Abandoned and flooded barn near Great Bend, Cottonwood County, Minnesota, USA.
The tree grows at the very top of the chimney. The photo was taken in an abandoned factory yard in Luque, on the outskirts of Asuncion, Paraguay.
A swing froze in the tall grass at a playground in the American town of Scenic, South Dakota. The photo was taken on the territory of a school that closed in the late 1990s.
Dinosaurs and fiberglass swans in the abandoned Spreepark amusement park in Berlin.
(see about)
An empty Grand Central Station in Detroit, Michigan.
The abandoned Catholic Church of the Martyrs of Uganda, in Detroit (a city in the northern USA, in the state of Michigan).
Unfinished residential buildings in Toledo Provence near Madrid, Spain. The economic crisis has turned this paradise, which was supposed to be a home for young couples and their children, into one of the most visible on this Earth.
Flagpoles (stands along which the flag is raised) near a pool filled with water and various debris, empty since the XXVIII Summer, held in the capital of Greece, Athens, from August 13 to 29, 2004. A little later (in November), Greece calculated the costs of hosting the Olympics, which amounted to 8.954 billion euros (about $11.2 billion).
Abandoned Olympic Sports Complex (OACA) in Greece. For the first time, representatives from 201 countries participated in the Games, including East Timor (a state in Southeast Asia) and Kiribati (a Pacific state located in Micronesia and Polynesia). Also, having missed the Sydney Olympics, representatives performed in Athens
The hallway of Pennhurst Psychiatric Hospital in Spring City, Pennsylvania. This place has been deserted for more than 20 years.
A lone boat on the cracked, shallow land of Xieshan, which is part of Poyang Lake in Jiangxi Province, eastern China.
Asphalt road surrounded by weeds. The photo was taken in the settlement of Coolidge, Arizona, USA, which was unfinished as a result of the crisis.
An unkempt monument to Vladimir Ilyich Lenin against the backdrop of an abandoned Soviet factory in Tbilisi, Georgia.
A deserted farmhouse can be seen in the Osoyoos Valley, British Columbia (province in western Canada).
Abandoned and rusting over time, the Packard Motor plant in Detroit, Michigan.
A lonely gangway on the road near the airport in Sirte, Libya.
Jamesburg Research Station, in the Colchagua Valley, located near the town of Carmel, California. The station from which Apollo 11 launched (July 16-24, 1969). Residents then landed on the surface of the Moon for the first time, taking several photographs.
Las Vegas Strip, Nevada.
Royal ship navy Belfast got lost in thick fog on the River Thames. The photo was taken early in the morning.
An abandoned police station in Memphis, Tennessee, empty for 30 years.
Houses buried in sand on the beach in Atafona. Situated in a delta in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro, the sand town of Atafona is gradually sinking into the ocean as rising temperatures accelerate erosion.
Homes in Gary, Indiana.
The sun sets behind the empty staging area at Camp Adder, which was the departure point for the last American military convoy to leave the country near Nasiriyah, Iraq.
Stray dog running around main square Villa Sant'Angelo in Abruzzo. The photo was taken in one of the regions of Italy where a catastrophic earthquake occurred in April 2009.
An Indian colonial mansion has been vacant for 80 years in McCluskieganj, about 40 miles northwest of the city of Ranchi.
Destroyed buildings on Tripoli Street in central Misrata, Libya.
Abandoned construction of the New Benghazi project, Libya. Hundreds of concrete mixers, cranes and forklifts stand silently on a huge construction site among gray buildings that were left unfinished by the outbreak of hostilities.
Sofia's central railway station stands empty during a railway workers' strike in Bulgaria.
The main gate of an abandoned collective farm in the village of Komoshtitsa (Komoshtitsa), located one hundred kilometers north of Sofia (the capital of Bulgaria).
A kitten on a deserted street in Peleas de Abajo, northwestern Spain.
Stalking is a very popular type of hobby nowadays, covering everything more people those who want to get a little adrenaline and feel the atmosphere of abandoned places. On the Internet we often see breathtaking photographs of abandoned places around the world, where eternal silence reigns, where nature begins to reclaim what man has taken from it.
In fact, it is not at all necessary to go on a long and expensive trip for stalking, and if you are not a fan of such forays, then we suggest you just enjoy our selection of the most terrible places that can be found right in Russia.
1. Abandoned submarine dock
Huge open spaces and at the same time closed spaces. The sound of water and the echo of waves in lifeless walls. This shelter for submarines began to be built in the Primorsky Territory in Pavlovsk in the mid-20th century. The entire 20 years were allotted for construction, but in the early 80s construction was suspended due to an outflow of funding. In 1991, the United States and Russia signed a treaty under which the countries pledged to disarm, and the submarine base was finally abandoned.
According to the stories of local stalkers, in some rooms of the base there is an increased background radiation, so if you suddenly plan to travel there, it is better to be on the safe side.
2. Khovrinskaya Hospital, Moscow
Hospitals have always been a favorite place to visit for stalkers and ghost hunters. Of course, this is not an easy hospital; the authorities decided to build it right on the site of the cemetery in 1980, but abandoned this idea halfway. The building remained unfinished, and poor organization to strengthen the soil and ensure the strength of the foundation led to the fact that the structure is still shrinking.
This place was chosen by teenagers who consider themselves to be members of various subcultures. If you know for sure that you want to communicate with the spirits of the dead, then this is the place for you.
3. Russian Death Valley
Do you think Death Valley is only in the USA? In fact, there are similar places in other parts of the planet, albeit not so cruel. For example, Death Valley in Kamchatka was discovered in the mid-70s of the last century. Hydrogen sulfide, carbon disulfide and carbon dioxide escape from crevices in the ground. Such a hellish mixture poses a danger to living organisms, so the ground here is often strewn with the corpses of careless animals who did not pay attention to the unusual smell.
A person will most likely leave here without problems, but animal corpses on the surface are so common that this makes the Death Valley in Kamchatka one of the most terrible places on Earth.
4. Sablinsky caves
Those who like to tickle their nerves can choose as a place to visit the ancient caves, which were formed as a result of sand mining in this place from the 18th to the 20th centuries. When mining stopped, the caves had to be closed. There are real labyrinths here, so only experienced stalkers and speleologists decide to go to such a place.
In the middle of the last century, real bandits and those who escaped from prison set up their lairs in the Sablinsky caves. Few people dared to go deep into the caves, even those who lived in them. There have been cases when people disappeared and died in labyrinths. Now tourists are already taken there, a special “walking” area has been allocated for them, but an ordinary tourist will not be able to get into the depths. But stalkers find loopholes.
5. Abandoned submarine base
In a city called Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky-54 there is an abandoned place, a submarine bay that has long been considered secret. Just a few decades ago this place was bustling with life, and people parked in the bay submarines returning from assignments.
After the base was closed in 1996, the military rolled up all their property and left the place. However, no one went to extremes, so a lot of props from those times have been preserved to this day, which are valuable precisely from the atmospheric side. There are few places where you can experience such oppressive silence.
6. Kadykchan, Magadan
Oddly enough, but translated from local language, Kadykchan means the same “valley of death.” This urban village was built in 1943. Not far from it, the authorities launched the mining of high-quality coal, and until recently the town was in full swing with life. However, around the mid-90s, a disaster occurred at the mine - a gas explosion. Seeing this, people began to leave.
By the early 2000s, there were more than 700 people in the city. But in just a few years, the number of residents fell to such a minimum that, by a willful decision, the authorities decided to disconnect the city from central heating and water supply, since these services did not even pay for themselves. After such a dramatic revolution, the last residents left the city, and now it is a ghost town that still retains the indescribable atmosphere of a dead place.
Tired of the eternal frantic rhythm of big cities? Do you want to relax, unwind and at the same time get new unforgettable experiences? Go to where time stands still - to the abandoned places of the world. Truly, this will be the most exciting journey. Once populous and prosperous, but now lifeless and dull cities will force you rethink your own ideas about ideal life . And if not, then you can simply catch your dose of adrenaline from the ominous silence and mystical abandonment of some places.
Abandoned places on the planet with photos and descriptions
For people to voluntarily leave their homes and leave their established lives, something out of the ordinary must happen. In some cases, the reasons are obvious, while in others the details of abandonment are shrouded in mysterious and even mystical legends. Ready to get to know them better?
The history of this small but steadily growing and developing city ended in an instant. The disaster at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant on April 26, 1986 once and for all turned its picturesque streets into the most terrible abandoned places in the world. During the evacuation, local residents were told to take only the most valuable things and, of course, documents. They all planned to return back soon, but fate decreed otherwise.
Today, three decades after the terrible accident, in abandoned houses Only the wind blows, the black lifeless windows terrify the brave souls who dare to go here on an excursion. It is still dangerous to stay in the city for a long time, but short forays into the exclusion zone are of great interest to tourists.
There really is an underwater city, and it is Shicheng, which means Lion City. A hundred years ago it was crowded and beautiful, but today only fish, shellfish and other underwater inhabitants can live in it. In 1953, due to an accident at a hydroelectric power station, Shicheng was completely flooded and went under water 30-40 meters, residents were evacuated to nearby cities. Only a few tiny islands in the middle of an artificial lake preserve the memory of the buildings that once stood here.
In the second half of the 20th century, the Taiwanese authorities decided to build a new resort city in a picturesque location among tropical vegetation. The highlight of the resort was to be houses in the shape of original flying saucers. Enormous funds were allocated to implement the project, but the town of San Zhi died without being born. Construction was constantly hampered by something: mysterious accidents on the sites, mysterious deaths and disappearances, a riot of elements. When the city was eventually completed, there were no active people willing to buy real estate here. So these beautiful abandoned places of the world stood empty and deserted among the incredible beauty of Taiwanese nature on the very shore of the ocean. Recently it was decided to completely demolish the city, which was never lucky enough to become a popular resort.
When describing the most beautiful abandoned places in the world, one cannot fail to mention Varosha, which became a victim of the irreconcilable confrontation between Turkey and Greece. In the 70s last century, the resort town was actively developed with tourist infrastructure, but everything stopped at one moment when Turkish troops came to Varosha. Residents left their homes in panic, hoping to return as soon as the conflict subsided. And for more than forty years now, empty houses, looking with gloomy eye sockets into the distance of the sea, have been awaiting the return of their owners. Varosha was plundered in the first years after it was deserted. And now the houses themselves are beginning to disappear from the face of the earth, deforming under the influence of sea winds and the scorching sun.
The fate of this small Pennsylvania mining town has been mutilated. good intentions. In the depths of the land of Centralia there were coal deposits, because of which the city was built in this area. One day while cleaning the area local authorities decided to burn garbage dumps. The landfills burned down, and along with them, underground coal caught fire, starting a serious fire in the bowels of the earth. It was not immediately possible to notice this. But when people with carbon monoxide poisoning rushed en masse to hospitals, tremors began to shake the streets and earth's crust opened up in some places, the authorities decided to leave the city. Today, in photos of abandoned places in the world from Centralia, you can see several creepy houses, wild thickets, a cemetery and complete desolation. And coal still continues to burn underground.
This is interesting: it was Centralia that became the prototype of the notorious computer game, and then a series of films about Silent Hill - a ghost town shrouded in a thick layer of fog. True, there is no fog as such in Centralia, there are only light lazy wisps of smoke floating out from under the cracked asphalt.
The Italian Craco, built on rocks with high level seismic activity. The history of the city goes back 1000 years, but even this did not save it from the crushing force of nature. In 1963 local residents left their cozy houses due to a real threat to life, but they never returned. Empty streets, houses, roads were chosen by wild animals living in these mountain ranges. No one else was seen here.
Did you know? Hollywood became a real salvation for Kracko. It was in this abandoned city that such cult films as “The Passion of the Christ” and “Quantum of Solace” were filmed. Since the film sets had to look natural, but still neat and safe, part of Kracko was restored.
And this one Japanese island in the East China Sea, residents left completely voluntarily. Once upon a time, its surroundings were rich in coal deposits, and mining families lived here. At the time, the city's population density was one of the densest in the world. But over time, the coal dried up, and the workers had nothing to do on this small piece of land. This is how Hashima Island ended up in the most abandoned places in the world. It can be visited for tourism purposes, but it is no longer possible to live here - time and the elements do not spare even monumental strong buildings.
At the beginning of the 20th century, the Germans found diamond deposits in the Namib Desert and founded the city of Kolmanskop, built with their characteristic accuracy and reliability. Even in difficult desert conditions, the city managed to prosper as long as there was work. When the diamond reserves dried up, then the inhabitants left the deserted monastery. Now Kolmanskop is one of the 10 most abandoned places in the world, since the only inhabitants of its houses are hot desert sands and rare animals.
In the TOP of the most abandoned places in the world, one cannot do without the American island of Holland, named after the first inhabitant who set foot on local lands. Cut off from big world, people were busy here agriculture, fishing, lived quietly and measuredly, without the bustle of big cities. However, people here too were unable to argue with nature. The island suffered from flooding, storms and erosion. By 1922, not a single resident remained here. All 360 islanders moved to the mainland, leaving 70 strong, reliable houses to be torn apart by the elements. The last of them surrendered in 2010, and now only photographs remind us that once upon a time there was an entire town on the Dutch island.
It's hard to imagine that an abandoned concrete structure in the impenetrable bushes of Sarajevo once served as a competition arena for the world's best lugers. It was built in 1984 for the Winter Olympic Games, and successfully fulfilled its role. But a few years later, the then Yugoslavia was impressed by other competitions - military ones, and bobsleigh was forgotten in for many years. Thus, the abandoned places of our planet were replenished with another grandiose, but unnecessary structure.
Still full of enthusiasm to go to the creepiest and most interesting trip in your life? Then go ahead to the abandoned places of the planet, photos with names and descriptions of which can be found in the guidebook. Have courage, patience and be prepared for the most unexpected situations. Who knows what awaits you around that corner!
People once invested effort and money in these buildings, people lived and worked there, but now they look like ghosts. But such objects certainly attract with their mystery and give the city a certain charm
The editors of the ZagraNitsa portal have selected a collection of the most original “abandoned buildings” in Moscow.
Plant named after Likhachev
st. Avtozavodskaya, 23
Not everyone knows that ZIL was originally called AMO and was intended as a place for the production of Fiat cars. However, after the revolution, the plant was nationalized and for several years it was engaged only in car repairs, and only then retrained to produce domestically produced trucks. Likhachev developed the plant's turnover to 100,000 cars per year, and in the 1970s ZIL produced 200,000 cars annually. In the 1990s, production fell and the plant is now virtually abandoned. Theoretically, no one is allowed into the unused territory of almost 300 hectares, but in practice, of course, it is not guarded so well that those who wish to do so cannot get there.
2Hadron collider "Accelerator"
Simferopol highway, 97 km
In Protvino, a city of nuclear physicists, the only collider tunnel in Russia is located at a 60-meter depth. Construction of the “Accelerator” began in the 1980s and almost completed construction in 1991, but was abandoned at the final stage. Over the past 25 years, many structures have collapsed. The fate of the collider is being discussed - some want to seek funds to resume construction, others insist on destruction. Scientists claim that disposal of the Accelerator can cause serious environmental consequences.
3Courtyard on Malaya Sukharevskaya Square
Malaya Sukharevskaya Square, 6, p. 4
It is quite unusual that the courtyard in the very center of Moscow has not yet been rebuilt or used. The building, built in 1873, was once a significant decoration of Malaya Sukharevka, but 9 years ago there was a fire there, and the courtyard was greatly damaged. Now this is a favorite place for those who like to take photographs in dark colors.
Water park "Aquadrome"
Aminevskoe highway, next to Kuntsevskaya metro station
In the late 1990s, a large-scale water park was planned here. However, due to disagreements between developers and investors, construction stopped. Later, the Moscow authorities bought the ownership of the unfinished premises and sold it at auction in 2007. They are planning to build a big one here shopping mall, however, so far things have not gone further than plans. But Muscovites like to spend time indoors, taking pictures and painting graffiti on the walls. They say that some episodes of “The Brigade” were even filmed here. Due to the emergency condition of the premises, accidents were recorded during visits.
5VIEV Laboratory
st. Kuzminskaya, 10
The All-Russian Research Institute of Experimental Veterinary Medicine existed for 85 years in the Kuzminki region. Later, the institution was moved to Ryazansky Prospekt, and the old building was abandoned. It is believed that over the years of operation of the laboratory, dangerous experiments on animals have been carried out here many times. Were the corpses and used bodies disposed of correctly? chemicals, not known for certain. The laboratory is currently being inspected and is being prepared for demolition.
6School of Zoya and Alexander Kosmodemyansky
st. Zoe and Alexandra Kosmodemyansky, 3, p. 1
The building of the Kosmodemyansky school, opened in 1956, was moved to newer premises in the early 2000s. The old building was going to be reconstructed, but it never came to that. People without a fixed place of residence calmly settled in the school, even starting a fire there twice. If you are not afraid to meet them, you can even have an interesting time at school, finding things forgotten by students.
7Ski lift on Vorobyovy Gory
st. Kosygina, 20
The 90-meter lift was supposed to serve as another exit from the Vorobyovy Gory station (then Leninskiye). The reasons for its closure and abandonment are not exactly known. They talk about landslides, lack of funding, etc. Now it is an increasingly crumbling “abandoned place”, from which at the moment they don't plan to do anything.
Photo: moscowalk.ru 8 "Blue tooth" - business center "Zenith"
Vernadsky Avenue, 82
“Blue tooth”, “iceberg”, “icy”, “crystal” - all these are unofficial associative names of the unfinished Zenit business center with an original design. This is a rather gloomy building with elevator shafts and protruding fittings. The business center is now owned by the state and is waiting for its new owner.
Khovrinskaya hospital
st. Klinskaya, 2 building 1
Construction of the Khovrinskaya hospital lasted 5 years in the first half of the 1980s. There are various rumors about the reasons for its termination - mostly they talk about the suspension of funding. The layout of the building is quite original - the hospital was built in the shape of a star with three rays. Information periodically appeared that sectarians and Satanists were gathering in the building. In the early 1990s, they found on its territory murdered girl. At the moment, it is quite difficult to get into Khovrinskaya - the security of the hospital has been significantly strengthened.
10Cinema "Yerevan"
Dmitrovskoe highway, 82
It's pretty in Moscow large number abandoned cinemas, one of them is “Yerevan”. Last time We watched movies here in the early 90s. Then art was slowly “pushed” by the hardware store and utility stores. The Yerevan building has been empty for 10 years; its reconstruction is being discussed, but has not yet begun to be implemented.
Photo: mybb2.ru During a visit, your skin gets goosebumps from what you see here. We will get acquainted with the most terrible places on earth below.
Old Jewish cemetery in Prague, Czech Republic
Processions in this cemetery took place for almost four centuries (from 1439 to 1787). More than 100 thousand dead are buried on a relatively small plot of land, and the number of gravestones reaches 12,000. More ancient
Cemetery workers covered the burials with earth, and new tombstones were erected in the same place. On the territory of the cemetery there are places where 12 burial tiers are located under the earth's crust. As time passed, the subsided earth revealed old gravestones to the eyes of the living, who began to move later slabs. The view was not only unusual, but also creepy.
Island of Abandoned Dolls, Mexico
There is a very strange abandoned island in Mexico, most of which is inhabited by scary dolls. They say that in 1950, a certain hermit, Julian Santana Barrera, began collecting and hanging dolls from trash baskets, who in this way tried to calm the soul of a girl who had drowned nearby. Julian himself drowned on the island on April 17, 2001. Now there are about 1000 exhibits on the island.
Hashima Island, Japan
Hashima is a former coal mining settlement founded in 1887. It was considered one of the most densely populated places on earth - with coastline about a kilometer its population in 1959 was 5,259 people. When coal mining here became unprofitable, the mine was closed and the island city joined the list of ghost towns. This happened in 1974.
Chapel of Bones, Portugal
The Copella was built in the 16th century by a Franciscan monk. The chapel itself is small - only 18.6 meters long and 11 meters wide, but the bones and skulls of five thousand monks are kept here. On the roof of the chapel is written the phrase “Melior est die mortis die nativitatis” (“Better the day of death than the day of birth”).
Suicide Forest, Japan
Suicide Forest is the unofficial name of the Aokigahara Jukai forest, located in Japan on the island of Honshu and famous for the frequent suicides committed there. Initially, the forest was associated with Japanese mythology and was traditionally thought to be the abode of demons and ghosts. Now it is considered the second most popular place in the world (first at the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco) to commit suicide. At the entrance to the forest there is a poster: “Your life is a priceless gift from your parents. Think about them and your family. You don't have to suffer alone. Call us 22-0110."
Abandoned psychiatric hospital in Parma, Italy
Brazilian artist Herbert Baglione created an art piece from a building that once housed a psychiatric hospital. He depicted the spirit of this place. Now ghostly figures of exhausted patients wander around the former hospital.
Church of St. George, Czech Republic
The church in the Czech village of Lukova has been abandoned since 1968, when part of its roof collapsed during a funeral ceremony. Artist Jakub Hadrava populated the church with ghost sculptures, giving it a particularly sinister look.
Catacombs in Paris, France
The Catacombs are a network of winding underground tunnels and caves beneath Paris. The total length, according to various sources, is from 187 to 300 kilometers. Since the end of the 18th century, the remains of almost 6 million people have been buried in the catacombs.
Centralia, Pennsylvania, USA
Due to an underground fire that broke out 50 years ago and continues to burn to this day, the number of residents has decreased from 1,000 people (1981) to 7 people (2012). Centralia now has the smallest population in the state of Pennsylvania. Centralia served as the prototype for the creation of the city in the Silent Hill series of games and in the film based on this game.
Magic Market Akodessewa, Togo
The Akodesseva market for magical items and witchcraft herbs is located right in the center of the city of Lome, the capital of the state of Togo in Africa. Africans in Togo, Ghana and Nigeria still practice the voodoo religion and believe in the miraculous properties of dolls. Akodesseva's fetish assortment is extremely exotic: here you can buy cattle skulls, dried heads of monkeys, buffalos and leopards and many other equally “wonderful” things.
Plague Island, Italy
Poveglia is one of the most famous islands of the Venetian lagoon, in northern Italy. It is said that since Roman times the island was used as a place of exile for plague patients, and therefore up to 160,000 people were buried on it. The souls of many of the dead allegedly turned into ghosts, with which the island is now filled. The island's dark reputation is compounded by stories of horrific experiments allegedly carried out on psychiatric patients. In this regard, paranormal researchers call the island one of the most terrible places on earth.
Hill of Crosses, Lithuania
The Mountain of Crosses is a hill on which many Lithuanian crosses are installed, their total number is approximately 50 thousand. Despite external resemblance, it is not a cemetery. By popular belief, the one who leaves the cross on the Mountain will have good luck. Neither the time of the appearance of the Mountain of Crosses nor the reasons for its appearance can be said with certainty. To this day, this place is shrouded in secrets and legends.
Burials of Kabayan, Philippines
The famous fire mummies of Kabayan, dating back to 1200-1500 AD, are buried here, as well as, as local residents believe, their spirits. They were made using a complex mummification process, and are now carefully guarded, as cases of their theft are not uncommon. Why? As one of the robbers said, “he had the right to this,” since the mummy was his great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather.
Overtoun Bridge, Scotland
The old arch bridge is located near the Scottish village of Milton. In the middle of the 20th century, strange things began to happen on it: dozens of dogs suddenly threw themselves from a 15-meter height, fell onto rocks and were killed. Those that survived came back and tried again. The bridge has turned into a real “killer” of four-legged animals.
Actun-Tunichil-Muknal Cave, Belize
Actun Tunichil Muknal is a cave near the city of San Ignacio, Belize. It is an archaeological site of the Mayan civilization. Located on the territory of the Mount Tapira Natural Park. One of the halls of the cave is the so-called cathedral, where the Mayans made sacrifices, as they considered this place to be Xibalba - the entrance to the underworld.
Leap Castle, Ireland
Leap Castle in Offaly, Ireland is considered one of the cursed castles in the world. Its gloomy attraction is a large underground dungeon, the bottom of which is studded with sharp stakes. The dungeon was discovered during the restoration of the castle. In order to remove all the bones from it, the workers needed 4 carts. Local residents say that the castle is haunted by many ghosts of people who died in the dungeon.
Chauchilla Cemetery, Peru
The Chauchilla Cemetery is located about 30 minutes from the Nazca desert plateau, on south coast Peru. The necropolis was discovered in the 20s of the twentieth century. According to researchers, bodies found in the cemetery are about 700 years old, and the last burials here took place in the 9th century. Chowchilla differs from other burial sites in the special way in which people were buried. All the bodies are “squatting”, and their “faces” seem to be frozen in a wide smile. The bodies were perfectly preserved thanks to the Peruvian dry desert climate.
Sanctuary of Tophet, Tunisia
The saddest thing known feature The religion of Carthage involved the sacrifice of children, mainly infants. During the sacrifice it was forbidden to cry, since it was believed that any tear, any plaintive sigh would detract from the value of the sacrifice. In 1921, archaeologists discovered a site where several rows of urns were found containing the charred remains of both animals (they were sacrificed instead of people) and small children. The place was called Tophet.
Snake Island, Brazil
Queimada Grande is one of the most dangerous and famous islands on our planet. There is only a forest, a rocky, inhospitable coast up to 200 meters high, and snakes. There are up to six snakes per square meter of the island. The poison of these reptiles acts instantly. Brazilian authorities have decided to completely ban anyone from visiting the island, and locals are telling chilling stories about it.
Buzludzha, Bulgaria
The largest monument in Bulgaria, located on Mount Buzludzha with a height of 1441 meters, was built in the 1980s in honor of the Bulgarian Communist Party. Its construction took almost 7 years and involved more than 6 thousand workers and experts. The interior was partly decorated with marble, and the staircases were decorated with red cathedral glass. Now the monument house has been completely looted, only a concrete frame with reinforcement remains, looking like a destroyed alien ship.
City of the Dead, Russia
Dargavs in North Ossetia looks like a cute village with small stone houses, but in fact it is an ancient necropolis. People were buried in various types of crypts along with all their clothing and personal belongings.
Abandoned military hospital Beelitz-Heilstetten, Germany
During the First and Second World Wars the hospital was used by the military, and in 1916 Adolf Hitler was treated there. After World War II, the hospital found itself in the zone of Soviet occupation and became the largest Soviet hospital outside the USSR. The complex consists of 60 buildings, some of which have now been restored. Almost all abandoned buildings are closed to access. The doors and windows are securely boarded up with high boards and sheets of plywood.
Unfinished subway in Cincinnati, USA
Abandoned subway depot in Cincinnati - project built in 1884. But after the First World War and as a result of changing demographics, the need for the metro disappeared. Construction slowed in 1925, with half of the 16 km line completed. The abandoned subway now hosts tours twice a year, but many people are known to wander its tunnels alone.
Hanging Coffins of Sagada, Philippines
On the island of Luzon, in the village of Sagada, there is one of the most frightening places in the Philippines. Here you can see unusual funeral structures made of coffins placed high above the ground on the rocks. There is a belief among the indigenous population that the higher the body of the deceased is buried, the closer his soul will be to heaven.
Nuclear lighthouse at Cape Aniva (Sakhalin)
The lighthouse was built with great difficulty in 1939 according to the design of the architect Miura Shinobu - it was a unique and most complex technical structure in all of Sakhalin. It operated on a diesel generator and battery backup until the early 1990s, when it was refurbished. Thanks to the nuclear energy source, maintenance costs were minimal, but soon there was no money left for this either - the building was empty, and in 2006 the military removed two isotope installations that powered the lighthouse from here. It once shone for 17.5 miles, but is now plundered and abandoned.
Eighth workshop of the Dagdizel plant, Makhachkala
Naval weapons testing station, commissioned in 1939. It is located 2.7 km from the coast and has not been used for a long time. Construction took a long time and was complicated by difficult conditions. Unfortunately, the workshop did not serve the plant for long. The requirements for the work carried out in the workshop changed, and in April 1966 this grandiose structure was written off from the factory balance sheet. Now this “Array” is abandoned and stands in the Caspian Sea, resembling an ancient monster from the shore.
Psychiatric Clinic Lier Sikehus, Norway
The Norwegian psychiatric hospital, located in the small town of Lier, half an hour's drive from Oslo, has a dark past. Experiments on patients were once carried out here, and for unknown reasons, four hospital buildings were abandoned in 1985. Equipment, beds, even magazines and personal belongings of patients remained in the abandoned buildings. At the same time, the remaining eight buildings of the hospital are still operating to this day.
Gunkanjima Island, Japan
In fact, the island is called Hashima, nicknamed Gunkanjima, which means “cruiser island.” The island was settled in 1810 when coal was discovered there. Within fifty years, it has become the most populated island in the world in terms of the ratio of land and the number of inhabitants on it: 5,300 people with a radius of the island itself of one kilometer. By 1974, the reserves of coal and other minerals on Gankajima were completely exhausted, and people left the island. Today, visiting the island is prohibited. There are many legends about this place among the people.
