Abandoned

Strange beasts lurking in a garden are all that remain of a quirky, short-lived theme park.

An abandoned fishing village in pre-oil Qatar.

Once the largest rope factory in Greece, this abandoned plant now stands like a ghost of industry past.

This abandoned stepwell is one of the largest, deepest, and certainly one of the creepiest in India.

Ruins of two abandoned stations destroyed by the power they sought to harness.

The ancient water tanks remain some of the ruined city’s most beautiful architecture.

An abandoned tower once used to study the cosmos hides within a thicket of greenery.

The Belgian royal family's private depot now stands abandoned and forgotten alongside the tracks.

This enchanting hamlet carved into the rock looks like something straight out of Tolkien's Rivendell.

Now abandoned, the world's first torpedo factory is crumbling into the sea.

Before it was abandoned and left to rust alongside the road, this riverboat starred in a John Wayne movie.

Scattered ruins and a tiny cemetery are all that remain of a failed attempt to colonize the inhospitable Desolate Islands.

This abandoned Greek island was the last active leper colony in Europe.

A crumbling ghost town with prime views of the dam that doomed it.

This airstrip atoll is uninhabited by humans, but absolutely full of birds.

The highest lighthouse in Scotland shines from an abandoned island.

The mile-long pier stretches from a ruined fortress out into the Baltic.