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Mirny Diamond Mine- Eastern Siberia, Russia
Villa Epecuén- Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Hotel Salto del Tequendama- Columbia
Abandoned flats- Keelung, Taiwan
House of the Bulgarian Communist Party- Mount Buzludzha, Bulgaria
Abandoned mill - Sorrento, Italy
Abandoned comune and medieval village of Craco, Italy
Abandoned train depot- Czestochowa, Poland
Spree Park- Berlin, Germany
Gulliver’s Travels Park- Kawaguchi, Japan
Dadipark- Dadizel, Belgium
Holland Island- Chesapeake Bay
City of Pripyat, Ukraine
Christ of the Abyss- San Fruttuoso, Italy
Hashima Island, Japan
Château Miranda or Château de Noisy- Celles, Belgium
Kasteel van Mesen- Lede, Belgium
Nara Dreamland- Japan
Ryugyong Hotel- Pyongyang, North Korea
City Hall Subway Station- New York City
Z0idbergMD
Colombia, colOmbia!!!
chuckwheat
TIL the House of the Bulgarian Communist Party was aboard the Death Star.
Maldraek
Uncharted, Hannah, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Skyfall, Mercenaries...
OwenBanaitis
Don't forget Chernobyl Diaries!!
itssomething
House of the Bulgarian Communist Party isn't abandoned, there's a guy right there.
sullinarwhal
My eyes and brain don't understand the bulgarian one.
Jimlaad43
Was expecting MySpace at the bottom. Was disappointed.
protonsinthedark
But that would be saying that MySpace is cool...
piedownjoe
Centralia, Pennsylvania, USA. Also cool.
JLynn943
don't try to visit at night. I did it once and we were tailed by an SUV that was hiding behind a billboard. followed us a mile out of town.
daxx0r
House of the Bulgarian Communist Party looks like a UFO
TioDave
It's ColOmbia motherfucker, COLOMBIA.
CaptainRogers
twist:all of these places are actually inhabited, by ghosts
iwasonceonlyalurker
50000 People used to live here... Now it's a ghost town.
erosionfindsaway
Cod4 cod4 cod4
bsArtst
Don't the Ninja Turtles live in the city hall subway station?
Ishouldprobablybedoingsomethingproductive
Christ of the abyss was dropped intentionally, not abandoned. I was meant to draw divers.
whycantiholdalltheselimes
It's also an incredibly metal name. Jesus of the Abyss. \m/
Deadpo0l
But everybody knows Jesus wouldn't just sink like that...
duranddurand
Also, I've seen the same technique used to "build" coral reefs and give the organisms something to attach to.
cowabunga410
Dude you get really good wifi for being in an abyss.
FelipeRios
Jesus?
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SuharuStormrage
Yeah, statues underwater, how unbelievable.
tangybreath
It's creepy as hell is what it is.
JackDManheim
well, i'm off to wikipedia
TheDoctorAndHisTrustyTardis
10/10 would zombie apocalypse
UpvotesForCalicos
I want the hotel in ColOmbia. Please.
Ipurrforpets
No you dont. Its by the Tequendama river which is veeeery polluted, thats one of the reasons people stopped staying there :(
UpvotesForCalicos
Oh. The mine in Italy, then.
JlHADJOE
10/10 would go and have nightmares in.
DirtyHobo
I don't think ppl caught the typo except u... and me, so +1
ShortGiant
Do they still throw people down that diamond mine?
AppalachianAdventurer
These remind me of the book "The World Without Us." Nature finds a way.
kissmygrits
i love this comment
sherbetty
i have that book. its fascinating
AppalachianAdventurer
I'm reading it in my spare time at work. It's awesome.
mizzchristal
Ummm. The House of the Bulgarian Communist Party reminds me of the Vader and Luke dual in Empire Strikes Back.
ToastyPotato
City Hall Subway Station is NOT Abandoned, which is why it still looks decent. The 6 train uses it to loop back uptown.
kissmygrits
it is abandoned- since 1945. the station is closed 2 the public. just because you drive by something doesn't mean it's not abandoned
andreyhimself
HELL NO! Cowabunga!
jennanotjameson
youre right. because that's where the tmnt's live.
kissmygrits
it hasn't been used as an actual subway stop since 1945, is what i meant. the only "usage" of the station is the 6 driving by.
ToastyPotato
Yes, but the station itself is not truly abandoned as the MTA still has regular access and use for it, unlike other actually abandoned ones.
ToastyPotato
They still keep it lit up and the platform was not boarded/walled up like other ones in the system. I think it still has exits as well.
kissmygrits
the platform isn't boarded up, but the whole thing is gated up and locked, you can't "technically" access it...
kissmygrits
and last time i was there, it wasn't lit, it was completely dark
playdo
Underwater Jesus: I DIED FOR YOUR FINS!
USwitnessprotection
loled
MistakenGenetials
That Jesus clearly did NOT walk on water....
Omega86yu
*drowned
JamesSkelsey
Pripyat, Ukraine. 50,000 people used to live here. Now it's a ghost town.
thesoamis
i've never seen anything like it
OwenBanaitis
Ahh.... Modern Warfare and Chernobyl Diaries
piedownjoe
Chernobyl Diaries. Let us never speak of that abomination of a movie ever again.
OwenBanaitis
Im sorry..... I failed you imgur!!
ItDoesNotDoToDwellOnDreams
I wish someone had said that was the site of Chernobyl, because I feel like a lot of people would not recognize it by the city name...
noah12345678987654321
1/2 If anyone would like more info on any of these places I posted a series of abandoned/creepy places a while back, here are the links
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TheMayflower
Thank you sir.
themouseking
Spree Park - Berlin looks like the park from 'Hanna'. Actually, is it?
vladadmiresputains
i was thinking the same thing, i bet it is
PeregrineKiwi
it is.
ChuffRambunctious
The same thought crossed my mind, and I had a good feeling that, on Imgur, I wasn't alone.
PeregrineKiwi
yes.
bohemiancrabcity
The holland island house fell a few years ago. There is still a graveyard and whats left of a baseball diamond.
kissmygrits
damn...that place gave me the chills in a good way! i wanted to see it :/
bohemiancrabcity
I live right across the river from it. I've been scared to pull up to it because the water is so shallow and my boat might get stuck.
kissmygrits
oh man! that house looks/looked like it had so much history! was it the only house left before it fell?
bohemiancrabcity
http://sheilaarenstamgibbons.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/baseballdiamond1.jpg
bohemiancrabcity
It was a whole fishing village. I will get a picture of the town.
SpaghyetiWagon
A few of these look like great places to run into Triangle Head.
ilovecake
Just for that Pyramid Head is going to come and hump the shit out of you.
Losm
T-triangle Head? You mean Pyramid Head, right?
willsomeonepleasepassthefuckingasparagus
*shakes head in despair*
SpaghyetiWagon
OH GOD I AM NOT GOOD AT THIS. WHAT DOES THIS BUTTON DO?
Quartley
you missed one: my vagina
Ellybethe
HAHA! BRAVO!
TheLurkerWhoMustNotBeNamed
Wait, you mean that wasn't your vagina in the first pic? I kid! I kid!!!
TheDoctorAndHisTrustyTardis
You've made a tremendous mistake.
THOReal
i know that feeling girl. its pripyat without the radiation down there.
Nilknarfh
No one could miss that. Big target.
REV076
Plot twist: Quartley is 69 years old.
mooooooose
How... how much overgrowth we talkin?
SirAwesomeTheThird
I wrote this exact comment but "your mom's vagina" before you... Gender equality doesn't exist.
Mentat70
But I bet it's not cool
Dreamare
But your vagina isn't cool.
cgrundle96
It's ice cold!
otonashiruken
It's hot
FosterSisterFister
Oh my
Magnivore
Shots fired.
maddubokbro
BeerIsProofThatGodLovesUsAndWantsUsToBeHappy
Prepare your inbox.
MantisTobagganMD
AKA: your diddly hole
YouWannaGoToWarBuhlakay
Also get ready for some messages.
TheDickofDestiny
Prepare your vagina, too.
ToxicPineapple
Same thing.
TrueBlackWings
It depends if she believes in destiny.
hyperion51
That's what he said.
NataliePortmansShavedHead
This is why I browse imgur.
pintDMG
Oh, honey ...
Auralyn
No they didn't; it's in the first picture.
eljakeo
Previously posted by Quartley: "I'm a male and I think Rupert is beautiful!"
SweetMaryOfViolence
Males can have vaginas too! Vaginas for everyone!
SirForeverAloneEsquireLe1stAndOnly
As a hermaphrodite, I agree.
TheDoctorAndHisTrustyTardis
That username....
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TheDoctorAndHisTrustyTardis
Oh shit..
Dreamare
Quartley deleted the comment.
eljakeo
What a shame. Fortunately I have preserved it here for posterity.
MathsIsTheOnlySubjectThatCounts
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA *starts sobbing uncontrollably* me too
StruggleBusBuddy
Creepy PM's in 5... 4... 3.... 2... 1...
Kundrew
It was on there.
farorevalor
Hahaha! Oooohhh... Now I'm sad.
aSeriesofUnlikelyExplanaitons
I wasn't even trying.
AIDSINACAN
Plot twist: This is a dude
nicholasagream
plot twist... you're a guy
eljakeo
http://s2.quickmeme.com/img/b4/b44e9e1d5e5d4c60be01d7aa225e483a3a5e1290a41663adabcef3727449f72d.jpg
walkernotskywalker
http://www.gslconline.org/Files/carlson/images/sam-i-can-fix-that.png
agustofwind
Are you anywhere near LA? [cringe intensifies]
NiftyGoblin
I hear, that at night you can hear a little girl crying in it!
hardtochoose
Prepare it
warcrazym
Brace yourself, lonely men are typing.
xr7guy
A Google search of the Ryugyong Hotel shows that that image is old/severely shopped
toaster999
It's a Nicolas Moulin photograph. He took a picture of the Ryugyong hotel, and photoshopped it onto LA mountains (I think)
AssDamnCoffee
I was about to say. That shit is in the capital.
Kruschevez
Try extremely. The Ryugyong Hotel is in the middle of Pyongyang, and not built into a frickin mountain...
zaqston
I googled a few of them and I would have to say most if not all are somewhat photo-shopped. Good call x7guy
zaqston
Sorry I mean xr7guy
hawkinat0r
Unsuprising, North Korea attempts to shop it out of every photo of downtown Pyonyang. I have no idea why OP put it on a mountain, though.
andysniper
i was thinking of calling shenanigans about this, pretty sure it's in central Pyongyang and is pretty much complete after 20ish years.
MostIndeedlySo
By "complete" you mean the upper floors are finished while most of the middle is still more or less under construction, permanently.
Bendoger
I thought N. Korea had started to finally finish the building after at least a decade of not having the money
eightbitrevolt
They haven't had the money since the project started. It's used to draw tourists.
blolikehootie
The pic is of the concrete skeleton of the hotel.
blolikehootie
And I'm pretty sure it was shopped into the middle of nowhere
ColinCastro
Nope, that was when it was first being built.
EugeneKrabs
Its the Sierra Madre Hotel & Casino.
Weps
Actually, no. The photo is pre-2008, prior to the resumption of construction in 2008, the actual building began in 1987.
bubdub
The building is in the middle of Pyongyang, not built into the side of a mountain. It's still photoshopped.
coolerdays
Buts its in the middle of the city
dualmonocles
North Korea, falsify information?
WaitLetMeGetaBeer
Impossible.
Chhotababu
It would be nice to have a short explanation with each picture about why they were abandoned.
chronicdopesauce
Check out this link, has quite a bit of info on some of these plus others: http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2008/02/abandoned-places.html
GothamsHeckling
You've probably heard of Pripyat.
chimalli
Aliens.jpg
foxyfaice
Plus... some of these places aren't as abandoned as OC would have you believe.
Theimgursheisacruelmistress
City Hall station - NYC: contemporary trains are much longer than the platform can fit, so they use the larger, modern station just north.
BobertJ
do you even Google mate?
Chhotababu
Sure I do, Mate!
shyriath
As a Marylander: Holland Island has been sinking beneath Chesapeake Bay for the last 100 years or so, partly from subsidence, partly (1/2)
shyriath
from erosion. That house in the picture finally collapsed a few years ago, I think.
Tellmeyourstory
I bet I can tell you why the christ of the abyss was abandoned.
danvolodar
Pic 1 - they got all the diamonds they could by surface mining, had to switch to underground mining.
imarealuglygirl
Villa Epecuén, Argentina was flooded for almost 20 years. A dam broke in 1985.
Svartsinn
Pripyat was abandoned because a horde of invisible velociraptors overran the city. They still roam the empty streets to this day.
popculturella
"The accident."
SuperDork42
Well, at least Christ Of The Abyss is pretty self explanatory.
CleverImgurName
nigga look at some of those pictures. ain't even gotta ask, i know that hotel is harboring some serious shit.
thehonkypatrol
Err day I'm googlin'
numbereight
The City of Pripyat is near Chernobyl, the place with radioactive death
Keynote
Fun Fact: The Fukushima plant is estimated to be more than 10 times worse than the Chernobyl meltdown. Airborn particles and radiated water.
motokourashima
But, you know, my cock can be estimated at ten times the size of the empire state building.
motokourashima
Chernobyl sent 8 tons of radioactive fuel sailing into the night sky. Fukushima wasn't even close to that bad.
simpleman0482
The Japanese island was a coal mining town, and the coal ran out.
Jthechef
You do know there is thing ca
Jthechef
allied the internet that cames with search engines. You are lazy
schlauknopf
Spree Park was closed, because it was bancrupt. Director Norbert Witte later tried to smuggle 368lb of cocaine from peru to germany and 1/2
schlauknopf
spent 4 years in jail. 2/2
Valeskasoundslikealaska
I used to go there as a Kid all the time...good times
schlauknopf
Me too! I was born in Berlin Pankow!
Valeskasoundslikealaska
Kreuzberg, now living in Neukölln :)
ConfuzzledPuzzles
Ryugyong Hotel - Isn't Abandoned. City Hall Station - Probably different track widths, also low demand, why bother to maintain.
Opportunist
City Hall Station closed due to security concerns.
monicarasaurus
City Hall Station I think was closed because the platform was too short...
thekidwrites
The one in the Chesapeake bay is because of a complete lack of conservation efforts. Also look up Tangier and Smith islands.
thekidwrites
(2/2) it's rather sad, actually. They're some of the most historic places in Maryland and they're being destroyed.
slenders
Zombies, All of them
AcadianBacon
I could see a crack-team of soldiers in jingly-jangly gear running awkwardly through all of these. :D Except the underwater one. :3
Anchalagon
Ryugyong Hotel was "abandoned" because economic crisis in 1992 --> Wiki
zaphod
its N. Korea.. they are in a perpetual economic crisis ;)
FcukFace
because there is no people
CowboyKing
If you give a mouse a cookie
munkeycmunkeydo
I'm no expert but Christ of the Abyss- San Fruttuoso, Italy might have been due to flooding.
differently
20 cool abandoned nopes
ImVeronicaCorningstone
I would personally love to know why all these people are abandoning castles...like...give me a heads up because I'll move in
DeltaBlast
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flickr_-_nikozz_-_Kasteel_van_Mesen,_Lede,_Belgium_%2813_of_19%29.jpg Try living in this.
itsamazing
which was more fashionable. Many castles are dark & dingy (think small windows to keep arrows out), often damp, and very expensive to heat.
itsamazing
Lot of castle owners were forcibly evicted by regime change, & their homes left to ruin, many were dumped when owner built palatial house
itsamazing
there's a lot of reasons, wars, political change, expensive upkeep, the chance to move into a warmer more luxurious/fashionable building...
ImVeronicaCorningstone
I know I was mostly joking I figured there were tons of political/financial reasons I just want a castle
itsamazing
so say we all, VeronicaCorningstone if that is your real name *narrows eyes*. So say we all.
ConfuzzledPuzzles
The Bulgarian Building. No longer socialist, government cut the funding. Christ of the Abyss. It's underwater, go figure.
WholesomeRuler
But WHY is it underwater ;o
groversleeves
The artist decided to do he thought it would be cool and put it near the place of the first Italian SCUBA related death.
CrankyCat
The statue was actually placed there on purpose in 1954. It was even removed in 2003, restored, and put back in place in 2004. Go Wikipedia.
zigbigidorlu
Electrolytes.
corneliusgansevoort
Because stone is denser than water.
qahwah
Thanks, dad.
AhmedTheClockMaker
Asbestossssss
RxPro
Hashima island-coal mine at sea, got closed as oil tookover. Also this island was inspiration for skyfall's antagonist island
Mogmai
'zombies. zombies everywhere.'
HodorOfHouseHodor
Hodoring this for future reference-.-.
DirtyDann
Because you touch yourself at night...
SHOWMEWHATYOUVEGOT
Or your lazy ass could just google em.
IOnceOwnedMoonMoonButOnceHeTriedToLickMyBallsAndRanAwayIMissHim
And his lazy ass could also search 'Cool abandoned places in the world", instead of looking on this stupid site, yeah...
SHOWMEWHATYOUVEGOT
Yeah!
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MKDagger
Thank you!!
HillCountryRambler
Six years later, and these are still awesome posts. +1 for each of them.
moyako
Thanks for this, noahbunchofnumbers. I appreciate it
ITamagotchu
Upvoting solely for your take on the username hah.
fiendishkitty
commenting for later..
donttouchmyhairho
same here
Ambidickstrous
same
DukeSpraynard
/r/imgurEnhancementSuite
grumblegrumblegrumble
Thanks
ValeOfAutumn
I remember this post! :D
Prism962
Thanks
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HugoEinheri
Ty
IamDad
Commenting to read all these later on. Woo.
itsamazing
commenting for later perusal
WholesomeRuler
currently reading these, very cool!
suchareq3
That's a LOT of parts.
noah12345678987654321
thats what she said
appaismyspiritanimal
I as well am commenting so I can find these for later when I'm not on my phone. Thanks!
flutberf
yayyy
PandaQue
Not a fan of using Google?
CantRememberUsername
If you take the time to post something like this, you should leave an explanation for the pictures. Maybe it's just me.
Chhotababu
Don't hate me, I'm being lazy here. Wouldn't it be nice to have all info in one place instead of checking out each photo separately?
PandaQue
Yeesh... y'all are harsh today..
PandaQue
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buzludzha
PandaQue
http://untappedcities.com/2013/08/13/7-nyc-abandoned-subway-stations-city-hall-18th-street-worth-myrtle/
PandaQue
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craco
PandaQue
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cz%C4%99stochowa
PandaQue
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryugyong_Hotel
PandaQue
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pripyat
PandaQue
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mir_mine
PandaQue
http://thechive.com/2013/04/03/a-beautiful-abandoned-hotel-for-the-books-31-photos/
PandaQue
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hashima_Island
PandaQue
http://www.abandonedplaygrounds.com/dadipark-amusement-park-where-child-is-king-abandoned-in-dadizele-belgium/
PandaQue
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ_of_the_Abyss
PandaQue
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holland_Island
PandaQue
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/photo-contest/2012/entries/167692/view/
PandaQue
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2306673/Fall-grace-Pictures-fascinating-eerie-crumbling-mansions-world.html
PandaQue
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villa_Epecu%C3%A9n
PandaQue
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miranda_Castle
PandaQue
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spreepark
PandaQue
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nara_Dreamland
LurkersGottaLurk
Well if you like ImgurPoints, you get a few of them
PandaQue
I mean well, I really do. That's part of the reason I dislike communicating via text. It's hard to convey meaning without misinterpretation.