20 Abandoned Places That Are Being Swallowed Up By Time

Deadbeat_Dave Published 12/29/2023 in ftw

There's something ironic about the allure of a place abandoned -- only once long-since discarded do these dead places experience something of a 'second life', serving as one part nostalgia-drenched time capsule and one part refuge for those who prefer to step out of time for a moment. Down below are some of the most haunting of r/abandonedp-rn's recent collections, curated for coolness.

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u/kitti__:
Louisiana, untouched since Katrina.
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u/swoooom:
abandoned villa in Iran
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u/lastmord2021:
Abandoned library in a children's pioneer camp
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u/RLoret:
Submarine graveyard at Vladivostok, Russia, January 2001
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u/jklem2:
Shut down movie with posters from 2001
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u/SeaCryptographer553: Abandoned metro station escalator. (Moscow)
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u/Lamey-climber:
So amazing! Most beautiful place that I’ve explored yet
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u/Urbanexploration2021:
Sunset in abandoned factory
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u/HHPhotographyWI:
Abandoned Subdivision Illinois
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u/Dead_Sect:
The…silence….
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u/photo_motion:
Two Seated Gas Chamber Exterior | Missouri State Penitentiary | By Drew Pertl
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u/terrywphoto:
Abandoned Vintage Toy Train Collectors House
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u/gobonkers:
Abandoned quarters at the Beatles Ashram, Rishikesh
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u/nifitsa1
Old house.
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u/Abandoned_Dallas:
A funeral home in the south
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u/StephanieKay22
Abandoned School in Gary, Indiana
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u/PigDogUrbex
Frozen Skeleton Russia
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u/Snoo_90160:
Abandoned church in Grzymałków, Poland.
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u/XxMastaQxX:
Tecopa Hot Springs, south of Death Valley
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u/RLoret:
Cruise ship MS World Discoverer abandoned after striking an uncharted reef off the Solomon Islands, 29 April 2000

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2.
u/kitti__:
Louisiana, untouched since Katrina.
3.
4.
u/swoooom:
abandoned villa in Iran
5.
6.
u/lastmord2021:
Abandoned library in a children's pioneer camp
7.
u/RLoret:
Submarine graveyard at Vladivostok, Russia, January 2001
8.
u/jklem2:
Shut down movie with posters from 2001
9.
u/SeaCryptographer553: Abandoned metro station escalator. (Moscow)
10.
u/Lamey-climber:
So amazing! Most beautiful place that I’ve explored yet
11.
u/Urbanexploration2021:
Sunset in abandoned factory
12.
u/HHPhotographyWI:
Abandoned Subdivision Illinois
13.
u/Dead_Sect:
The…silence….
14.
u/photo_motion:
Two Seated Gas Chamber Exterior | Missouri State Penitentiary | By Drew Pertl
15.
u/terrywphoto:
Abandoned Vintage Toy Train Collectors House
16.
u/gobonkers:
Abandoned quarters at the Beatles Ashram, Rishikesh
17.
u/nifitsa1
Old house.
18.
u/Abandoned_Dallas:
A funeral home in the south
19.
u/StephanieKay22
Abandoned School in Gary, Indiana
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u/PigDogUrbex
Frozen Skeleton Russia
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u/Snoo_90160:
Abandoned church in Grzymałków, Poland.
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u/XxMastaQxX:
Tecopa Hot Springs, south of Death Valley
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u/RLoret:
Cruise ship MS World Discoverer abandoned after striking an uncharted reef off the Solomon Islands, 29 April 2000