Abandoned

A witty art installation in an abandoned gas station that became obsolete due to the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Perched atop a lonely 76-meter hill overlooking the plains, this 12th-century Cham sanctuary was historically dubbed the Golden Tower by French scholars due to the warm, glowing hue of its ancient bricks.

A hauntingly preserved early 20th-century industrial flour mill featuring a grand central tower, ornate spiral staircases, and original milling machinery left untouched.

It's a massive, rusted fountain that survived an earthquake in 1988.

The oldest institution of higher education in Wisconsin and the first to admit women.

Overlooking beautiful Rhossili Bay are the remnants of a former World War II radar station.

The ruins of Illinois's first state penitentiary, and former Federal Military Prison, from 1833.

A seven-story circular concrete tower, once the heart of Ferrara’s Eridania distillery, resembles a modern industrial Colosseum.

A monorail that was built to serve a new development but technical problems, lack of users, and a pandemic caused it to be closed and abandoned.

A popular East Bay hiking trail houses the ruins of a sanitarium that was destroyed in a blaze 50 years ago.

Once built to revive one of the world's most legendary car brands, this futuristic factory in Italy now stands abandoned as a striking monument to Bugatti's short-lived 1990s comeback.

A monumental palace that began as a stock exchange, became the headquarters of Hungarian Television, and spent years largely unused.

Abandoned and overgrown town with views of the Mediterranean Sea.

The tunnels in the ruins of this failed British World War II defensive line bear the names of famous London streets.

Neo-Romantic tower randomly locared in a pine forest offering a great view over the Vienna Basin.