The World’s 30 Most Amazing Abandoned
|One of the things that fascinate me the most is what happens to a once-thriving location when it is abandoned and nature is allowed to take its course
The more I looked into these magical and enigmatic abandoned monstrosities, the more I felt at ease and connected to nature; this is a beautiful illustration of the earth’s recycling ability.
Hundreds of abandoned cities and structures are said to exist across the world, all of which are extremely calm and blend in with nature.
I’ve spent the last three days photographing the world’s top 40 most unusual abandoned locations.
#1 House of Sand, Kolmanskop, Namibia
Kolmanskop is a ghost town in the Namib region of southern Namibia, 10 kilometers inland from Lüderitz, according to Wikipedia. It was named after Johnny Coleman, a transport driver who during a sandstorm abandoned his ox cart on a small hill outside the settlement. I’m sure Johnny struggled with cleaning his home.
#2 In an abandoned home, there was an IBM 3278
#3 In a deteriorating Kazakhstan warehouse, an abandoned spacecraft was discovered
#4 Room at an old hotel
This deserted hotel room may be ideal for your honeymoon.
#5 The Dr. Seuss House, which has been abandoned
#6 A jetty that has been abandoned
#7 Nature has invaded an abandoned fishing town in China
#8 The cable on which this ocean liner was being hauled snapped during a storm in 1993. Because
the crew was unable to reconnect the wire, they had to be rescued. It sank to the bottom of the ocean and washed up in the Canary Islands
#9 In Redmond, Washington, there is an abandoned treehouse. Steve Rondel’s three children all grew up before he could finish it
#10 Villa on Switzerland’s Lago Maggiore
#11 Phoneboothooth with moss. Olympic Peninsula, Washington State: Hoh Rainforest
#12 Southern Europe: Abandoned Hotel Lobby
#13 Inner Mongolia’s Ordos is well-known as China’s largest “ghost town”
#14 Colorado Mill That Has Been Abandoned
#15 Northern California abandoned house
#16 In Columbus, Ohio, there is an abandoned highway
#17 The University of Rochester’s Abandoned Swimming Pool
The crimson footprints provide a surreal aspect to this image.
#18 Norway, the land of legends
#19 Near Ottawa, there’s an abandoned intersection
#20 French church that has been abandoned
#21 On a beach in Wales, the wreckage of a P-38 Lightning
#22 The following is an abandoned retail mall (complete with fish)
The New World Mall in Bangkok was shut down in 1997 after it was discovered to have violated construction codes.
#23 A Japanese WWII warplane has sunk in shallow water off the coast of Guam
#24 The creepy golden brick road of North Carolina’s abandoned “Land of Oz” theme park
#25 Belgium’s I.M. Cooling Tower
#26 Albania’s Abandoned Underground Submarine Base
#27 Canada’s Abandoned Church in the Snow
#28 San Zhi Resort, Taiwan: UFO Houses
These weird alien-looking houses in Sanzhi, Taiwan, were designed to be used as a holiday spot. The property was forced to shut down in 1980 due to lost investments and unlucky vehicle accidents.
#29 The Hotel De Salto
located near Tequendama Falls in Colombia, first opened its doors in 1928 to service visitors who came to see the 157-meter-high waterfall. After interest in the waterfall waned in the early 1990s, it closed.
#30 France’s Railway Line