden beneath the waters of the Lake of a Thousand Islands in China is the underwater city of Shicheng City. The architecture of the city has remained virtually untouched, for which archaeologists have nicknamed it a “time capsule.” Shicheng, or as it is also called “Lion City”, was founded more than 1339 years ago. During the construction of a hydroelectric power station in 1959, it was decided to flood the city.

Munsell Sea Forts, UK

In the shallow waters of the North Sea off the coast of Great Britain, abandoned air defense sea forts stand above the water. Their main tasks were to protect the large industrial centers of England from air attacks from the most vulnerable direction - from the sea - from the mouths of the Thames and Mersey rivers and to protect the approaches from the sea to London and Liverpool, respectively.

Christ from the Abyss, San Fruttoso, Italy

The statue of Jesus Christ, located at the bottom of the sea, in the bay of San Fruttuoso, near Genoa. The statue, about 2.5 meters high, was installed on August 22, 1954 at a depth of 17 meters. In addition, in different parts of the world there are several similar statues (both copies of the original and variations on its theme), also bearing the name “Christ from the Abyss”.

Ryugyong Hotel, Pyongyang, North Korea

Now it is the largest and tallest building in Pyongyang and the DPRK as a whole. The hotel was expected to open in June 1989, but construction problems and material shortages delayed the opening. The Japanese press estimated the amount spent on construction at $750 million - 2% of North Korean GDP. In 1992, due to lack of funding and the general economic crisis in the country, construction was stopped.

The main part of the tower was built, but windows, communications and equipment were not installed. The top of the building is poorly made and may fall off. The current structure of the building cannot be used. The North Korean government is trying to attract $300 million in foreign investment to develop and build a new hotel design, but in the meantime it has removed the long-term construction from maps and postage stamps.

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 an abandoned place in the center served hot water, which then cooled as it drained into 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 land left on the island. 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 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 from the Chernobyl plant, whose operation ended in a major disaster in 1986, lived in Pripyat. 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 monument house, built in the 1980s in honor of the Bulgarian Communist Party, today looks eerie both inside and out. This abandoned place, similar to 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 hub. 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. A Brazilian film crew decided to film a documentary on the yacht, but due to strong winds and the storm had to leave her. 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 been a tobacco warehouse and a supermarket. Now non-profit organization 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, 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 erosion by wind and rain, 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 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. 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 left the hospital in 1995.

Hashima Island, Japan

This island goes by 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 investment and machine accidents, the site had to be closed in 1980, shortly after it was built. Unfortunately, these amazing buildings were demolished in 2010.

Abandoned church in the snow.

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website with bated breath, presents a selection of the most mysterious places on the planet that evoke 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 a height (even with safety ropes), and died under collapsed cranes. The surrounding residents were sure that the town was inhabited 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, located in the small town of Lier, half an hour's drive 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 enterprises' products were inexpensive: there were no taxes, and local entrepreneurs did not comply with labor laws. We had our 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 of the South Gate have been preserved.

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 the church bell tower remained intact, surrounded by the ruins of the temple complex, the protruding cones of solidified lava reminiscent of 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 a model 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.

It often happens that, according to various reasons, people are leaving their homes, projects and buildings and leaving them alone with nature. Then the creations of human hands acquire their unique and slightly eerie beauty.

Lifeguide invites you to see abandoned places that have been completely absorbed by nature.

Christ from the Abyss, Bay of San Fruttuoso, Italy

The bronze statue of Christ was made by sculptor Guido Galletti and installed underwater at a depth of 17 meters in the Bay of San Fruttuoso in 1954. The height of the statue is about 2.5 meters. In 2003, the statue, which had been thoroughly overgrown with algae for 50 years under water and had lost part of its arm from an unsuccessfully thrown anchor, was removed from the water, cleaned and restored, and a new pedestal was built at the bottom. On July 17, 2004, the statue was installed in its original location.

Kolmanskop town in the Namibian desert

Kolmanskop — ghost town located in the Namib Desert, Nabmibia. In 1908, diamonds were found near the city, then investments were made there, many houses, a hospital and a stadium were built. But after a few years, the supply of diamonds dried up, and people left this city. Now most of the houses are almost completely covered with sand and present a somewhat depressing sight.

dome houses, Southwest Florida

These domed futuristic needles were built in 1981 in Naples, Florida, but were never completed. Some time later, one dome homeowner seeking to restore the building found himself faced only with exorbitant fines and bureaucratic hassles in the process. That's why they remained unfinished.

The SS Ayrfield in Australia

The massive 1,140-tonne SS Ayrfield was launched in 1911 in the UK and registered in Sydney a year later. The ship was decommissioned in 1972 and moored at the mouth of the Parramatta River in northwest Sydney. Locals call it a floating forest because after many years it has become overgrown with dense mangrove trees.

Luna park near Beijing, China

Wonderland is an abandoned amusement park project located 30 km from Beijing. This park could become the largest entertainment center in Asia (49 hectares). But its construction stopped in 1998 due to financial problems. In 2008, they tried to resume the project again, but without success.

Fisherman's hut, Germany

This fishing hut has been abandoned by the lake in national park Berchtesgaden after the flood.

Dutch Island, Chesapeake Bay

Dutch Island is an island in the Chesapeake Bay near Dorchester, Maryland. Once upon a time there was a small prosperous town on the island, inhabited by fishermen and farmers. But the water level on the island gradually increased, resulting in the entire population leaving the island in 1922. The last house remaining on the island collapsed in 2010.

Kerry Way footpath, Ireland

The Kerry Way is a 214 kilometer circular route that runs along the Iveragh Peninsula in County Kerry, Ireland. In addition to a huge number of attractions, castles, lakes and valleys, along the way you can stumble upon old, moss-covered, abandoned stone houses.

Pripyat, Ukraine
This city is probably the most popular abandoned place. After the terrible accident in 1986 at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, this prosperous city was completely deserted. The photo shows the most iconic place of this city - the Ferris wheel.

Monastery in Black Forest, Germany
The Abbey of St. George in the Black Forest was founded in 1084-85. For a long time the monastery was independent and received benefits from the papacy, but after a fire in 1244, the abbey began to slowly decline. And in 1536, the Duke of Württemberg completely dissolved the abbey. In 1865, the monastery experienced another fire, after which it completely collapsed.

Kalavantin Durg, India

Kalavantin Durg is an ancient Indian fort located near Mumbai. It is a majestic structure, towering on an 80-meter cliff. To climb the fort you need to walk for three hours along the steps carved into the rock.

Wreckage of the Pegasus plane at McMurdo, Antarctica

On October 8, 1970, a Pegasus plane crashed while landing near McMurdo Bay. Fortunately, none of the passengers were seriously injured. The plane has still not been removed and it lies covered in snow.

Angkor Wat, Cambodia

Ankgor Wat - a large Hindu temple complex in Cambodia. It was built in the 11th century in honor of the god Vishnu. In the 15th century, the complex stopped working and was abandoned. The temple is now included in the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Fort Maunsell, England

These defensive towers were erected in 1942 during the Second World War. The purpose of these structures was to protect English cities from attacks from air and sea. With the end of the war, the towers, which had lost their purpose, were partially dismantled. Today, out of 21 forts, only 13 remain.

Bodiam Castle, East Sussex, England

The castle was founded in 1385 by a descendant of the old English family, Edward Dalingridge. The castle often changed owners; now it belongs to the National Trust organization, which maintains its condition.

Abandoned railway depot in Częstochowa, Poland

Sunken yacht, Antarctica

This 25 meter yacht under the name Mar Sem Fin sank off the coast of Antarctica. Four crew members were rescued from the yacht, which belonged to Brazilian journalist.

Michigan Central Station, Detroit

This building was built in 1913 to relieve the flow of trains from another station. Due to its inconvenient location, the station was closed in 1988. Several attempts were made to restore the building, but due to the very large investments that had to be made, nothing ever happened.

Bobsleigh track to Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
This route was built for Winter Olympic Games who passed 1984 . After this the track was never used.

Craco, Italy

Craco is an abandoned commune in Italy, located in the Basilicata region. After another earthquake in 1963, the village was completely abandoned, since it was dangerous to be there and the rocks were gradually destroyed.

Elektoromash plant, Russia

These incredible photographs were taken by a young girl who secretly snuck into a plant producing powerful liquid rocket engines for space launch vehicles.

Abandoned mill from 1866 in Sorrento, Italy

This old mill had to be closed due to a strong increase in humidity, which negatively affected grain processing.

Cooling tower of an abandoned power plant

House Bulgarian Communist Party

This house fell apart along with communism. After the fall iron curtain in 1989, Bulgaria moved to new era parliamentary democracy.

Abandoned City of Keelung, Taiwan

Lawndale Theatre, Chicago

When the Lawndale Theater closed in the mid-2000s, it was used as a church. The balcony was enclosed from the main level when the theater was converted into a church.

North Brother Island, New York

This island is located near New York, 350 meters from the mainland. On this island there was a clinic specializing in the treatment of smallpox, and then for the rehabilitation of drug addicts. Since 2011, the island is completely uninhabited and closed to visitors.

Hotel del Salto in Colombia

The reason for the closure of this hotel was that it is located next to the beautiful Takendamo Falls, which is formed by the Bogota River. They started pouring sewage into the river, causing it to start leaking most unpleasant smell, which made this place unsuitable for stay.

Nara Dreamland Park in Japan.

This amusement park opened in 1961, but due to economic reasons it was closed in 2006.