PLACES THAT TIME FORGOT . . . QUITE HAUNTING!
1 | A tree growing through an abandoned piano
2 | Overgrown palace, Poland
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In 1910, this grand palace was built as a home for Polish Royalty. The rest of the century proved uncertain for the country and under
communist rule the palace became an agricultural school, as well as a home for mentally handicapped adults and children. The
former palace was deserted following the fall of the USSR.
3 | Jet Star Rollercoaster, Seaside Heights, New Jersey
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The Jet Star Rollercoaster was left submerged in the Atlantic Ocean after Superstorm Sandy in 2013. It stood rusting for six months,
until it was plucked from the sea.
4 | Abandoned House in the Woods
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5 | Church in St. Etienne, France
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6 | An abandoned church with a few lingering parishioners, Netherlands
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7 | Doll factory, Spain
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8 | Tree growing around an abandoned bicycle
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9 | Shipwrecks in a sandbar, Bermuda Triangle
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10 | Floating forest, Sydney, Australia
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11 | Movie theater in Detroit, Michigan
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With Detroit’s decline, many of its historic buildings have fallen into disuse. This movie theater is both a fascinating and sad example.
12 | Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California
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The Mare Island Naval Shipyard acted as a submarine port during both of the World Wars. In the 1990s, the building was abandoned
and flooding has since created an amazing mirror effect.
13 | Victorian-style tree house, Florida, USA
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14 | Forgotten Bugattis
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15 | The Titanic wreck
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The titanic took its first and last voyage in April, 1912. It was not until 73 years later that the decaying wreck of what was once the
greatest ship in the world was discovered. The 1,500 souls lost with the vessel had been devoured by sea life, leaving behind a
ghost ship.
16 | Chemin de fer de Petite Ceinture, France
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The little belt railway was a circular railway system built in 1852 to supply Paris™ fortifications. When the city outgrew its defenses
in 1934, the railway system was also left to run wild.
17 | Spreepark, Berlin, Germany
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Spreepark, opened in 1969, was the only amusement park in East Berlin during Soviet rule. When the wall fell, bigger and better
parks opened, leading to Spreeparks closure in 2001.
18 | Library, Russia
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19 | Island Home, Finland
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20 | Chris McCandless™ magic bus, Stampede Trail, Alaska
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Bus 142 was left behind by the workers who built the railway at Stampede Trail. Christopher McCandless, an American hitchhiker
whose story was told through the movie Into The Wild, lived and died in what he referred to as the magic bus during the summer
of 1992.
21 | Turquoise Canal, Venice, Italy
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Just like any other city, areas of Venice are boarded up and abandoned.
22 | Staircase to nowhere, Pismo Beach, California
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Once giving access to the beach, the walkway that connected this staircase to the bluffs has long since rotted away.
23 | Nara Dreamland, Japan
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Nara Dreamland was built in 1961 after Disneyland took the world by storm. The entrance to the park was almost identical to
Disneyland and included its own version of Sleeping Beauty’s Castle. The park closed in 2006 because of low visitor numbers.
24 | Abandoned mining track, Taiwan
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25 | Abandoned Jetty
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26 | Bare footprints in an abandoned nuclear reactor
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27 | An abandoned waterpark
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28 | Boathouse, Obersee Lake, Germany
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29 | Abandoned hallway
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30 | Methodist church, Gary, Indiana
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Gary, Indiana, was founded in 1905 during the boom of US steel. During the 1950s, more than 200,000 people worked in the
bustling city. As the manufacturing sector declined, nearly half of the city fell into disuse.
31 | Church in the snow, Canada
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32 | Blue spiral staircase in a European castle
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33 | Soviet naval testing station in Makhachkala, Russia
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34 | Church steeple peeking out of a frozen lake, Reschen, Italy
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Lake Reschen is an artifical reservoir which submerged several villages and a 14th century church.
35 | Glenwood power station, New York
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The Glenwood Power Station, built in 1906, has long been obsolete. After closing in 1968, the sight was used as a backdrop for
creepy thrillers and zombie movies.
