Buildings that seem frozen in time, buildings in ruins, houses and churches forgotten somewhere in the past. It is possible to find abandoned buildings in many countries, and abandonment happens for the most varied causes. But when these places are rediscovered, it’s hard not to imagine yourself in a sci-fi movie.
Today the awesome.club wants you to know some places that portray this description very well.
1. The Chernobyl Nuclear Plant
“This is an image of the Unit 4 control room, taken in November 2016. Many components were recovered after the accident and used in other reactor control rooms in operation”
2. “I found this while hiking through a forest in West Virginia. There was nothing else around, neither houses nor buildings.”
3. “An abandoned school in Taiwan”
4. “An Abandoned House… Or What’s Left of It”
5. “A Lamborghini abandoned in a garage”
6. “Where we bought concert tickets in the 1990s”
7. “An abandoned staircase”
“The name of this French castle is Basudev Thapa. It was built in the 17th century and was used as a spa in the 18th century. In the second half of the 20th century, it served as a place for a children’s camp and later became a rehabilitation clinic for drug addicts. Today, it is in the hands of nature”
8. “I was delivering a package in Buffalo, New York, when I saw this train station. The picture does not do justice to its size. She is obviously abandoned.”
9. “Abandoned apartments in the middle of the forest”
10. “The abandoned store where my grandmother used to work. Modena, Utah”
11. An abandoned school
12. “The residents decided they didn’t want to pay the water bill anymore, so the golf course belongs to nature again”
13. “Abandoned School in Licking County, Ohio”
14. “Abandoned Church in the Midwest”
15. “An Abandoned School Auditorium”
16. “An ordinary sight in the middle of the prairie”
17. “Old Hut in Australia”
18. “The Outside of an Abandoned Observatory”
19. “Bridge where a train passed. Sacramento River, California
20. A petrified iron ladder
Have you ever found any ruins while traveling? And what ancient or abandoned place would you like to visit?