Incredible Abandoned Structures & Places Around The World

Publish date: 2024-08-20

Evocative of our own limits, these abandoned structures provide us an opportunity to consider our place--however temporary--in the world.

A building is never just that. It can be a place we call home, a repository for memories, an intimate space where we share even more intimate ideas; it’s one of the ways we as people lay physical claim to the world in which we live.

And just as a building is more than its material components, the same can be said for a building in shambles. Evocative of our own limits, mortality and time’s dominion over all, these abandoned structures provide as much aesthetic interest as they do opportunities to consider our place–however temporary–in the world:

Czestochowa Poland An abandoned train in Czestochowa, Poland. Abandoned Structures In Paraguay Nature asserts its power in Asunción, Paraguay. Source: Imgur Beelitz Operating Room This abandoned Soviet hospital isn't exactly where you'd like to get a medical procedure. Beelitz Hospital A staircase within the Beelitz Military Hospital. Abandoned Structures Blade Mill France A blade mill returns to nature in France. Source: Imgur Abandoned Photographs Miranda Chateau In Belgium The exterior of Belgium's Chateau Miranda. The castle was built for a family in 1866 but came under possession during World War II by the National Railway Company of Belgium, where it was converted into an orphanage. The castle has been abandoned since 1991. Miranda Chateau Photograph Chateau Miranda Stairs Chateau Miranda Ceiling The interiors of Chateau Miranda. Source: Panoramio Empty Church In Canada Light shines through a barren church in Canada. Empty Church In Detroit An empty congregation within an abandoned Detroit church. Source: Flickr Abandoned Places Dadipark Stands Decay amid Belgium's abandoned Dadipark amusement park. Source: Pinterest Dadipark A filthy slide in Dadipark. Source: Panoramio Abandoned Places Eastern State Penitentiary The haunting halls of Philadelphia's Eastern State Penitentiary. Abandoned Structures Floating Forest Australia's abandoned SS Ayrfield now serves as a centuries-old floating forest. Abandoned Places In Gullivers Travels The larger than life decay in Japan's Gulliver's Travels Theme Park. Source: Tumblr Hafodunos Hall The hollowed out interiors of North Wales' Hafodunos Hall. Source: Imgur Abandoned Places Hashima Island Japan's uninhibited Hashima Island. Source: Bored Panda Hashima Island Inside Holland Island Home An empty home struggles for footing amid Holland Island's expedited erosion. Abandoned Places Holy Land USA The ghostly remains of Connecticut's Holy Land USA park, closed since 1984. Source: The Dreamy Idealist Holy Land USA Sign The rusted entrance to Connecticut's Holy Land park. Source: 500 PX Abandoned Structures Kerry Way A structure overtaken by flora along Ireland's Kerry Way trail. Source: Imgur Kiev Subway A derelict subway in Kiev, Ukraine. Lawndale Theatre In Chicago Chicago's dilapidated Lawndale Theatre. Source: Imgur Michigan Central Station Detroit's cavernous Michigan Central Station. Source: Bored Panda Mill In Sorrento Italy An abandoned mill in Sorrento, Italy. Source: Imgur Abandoned Places Nara Japan A ghostly ride at Japan's Nara Dreamland theme park. The park was closed in 2006 due to low visitor numbers. Source: Imgur Abandoned Structures New Bedford Orpheum The dusty interior of Massachusetts' Orpheum Theatre. Sarajevo Olympics Remnants of the 1984 Olympics in Sarajevo, Bosnia. Source: Imgur Abandoned Places Shi Cheng Divers explore Shi Cheng, China. Shi Cheng was an ancient city but was ultimately flooded in 1959 to make room for a dam project. Source: Bored Panda Abandoned Structures Six Flags Ride Roller coaster cars at Six Flags New Orleans. The park was closed after Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005. Source: Love These Pics Abandoned Six Flags Bumper Cars Abandoned Structures Six Flags Jazzland Abandoned Structures Balaklava Base An abandoned submarine base in Balaklava, Ukraine. Source: Bored Panda Train Station In Georgia An abandoned train station in Abkhazia, Georgia. Source: Bored Panda Abandoned Places Wonderland China Beijing's Wonderland Amusement Park. Wonderland Hanger The interior of Beijing's Wonderland Amusement Park. Source: The Atlantic Abandoned Structures Wonderland Workers Workers at Beijing's Wonderland Amusement Park. Source: The Atlantic Abandoned Structures Yacht Antarctica A sunken yacht in Antarctica.

For more photographs of abandoned structures and places, visit our posts on abandoned photographs, abandoned Detroit, and desolate and deserted former Olympics sites.

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