Abandoned

An abandoned 1920s school with a mysterious history.

The ruins of a rehabilitation center for World War II vets can be found in the Westminster Ponds Conservation area.

A short hike into the mountainside forest reveals a decaying 1890s town.

This abandoned caretaker's apartment is one of 13 left in the New York Public Library system.

A once-magnificent collegiate church is falling into ruin.

The ghostly remains of what was once the world's richest copper mine.

An industrial site turned into Hungary's most cherished natural wonder.

Settled by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1859, this abandoned frontier town has appeared in several films.

A haunting deserted hotel is a favorite with artists and photographers.

A former squatter's paradise outside Prague.

An abandoned asylum once on the cutting edge of lobotomies may be reborn as a Christian college.

On the outskirts of a reborn ghost town, a decaying post office remembers the bad old days.

This abandoned Soviet circus is slowly being restored to its Communist-era glory.

The tragic reality of a village riddled with rumors of haunts, chemical spills, and serial killers.

This abandoned radar site is slowly being taken back by the jungle, its mission cut short by the end of the Cold War.

A peat bog in southern Sweden provides a cozy and photogenic home for junked Volvos, Saabs, and the occasional American muscle car.

This factory made "health corsets" that were a step towards liberating women's bodies.