35 Most Beautiful Abandoned Places In The World

Though haunting, there’s something mysteriously beautiful about abandoned places. From wrecked ships to sunken cities, from old mining tunnels to haunted prisons, buildings and structures all over the world have been left to waste away. Old peeled paints, cracked walls, dripping walls with mosses and ferns, and broken windows with shattered glass – there’s something very spooky about uninhibited places. Trees grow through concrete; nesting birds reclaim deserted mine shafts and remind us about the strength and the perseverance of nature.

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The following locations have weathered over time. Below is the list of the most beautiful abandoned places in the world.

1. Christ of the Abyss at San Fruttuoso, Italy

2. Kolmanskop, Namib Desert

3. Abandoned dome houses, Southwest Florida

4. Remains of SS Ayrfield in Homebush Bay, Australia

5. Wonderland Amusement Park outside Beijing, China

6. Fishing hut on a lake, Germany

7. Holland Island, Chesapeake Bay

8. Kerry Way walking path between Sneem and Kenmare, Ireland

9. Pripyat, Ukraine

10. 15th-century monastery in the Black Forest, Germany

11. Kalavantin Durg near Panvel, India

12. Remains of Pegasus in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica

13. Angkor Wat, Cambodia

14. Maunsell Sea Forts, England

15. Bodiam Castle in East Sussex, England

16. Częstochowa, Poland’s abandoned train depot

17. Sunken yacht, Antarctica

18. Abandoned distillery, Barbados

19. Michigan Central Station, Detroit

20. 1984 Winter Olympics bobsleigh track, Sarajevo

21. Craco, Italy

22. Russian military rocket factory

23. Abandoned mill from 1866 in Sorrento, Italy

24. Cooling tower of an abandoned power plant

25. House of the Bulgarian Communist Party

26. Abandoned city of Keelung, Taiwan

27. Lawndale Theater, Chicago

28. North Brother Island near New York City, New York

29. Abandoned Blade Mill, France

30. El Hotel del Salto, Colombia

31. Asuncion, Paraguay

32. Tunnel of Love, Ukraine

33. Nara Dreamland, Japan

34. Derelict Canfranc Rail Station, Spain

35.  City Hall Subway Station, New York City