Abandoned scary cities. Abandoned places in Russia - the top creepiest places

They say the only constant in life is change. Literature on history is one way to understand the passage of time, but there are also material monuments that can tell a lot about past times. And if some such places are looked after and taken care of, sometimes it is those that have long been in desolation that are interesting. We bring to your attention several abandoned 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 have recently collected 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 returning to nature.

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

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 to the abandoned place.

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 an abandoned place, a beautiful and mysterious floating forest, which serves as an example that nature can survive always and everywhere.

Sea forts of Munsell, 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, as well as the Principality of Sealand, a self-proclaimed independent state.

Last home on Dutch Island, USA

This abandoned place 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 northern 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. The 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, 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 abandoned place, 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.

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 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 abandoned places are small domed structures 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 abandoned site 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 abandoned site having to be closed 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, apart from 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 view 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 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. 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.

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 whoever 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 inspires animal fear in 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 began to be 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.

From grim North Korean hotels to abandoned subway stations, here are 25 of the creepiest abandoned places on Earth.

25. City Hall Station - New York

It was opened in 1904 and closed in 1945 because almost no one used it.

24. Sanzhi UFO Houses - Sanzhi, Taiwan


The houses were built for US military officers in the 70s, construction stopped in the 80s when the funding for the project ran out.

23. Disney's Discovery Island - Lake Buena Vista, Florida


In the past this place was a park wildlife Disney, rumor has it that it was closed when deadly bacteria were found in the water surrounding it.

22. Canfranc Rail Station, Spain


It was originally part of an international route between France and Spain, but an accident in the 1970s destroyed a local bridge and severed rail links between the countries.

21. Hashima Island, Japan


This island was once a thriving residential city for over 5,000 miners. It was abandoned when gasoline replaced coal as Japan's main fuel source.

20. Orpheum Auditorium - New Bedford, Massachusetts


The theater was opened the day the Titanic sank. To date, part of the building has been converted into a supermarket, while the rest of it remains the same as it has been for the past century.

19. Remains of the shipwreck of the ocean liner "America" ​​(SS America) - Fuerteventura, Canary Islands


This American ocean liner crashed in 1994 after half a century of service.

18. Underwater City - Shicheng, China


The city, founded 1300 years ago, has been under water for 53 years since the Xin'an River Hydro Plant flooded the area.

17. Wonderland Amusement Park - Beijing, China


This amusement park was supposed to be the largest of its kind in the eastern hemisphere, but financial troubles prevented the completion of the project. Today, the lands around the park are cultivated by farmers.

16. El Hotel del Salto - Colombia


The hotel was built in 1928 to allow wealthy tourists to visit the local waterfall in comfort, but the waterfall became polluted, eventually leading to the remote hotel being abandoned.

15. Eastern State Penitentiary - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania


This facility held people like Al Capone. It was one of the first modern prisons built at that time.

14. Dadipark - Dadizel, Belgium


This small playground opened in the 50s and closed right at the turn of the century.

13. Michigan Central Station - Detroit, Michigan


Built in 1913, it was the highest station in the world. The railroad closed in the 1980s and plans for renovations failed.

12. Running sections of the Great Wall of China (Great Wall), China


Given that the length of the Great Wall of China is 2,500 kilometers, it is quite difficult to maintain each part of the wall in proper condition, so some sections of it fell into disrepair.

11. Red Sands Sea Forts - Sealand, UK


Built off the coast of England during World War II to protect coastal areas, these fortresses are now abandoned.

10. Eilean Donan Castle - Loch Duich Fjord, Scotland


This island, located deep in the heart of Scotland, remained abandoned until 1911, when it was refurbished by the locals. However, it again stands abandoned.

9. Chateau Miranda - Celles, Belgium


A popular destination for ghost hunters, this castle was built by people fleeing the French Revolution. After that, it was used as an orphanage during World War II and then abandoned.

8. Aniva Rock Lighthouse - Sakhalin region, Russia


Once in the past, both Japan and Russia fought for Cape Aniva, as well as for the whole of Sakhalin, but on this moment the lighthouse, located on the cape of the same name, is abandoned and not inhabited by anyone.

7. Bannerman Castle - Pollepel island, New York


The castle was originally built by a wealthy aristocrat to store surplus ammunition after the American-Spanish war, but the ammunition exploded and the site remains abandoned to this day.

6. Gulliver’s Travels Park - Kawaguchi, Japan


This theme park was built right at the foot of Mount Fuji. It functioned for only 10 years before it was closed. Its ruins remain on this site until today.

5. Six Flags Jazzland - New Orleans, Louisiana


Although the park was abandoned after Hurricane Katrina, some of its attractions can still be seen there.

4. Willard Asylum Psychiatric Hospital - Willard, New York


This hospital was built in 1869 and closed in 1995. Most of the hospital patients died within its walls.

3. Pripyat, Ukraine


After the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, the city was abandoned due to radioactive fallout and will probably remain abandoned for quite some time.

2. Kimberlite pipe "Mir" (Mirny Diamond Mine) - Eastern Siberia, Russia


This massive hole was dug under Stalin in order to mine diamonds. However, it proved too difficult to continue mining and production was eventually abandoned.

1. Ryugyong Hotel - Pyongyang, North Korea


A hotel that is a testament to the insanity of North Korea. Its construction began during the famine. Not surprisingly, the building was never completed, although they eventually managed to cover it with glass to make it look more presentable.

Stalking is a very popular type of hobby these days, covering more and more people who want to get a little 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.

These creepy images of abandoned places on our planet give us 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 Skeet Houses, a futuristic complex of 60 durable fiberglass UFO-shaped houses in Sanzhi County, Xinbei, Taiwan. An unrealized project of groups of companies under the patronage of the state of 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 technical school, and then a mental hospital. The building has been empty since the 1990s.

Jet Star Amusement Park, New Jersey, USA

These slides remained in 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 dummies of parishioners, Netherlands

Puppet factory, Spain

tree sprouting through bike

Shipwrecks on a sandbar, 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

The 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 made its first and last voyage in April 1912. 73 years later big ship at the beginning of the 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 stations of Paris within the walls of the city. 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

Island house, 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 the Japanese 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

Elling, 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, over 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 european castle

Soviet naval test station in Makhachkala, Russia

Church bell tower in 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 been outdated. After closing in 1968, it has been used as a location for filming thrillers and zombie films.

flooded mall

Train station in Canfranc, Spain

Canfranc is a small town located near the French border. In 1928, the largest and most beautiful at that time railroad station in the world, which was called "the sparkling gem of modernity."

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 modernity" began to fall into disrepair.

abandoned theater

Car 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 it was very expensive to send them home, and many cars remained here.

Attraction in Chernobyl, Ukraine

Abandoned hospital. Chernobyl, Ukraine

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

City Hall Subway Station, New York, USA

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

Abandoned house in Virginia, USA

Poveglia Island, Italy

Poveglia is an island in the Venetian lagoon, which during the time of Napoleon Bonaparte became an insulator for the victims of the plague, 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 (then this part of Sakhalin belonged to them) on a small rock Sivuchya, near the hard-to-reach rocky Aniva Cape. This area is replete with currents, frequent fogs, underwater rocky banks. The height of the tower is 31 meters, the height of light is 40 meters above sea level.

Eilean Donan Castle, Scotland

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

Abandoned windmill, Ontario, Canada

Shicheng Underwater City, China

Hidden under the water of the Thousand Islands Lake in China is the underwater city of Shicheng City. The architecture of the city remained almost untouched, for which archaeologists called it the "time capsule". Shicheng or, as it is also called "Lion City", was founded more than 1339 years ago. During the construction of the hydroelectric power station in 1959, it was decided to flood the city.

Seaforts of Munsell, UK

in shallow water North Sea Abandoned sea forts of the air defense system stand above the water off the coast of Great Britain. 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

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 highest structure in Pyongyang and the DPRK as a whole. The hotel was supposed to open in June 1989, but construction problems and a lack of materials delayed the opening. The Japanese press estimated the amount spent on the construction at $750 million - 2% of North Korea's 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 of poor quality 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 for now it has removed the long-term construction from maps and postage stamps.

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