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Marble Falls Township, Arkansas
Dogpatch USA
A hillbilly theme park that proved so unpopular the land wouldn't even sell on eBay after it closed.
Permanently Closed
Charleroi, Belgium
Power Plant IM
The vast chamber inside this abandoned cooling tower looks like something out of a sci-fi dystopia.
Kansas City, Kansas
Sauer Castle
This Italianate Villa-style castle is pretty to look at, just keep off the private property.
Talisay City, Philippines
The Ruins in Talisay
A once great mansion stands in stately ruin.
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
Wilkes-Barre Abandoned Train Station
A train station that was abandoned by the coal industry and converted into a cocktail bar. Now it’s home to the local visitor bureau.
Permanently Closed
Ashley, Pennsylvania
Huber Breaker
This demolished goliath of American industry once loomed over the depressed town it once made thrive.
Willemstad, Curaçao
Klein Curaçao
Shipwrecks, ruins, and turtles are all that remain on this haunting Caribbean ghost island.
Jersey City, New Jersey
Central Railroad of New Jersey Terminal
Hidden in plain sight on the Hudson River is an abandoned train station where nature has taken over.
Austin, Texas
HOPE Outdoor Gallery
Austin’s nonprofit-run graffiti park where street art is meant to be painted over.
Edmond, Oklahoma
Hopewell Baptist Church
Built from oil field parts and resembling a teepee, this abandoned mid-century church is hoping for a comeback.
Mayo, Ireland
Slievemore's deserted stone village
Achill's most recently abandoned village dates back to to the Age of Enlightenment.
Duisburg, Germany
Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord
This former steel and coal plant is now a neon-lit industrial fantasia.
Oakland, California
Henry J. Kaiser Center for the Arts
A 1914 beaux arts auditorium that sat shuttered for 20 years, restored and reopened in 2026
Brighton, England
West Pier
The rotting skeleton of a shoreside fun fair that was destroyed by fire and storms still haunts the Brighton ocean view.
San Antonio del Tequendama, Colombia
Tequendama Falls Museum
This picturesque mansion has gone from opulent ruin to nature museum.
Permanently Closed
Chicago, Illinois
Lawndale Theater
A theater sits abandoned on Roosevelt Road, once majestic in splendor, now majestic in decay.
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sarajevo Bobsleigh Track
A war-torn Olympic relic is being overtaken by graffiti and nature.
Permanently Closed
Detroit, Michigan
Packard Automotive Plant
The concrete shell of an industry giant remains as a playground for graffiti artists, auto scrappers, and paintball warriors.
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