20 Surreal Scenes of Abandoned Places that Once Teemed With Life

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.

By Nathan Johnson

Published 4 months ago in Wow

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. Here we have a cool collection of locations that were once vibrant and populated as a part of every day life in their respective areas, but are not slowly being reclaimed by mother nature.

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"Abandoned Dunalastair Castle – SCOTLAND"

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"Brand new Fiat 147 abandoned for 35 years in an old shed"

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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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"Ksar Nalut is an 11th century fortified granary located in Nalut District, Libya."

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"Abandoned car but make it cute (Oakland, CA)"
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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"