The scariest abandoned places in the world. Scary and abandoned places that you might not know about
Stalking is a very popular type of hobby these days, covering more and more people who want to get some adrenaline and feel the atmosphere of abandoned places. On the Internet, we often see breathtaking photographs of abandoned places around the world, where eternal silence reigns, where nature begins to win back what man has taken from her.
In fact, it is not at all necessary to go on a long and expensive trip for stalking, and if you are not a fan of such outings, then we suggest you just enjoy our selection of the most scary places, which can be found right in Russia.
1. Abandoned submarine dock
Huge open spaces and at the same time closed spaces. The sound of water and the echo of waves in the lifeless walls. This shelter for submarines began to be built in Pavlovsk, Primorsky Krai, in the middle of the 20th century. The construction was given as much as 20 years, but in the early 80s, construction was suspended due to an outflow of funding. In 1991, the United States and Russia signed an agreement under which the countries pledged to disarm, and this underwater base was finally abandoned.
According to the stories of local stalkers, in some rooms of the base there is an increased background of radiation, so if you are suddenly going there on a trip, it is better to play it safe.
2. Khovrinskaya hospital, Moscow
Hospitals have always been a favorite place for stalkers and ghost hunters to visit. No wonder, because this is not an easy hospital, the authorities decided to build it right on the site of the cemetery in 1980, but abandoned this idea halfway through. The building remained unfinished, and poor organization to strengthen the soil and ensure the strength of the foundation led to the fact that the structure is still shrinking.
This place was chosen by teenagers who identify themselves with various subcultures. If you know for sure that you want to communicate with the spirits of the dead, then you are here.
3. Russian Valley of Death
Think Death Valley is only in the US? In fact, there are similar places in other parts of the planet, albeit not so cruel. For example, Death Valley in Kamchatka was discovered in the mid-70s of the last century. Hydrogen sulfide, carbon disulfide and carbon dioxide escape from cracks in the ground. Such a hellish mixture is dangerous for living organisms, so the ground here is often littered with the corpses of careless animals who did not pay attention to the unusual smell.
A person from here, most likely, will leave without problems, but the corpses of animals on the surface are so common that this makes the Death Valley in Kamchatka one of the most terrible places on Earth.
4. Sablinsky caves
Fans of tickling their nerves can choose as a place to visit the ancient caves, which were formed as a result of sand mining in this place from the 18th to the 20th centuries. When mining was stopped, the caves had to be closed. There are real labyrinths here, so only experienced stalkers and speleologists decide to go to such a place.
In the middle of the last century, real bandits and those who escaped from prisons equipped their lairs in the Sablinsky caves. Few dared to go deep into the caves, even those who lived in them. There were times when people disappeared in labyrinths and died. Now tourists are already being taken there, a special “walking” zone has been allocated for them, but an ordinary tourist will not be able to get into the depths. But stalkers find loopholes.
5. Abandoned submarine base
In a city called Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky-54, there is an abandoned place, a submarine bay that was considered secret for a long time. A few decades ago, life was in full swing in this place, and submarines returning from missions parked in the bay.
After the base was closed in 1996, the military rolled up all their property and left the place. However, no one went to extremes, so a lot of props of those times have survived to our times, which is of value precisely from the side of the atmosphere. There are few places where you can feel such an oppressive silence.
6. Kadykchan, Magadan
Oddly enough, but translated from the local language, Kadykchan means the same "valley of death." This urban-type settlement was built in 1943. Not far from it, the authorities launched the extraction of high-quality coal, and until recently, life was in full swing in the town. However, around the mid-90s, a disaster occurred at the mine - gas exploded. Seeing this, people began to disperse.
By the early 2000s, there were more than 700 people in the city. But in just a few years, the number of inhabitants fell to such a minimum that, by a strong-willed decision, the authorities decided to disconnect the city from central heating and water supply, since these services did not even pay off. After such a cardinal upheaval, the last inhabitants left the city, and now it is a ghost town, which still retains the indescribable atmosphere of a dead place.
I bring to your attention some of the most ghostly places around the world, each of which has its own special charm.
Under all this dust, rust and cracks, there are 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 that people just recently packed up their things and left. On the other hand, it is interesting to see how some things that once belonged to people are now returning to nature.
Cooling chamber in Belgium.
This is part of the cooling tower of an abandoned power plant in Monceau, Belgium. A funnel-shaped structure in the center supplied hot water, which then cooled down by hundreds of small concrete troughs. 
Kolmanskop, Namibia.
This is a small abandoned settlement in Namibia that flourished in the early 1900s. Then the German settlers started mining diamonds here. The influx of funds ended after the First World War, when the diamond field began to deplete. By the 1950s, the city was completely abandoned by people, and now only photographers and tourists come here. 
Floating forest in Sydney.
This is the hull of the large steamship SS Ayrfield, which was decided to be dismantled in Homebush Bay, Australia, after World War II. But when the shipyard closed, this ship, like several others, remained where they had been abandoned. Now it is a beautiful and mysterious floating forest, which serves as an example that nature can survive anytime, anywhere. 
Sea forts of Mansell, England.
These forts were built near the mouths of the Thames and Mersey rivers in the UK to protect the country from a potential German air threat during World War II. When they were taken out of service in 1950, several people lived here, including operators of pirate radio stations, and the Principality of Sealand, a self-proclaimed independent state, was also located. 
Last home on Dutch Island, USA.
This house 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 Kiev 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. 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, a city-forming enterprise, which gave Pripyat the title of a city of nuclear scientists. Pripyat became the ninth nuclear town in the Soviet Union. 
Many workers of the Chernobyl station lived in Pripyat, the work of which ended in a major disaster in 1986. After the evacuation, Pripyat remains a radioactive ghost town that can only be visited with specialized guides. 
House of the Bulgarian Communist Party.
The former building of the memorial house, built in the 1980s in honor of the Bulgarian Communist Party, today looks creepy both inside and out. This structure, similar to a flying saucer, fell into disrepair after the collapse of the USSR. Now it is only a ghost of the former building, although there is talk of starting restoration work. 
A park attractions Nara Dreamland, Japan.
The park opened in 1961. But by 2006 it was already closed. It is now a popular spot among the city's "discoverers", although guards periodically patrol the area and impose fines on violators who enter the closed area. 
Uninhabited island in southeast Florida, USA.
These small domed structures were built in 1981 at Cape Romano, off the coast of the United States. They were the summer residence of oil tycoon Bob Lee, but then fell into disrepair. It is still unclear what fate awaits them. 
Abandoned mill, Italy.
This building in the Valley of the Mills in Sorrento was abandoned in 1866. Once upon a time, wheat was ground here, and there was a sawmill nearby. The mill was isolated from the sea after the construction of Tasso Square, which increased the 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 led to the station having to close in 1988. 
The fate of the station has not yet been decided, but it appeared in several films, for example, in Eminem's 8 Mile. 
Sunken yacht, Antarctica.
This spooky ghost ship is the Mar Sem Fim, a Brazilian yacht that sank off Ardley Cove in Antarctica. On the yacht, the Brazilian film crew decided to shoot documentary, however, due to strong winds and a storm, it had to be abandoned. The water that got on the ship froze, broke through the hull and sank the yacht. 
Abandoned Theater New Bedford, USA.
This is an old theater in Massachusetts. It was opened in 1912 and closed in 1959. Since then, he has already managed to visit a tobacco store and a supermarket. Now the non-profit organization is trying to raise funds to renovate the building. 
Abandoned railway 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, this region was abandoned, but the station still has traces of its former greatness, such as amazing stucco. 
Abandoned wooden houses, Russia. 
All these exquisitely decorated buildings are located in the Russian outback. Some of them are surrounded by forests. 
Due to their remoteness, 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 wind and rain erosion, so that it remains in relatively good condition. 
Abandoned subway station in New York, USA.
This beautiful subway station is right under New York City Hall. That is why much attention was paid to its design, but because of the neighboring stations, this one never received due attention from the public, and its curved route was considered not safe enough. The station closed in 1945 and remains closed to this day, except for a few exclusive tours for tourists. 
Hotel Salto, Colombia.
The hotel opened in 1928 next to the Tequendama Falls in Colombia to serve tourists who came to see the 157-meter waterfall. The hotel was closed in the early 90s, after interest in the waterfall faded. But in 2012 this place was turned into a museum. 
Abandoned subway tunnel in Kyiv, Ukraine.
This photo was taken in the subway 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. Until its closure in 1993, it was one of the most secret bases in the USSR. Today it is the State Maritime Museum. 
Abandoned military hospital in Belitz, Germany. 
This massive hospital complex would have been built in the late 1800s. In it, Adolf Hitler was recovering from a leg injury sustained during the Battle of the Somme in 1916. Some parts of the complex are still in operation, but most were abandoned after the Russian authorities left 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 gave access to underwater coal mines. 
However, as Japan gradually switched from coal to gasoline, the mines (and the buildings that sprang up around them) closed down, leaving behind a ghost island that resembled part of a ghostly warship. 
UFO houses in San Zhi, Taiwan.
These alien houses in Sanzhi were originally intended to be resort houses, in particular, for US military officers serving in Asia. However, due to low investment and accidents with cars, the site had to close in 1980, shortly after it was built. Unfortunately, these amazing buildings were demolished in 2010. 
Abandoned church in the snow. 
There are a lot of such creepy and mysterious places in our world. Old cemeteries, chapels, abandoned cities and hospitals.
Do you think this only exists abroad? Russia is huge, and we have more such places than in any other country. Shall we take a walk?
1. Damn graveyard
The Devil's Cemetery is a round bare glade 250 m in diameter. It is located in the middle of the taiga, 100 km from the confluence of the Kova River into the Angara. It is noteworthy that there is no vegetation at all in the clearing, and the trees surrounding it are charred, as if a fire was raging here. According to one version, it was here, and not in the area of Podkamennaya Tunguska, that the Tunguska meteorite fell.
In the 20s and 30s of the last century, cattle often wandered into the clearing. And he died. Local residents had to pull it out with hooks, because they were afraid to enter the clearing themselves. The meat of the fallen cattle was abnormally red. It is believed that people also died here - before the Great Patriotic War, several hundred people died near the meadow or on it. Walking there is not recommended. To put it mildly.
2. Meat forest
Myasnoy Bor, aka Death Valley, is located in Novgorod region. Finding this place is not so easy: now it is overgrown with forest, swamped, and only the remains of railway wartime.
At first glance, there is nothing terrible in Myasnoy Bor. But there is a story: during the Great Patriotic War, tens of thousands of soldiers, both Russians and Germans, died here. The remains are still not buried. They say that here you can find terrible wartime artifacts: bayonets, helmets, bones and skulls.
3. Building of the sanatorium "Energy"
The ruins of an abandoned sanatorium are located 15 km from the Moscow Ring Road. Previously, the sanatorium was considered almost a work of art: a park was laid out in the courtyard, sculptures were installed. The building itself was once a beautiful two-story building. And from the outside, it still looks like an ordinary building, except that a little renovation would not hurt.
Inside, the picture is different. Rubbish is everywhere, windows are smashed. In the rooms - broken furniture, torn old books and photographs. Now the building is almost destroyed, and half of it burned down, and in this part even the walls are almost gone.
4.The village of Kadykchan in the Magadan region
Kadykchan (translated from the Evenk language as "Valley of Death") was built in 1943. In this place, at a depth of 400 m, coal of the highest quality was found. Until 1996, several thousand people lived in the village. In Stalin's times, there was even one of the Gulag camps here. And in 1996, there was an explosion at the mine, and people began to leave.
By 2006, 791 people remained in the village. A couple of years later - only 400. They refused to leave, but back in 2003 the authorities decided to close the unprofitable village and closed the only boiler house in the city. It became impossible to live in the city, and the Kadychkans dispersed. The authorities did not consider it necessary to evacuate the residents.
Now Kadychkan is a mining ghost town. Books and furniture remained in the houses, broken benches and monuments on the streets.
5. Bay "Finval", an abandoned submarine base of the Navy
The bay is located in the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky-54. Official name bay - "Bechevinskaya", but because of secrecy it was renamed "Finval". Previously, submarines were stationed here: since 1971, the composition of the division has changed several times, until in 1996 it was decided to close the base. All property was removed, electricity and water supply was turned off. Simultaneously with the base, the Shipunsky missile settlement was also closed.
The only ones left were at home. Submarines were transferred to another bay.
7. Abandoned naval training base on Russky Island
Military unit 25108 was disbanded in 2001. Russky Island had the status of a closed territory for a long time. In Soviet times, there were many military camps here - in fact, the island was the largest training base of the Soviet Navy.
In 1993, in parts Pacific Fleet Four soldiers died of starvation, and another 250 sailors were hospitalized with a diagnosis of dystrophy. The main military prosecutor's office opened a criminal case, the investigation was conducted until 1998. Only senior midshipman Vytrishchak was punished, in whose house food stolen from the warehouse was found. The rest of the people involved got off with fines. Now the unit has been disbanded and abandoned, and inside the buildings are the remains of furniture and soldier's equipment. Some pranksters sometimes "decorate" the hulls additionally - they hang raincoats so that from the side it seems that a person is hanging in a noose.
8. Sablinsky caves
The cave system originated from the extraction of quartz sand from the 18th to the 20th century. In 1922, the mines closed and the caves were abandoned.
The Sablinsky caves were a classified object until the end of the 1970s. Then runaway prisoners hid in the catacombs, and every year ten people disappeared in these places. The bandits were to blame, and quicksand, and collapsed corridors. But attempts to take the bandits who had settled in the caves were useless: the Sablinsky caves stretched for several kilometers, and it was impossible to look for someone in the natural labyrinths.
In the 1980s, the caves were home to 200 people who lived in communities. Now there are no active underground groups, and the terrible Sablinsky caves have turned into a tourist attraction. A tour of the safe part of the caves costs only 600 rubles. Tourists are not allowed into the unsafe area.
9. Death Valley in Kamchatka
Death Valley in Kamchatka was discovered in 1975. The corpses of animals and birds are often found here. Animals die due to the high concentration of poisonous gases - hydrogen sulfide, carbon dioxide and carbon disulfide. The corpses of animals in this place are preserved for an unusually long time and do not decompose even in the open air - the poisonous atmosphere suppresses the oxidative processes caused by bacteria.
People shouldn't stay here too long. Scientists and tourists after Death Valley suffer from headaches, fever, dizziness and general weakness. But if you leave in time dangerous place you'll be back to normal pretty quickly.
Walking through this natural "hell" is not for the faint of heart. There is a very high chance of stumbling upon the corpses of careless animals. People usually have time to leave.
10.Khovrinskaya hospital in Moscow
Khovrinsky hospital began to be built in 1980 on the site of a cemetery. Five years later, construction stopped, and the huge unfinished building was abandoned. Now the basements are flooded, and the building is slowly sinking underground.
The place has acquired numerous urban legends. Here come the lovers thrill- still, a sort of gate to the other world right in the middle of Moscow!
11.Shelter for submarines in Pavlovsk
The shelter began to be built in the 1960s. The construction was carried out for 20 years, but in the 1980s it stalled, and the base was never completed. All concrete work was completed, only the interior decoration remained to be done. But in 1991, the US and the USSR signed the Treaty on the Limitation of Strategic Arms, and the Pavlovsk submarine base in Primorsky Krai was included in the list of objects that the USSR undertook to close.
The hideout is creepy. Its central part is two parallel tunnels connected by passages. Both tunnels, so huge that a submarine can easily enter them, are flooded with water. There are eight entrances to the shelter in total. It is difficult to estimate its true size: many passages are flooded, and it is not known where they lead. Yes, one more thing: there are sources of radiation on the territory of the military unit and the radiation background is increased, so it’s better not to walk here without a special suit.
If you are interested in abandoned buildings and ghosts, then we offer you a kind of guide: in these abandoned buildings located in different parts of the world, according to local legends, you can not only touch history, but also meet ghosts. Almost all of these places can be visited on your own, since access to them is free, but we still strongly recommend visiting there only virtually. So, let's begin:
Berengaria Hotel
Where: Prodromos, Cyprus
The heyday of the hotel, built in 1930 by a wealthy man, came in the 1950s and 70s, bringing considerable profit. However, the death of the owner of the hotel predicted a sad fate for his brainchild. He bequeathed the management of the hotel to his three sons, who at first managed to run the family business. However, later, when quarrels began on the basis of the distribution of profits, all three brothers died one after another under very strange circumstances. They say that this is the owner and the hotel took revenge on them for failing to keep their promise. Everything that could be taken out of the hotel was taken out locals and the hotel fell into disrepair. It is said that the ghosts of the brothers settled in the ruins of the building.
Bhangarh Fort (Fort Bangar)
Where: on the way to Alwar and Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
On the way to the castle, signs are striking, which strictly forbid approaching it after sunset, since the one who dares to do this will never come back! The legend says that a black magician sent a curse on Bangar and its inhabitants because the shadow from the fort fell on sacred place which was intended for meditation. He cursed everyone, saying that they would die a painful death, and their spirits would remain in the castle for centuries. That's how it all happened. This castle really brings animal fear to every mortal. The government of India somehow decided to debunk the terrible myth and set up armed patrols in the fort, but there are still daredevils.
Diplomat Hotel
Where: Baguio, Philippines
Residents of houses in the vicinity complain of chilling sounds - moans, screams, slamming doors, hurried steps - coming, they say, from the side of an abandoned hotel. During the Second World War, this building served as a refuge for refugees, repeatedly subjected to shelling and bombing. The soldiers of the Japanese army executed many innocent sisters of mercy here. When a hotel was opened in the building in the 70s of the last century, its inhabitants repeatedly imagined the silhouettes of mysterious black figures walking around the halls, appearing in the windows hiding behind the curtains.
St. John's Hospital (St. John's Hospital) 
Where: Lincolnshire, England
This hospital, founded in 1852, was created for the sick poor who suffered from mental disorders. For obvious reasons, few people cared about the fate of poor patients, so cruel methods of treatment were used on the unfortunate patients. When in 1989, after the closure of the hospital, employees were asked to remove all available medical equipment from the building, they did not manage to spend even a couple of days there. According to the men, they were constantly haunted by terrifying screams of unknown origin. Firefighters were called to the abandoned hospital more than once, as it seemed to people passing by by chance that flames were escaping from the windows. The fire brigades that came each time did not find any signs of a fire, but they saw some strange lights flickering in the corridors.
Salesian School (salesian school)
Where: Goshen, New York, USA
This Catholic school for boys was built on the territory of a former aristocratic estate. She enjoyed honor and respect until one day, in 1964, one of her pupils died: 9-year-old Paul Ramos fell to his death, falling from the roof of one of the educational buildings. Then the death of the boy was explained by a tragic accident, but at the beginning of the 2000s, this case again interested the press and special services. As it turned out, the body of the pupil lay too far from the school building: in order for it to fall at such a distance, someone had to push it, but finding the killer is, of course, unrealistic. Currently, the school building is under guard, but those few daredevils who managed to get past it and approach the abandoned building, in the window openings, according to them, saw the silhouette of a boy.
Baldoon Castle
Where: Bladnock, Scotland
During the day, the ruins of the castle do not evoke anything sinister at all, but at night here, they say, you can see the ghost of the bride Janet Dalrymple, dressed in a bloody wedding dress. According to legend, in the middle of the 17th century, her parents forced her to marry the rich owner of this castle, although she herself loved a poor guy named Archibald. However, the girl did not have to marry the unloved girl. A few minutes before the bride's entrance to the wedding ceremony, she was found stabbed to death in a room where the brides were waiting for their entrance to the altar. Some say that this is the work of a rejected lover, while others believe that Janet committed suicide.
Great Isaac Cay Lighthouse
Where: Great Isaac Cay, Bahamas
The designation of this island is not in every map, but its coordinates are well known to ghost hunters. Legend has it that in the 19th century, a shipwreck occurred not far from the islet, in which only little child. No one knows how his fate turned out, but still at night around the abandoned lighthouse the spirit of the child's mother, a lady in gray, roams, crying bitterly from grief. Two caretakers who lived here disappeared in 1969 under unclear circumstances. Their bodies have not been found so far. Many associate this secret with the fact that the island is territorially located in bermuda triangle, although according to skeptics, people simply died during Hurricane Anna, which carried their bodies into the ocean.
Waverly Hills Sanatorium (Waverly Hills Sanatorium)
Where: Louisville, Kentucky, USA
The building of the former sanatorium for patients with tuberculosis has repeatedly been recognized as one of the most terrible places in the United States. Students of pan-anomalous activity find it to be very high here. To a large extent, this refers to the "tunnel of death", which was originally cut for the employees of the sanatorium: in this way, they got to their jobs faster and safer, bypassing the rather steep slopes of the hill. And later, this tunnel was used to secretly take out the bodies of deceased patients: the living did not need to see how their neighbors in the ward set off on their last journey. Ghosts were seen not only in a narrow and terrifyingly dark corridor, but also inside separate rooms. So, for example, in the 502nd room lives the spirit of a nurse who hanged herself here after she, being pregnant, became aware that she had contracted tuberculosis. Those who wish to visit the abandoned sanatorium can do this as part of an excursion group.
