20 Fascinating Photographs and Surreal Scenes of Rundown and Abandoned Places

Nathan Johnson Published 02/26/2024 in wtf

Abandoned building are fascinating for multiple reasons, and not because they're spooky, or decrepitude, but because they remind us that life is ever evolving.

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"Ksar Nalut is an 11th century fortified granary located in Nalut District, Libya."
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"Former mansion of a cult leader"
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"A cinema in northern Thailand that I shot in 2016 – abandoned since the mid 80’s"
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"It happened just two days ago! I walked for 80 km through the desert just to see this beauty – an abandoned 60m heights space rocket"
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"The abandoned pyramid in Memphis, TN, before it was renovated into a Bass Pro Shop."
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"Abandoned Dunalastair Castle – SCOTLAND"
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"Abandoned car but make it cute (Oakland, CA)"
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"Brand new Fiat 147 abandoned for 35 years in an old shed"
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"Forgotten Treehouse in Redmond, Washington"
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"Bannerman Castle, Beacon, NY"
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"My favorite thing in the world to do is to search on google maps for hours for abandoned places, then see the evolution from before it was abandoned to slowly deteriorating into a forgotten place. Not sure if it’s OC since I found the pics but didn’t take them."
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"Abandoned train in the mountains"
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"Crypt, Scotland, UK"
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"Hashima Island in Nagasaki, Japan"
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"A few days ago I posted about Energia in Baikonur cosmodrome."
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"You could probably survive a nuclear blast in this fridge"
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"On New Year’s Eve 1993, this ocean liner left Greece for Thailand, towed by a tugboat. The tow lines broke during a storm, the ship was left adrift and, on 18 January 1994, it ran aground near Fuerteventura, Canary Islands"

1.
"Ksar Nalut is an 11th century fortified granary located in Nalut District, Libya."
2.
"Former mansion of a cult leader"
3.
"A cinema in northern Thailand that I shot in 2016 – abandoned since the mid 80’s"
4.
"It happened just two days ago! I walked for 80 km through the desert just to see this beauty – an abandoned 60m heights space rocket"
5.
"The abandoned pyramid in Memphis, TN, before it was renovated into a Bass Pro Shop."
6.
"Abandoned Dunalastair Castle – SCOTLAND"
7.
"Abandoned car but make it cute (Oakland, CA)"
8.
"Brand new Fiat 147 abandoned for 35 years in an old shed"
9.
"Forgotten Treehouse in Redmond, Washington"
10.
"Bannerman Castle, Beacon, NY"
11.
12.
"My favorite thing in the world to do is to search on google maps for hours for abandoned places, then see the evolution from before it was abandoned to slowly deteriorating into a forgotten place. Not sure if it’s OC since I found the pics but didn’t take them."
13.
"Abandoned train in the mountains"
14.
15.
16.
"Crypt, Scotland, UK"
17.
"Hashima Island in Nagasaki, Japan"
18.
"A few days ago I posted about Energia in Baikonur cosmodrome."
19.
"You could probably survive a nuclear blast in this fridge"
20.
"On New Year’s Eve 1993, this ocean liner left Greece for Thailand, towed by a tugboat. The tow lines broke during a storm, the ship was left adrift and, on 18 January 1994, it ran aground near Fuerteventura, Canary Islands"