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Abandoned

Presa El Gasco

Las Rozas de Madrid, Spain

Presa El Gasco

This 18th-century project to build the world's tallest gravity dam was never completed.

View across to the range.

Argyll and Bute, Scotland

Loch Long Torpedo Range

A long-abandoned relic of World War II.

Old Town Mall

Baltimore, Maryland

Old Town Mall

Once a thriving business district, this former shopping area is now an urban ghost town in the heart of the city.

From the gallery of the Victoria Theatre.

Newcastle, Australia

Victoria Theatre

The oldest remaining theatre in New South Wales.

Entry arch of the old school.

Metropolis Ghost Town

An ill-fated attempt to grow wheat in the sagebrush steppe of northeastern Nevada.

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Manchester, Connecticut

Union Pond Mill

An abandoned Victorian-era mill in the middle of modern Manchester.

Musselburgh, Scotland

Former Edenhall Hospital

The abandoned buildings of a hospital that saw most of its activity during the World Wars.

Open field in front of a condominium.

Jiayuguan Shi, China

Yumen Ghost Town

This once-booming oil city is now a relic of the region's industrial past.

Inside one of the abandoned homes.

Alianello, Italy

Alianello Ghost Town

Though an earthquake destroyed this village in 1980, one former resident still walks its streets every day.

Old Borden Bridge

Borden, Saskatchewan

Old Borden Bridge

This now abandoned arch bridge was constructed during the Great Depression.

The Cedar Hill Rail Yard

North Haven, Connecticut

The Cedar Hill Rail Yard

A once-booming railroad left abandoned next to the Quinnipiac River marshes now intersects with a hiking trail.

Plaisance Ward, Seychelles

Abandoned Church

In the middle of a busy residential neighborhood, a small roofless church being reclaimed by nature.

Silver City Ghost Town

24 of America’s Best Preserved Ghost Towns

These once-booming settlements now exist in a beautiful state of emptiness.

Jonathan Carey June 4, 2021

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Oakland, Illinois

Prairie Observatory

An abandoned observatory in the middle of the Illinois prairie.

Lacy's Caves

Penrith, England

Lacy's Caves

A series of idealized caves carved to entertain guests.

The Shrine to the Perfect Man

Columbus, New Mexico

Shrine to the Perfect Man

This replica of the Indian spiritual master Meher Baba's tomb stands unfinished in the New Mexico desert.

Halls of underground graffiti.

Podcast: Clausland Mountain Tunnels

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.

The Podcast Team June 1, 2021

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Aerosol Techniques Factory

Milford, Connecticut

Aerosol Techniques Factory

This enormous abandoned factory is now a makeshift graffiti gallery.