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People like to visit palaces, monuments, historical
walls and popular statues because they tell the stories of past time. At
same time they unknown about many ghostly abandoned places in the world.
In fact such ruined places can also reveal many informations about
people once lived there, purpose behind construction of that place,
lifestyle of people at that..etc.
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I.M. Cooling Tower, Belgium - These are parts of a cooling tower in an
old power station in Monceau, Belgium. The trumpet-like structure in the
middle introduced hot water to the structure, where it then cooled while
dripping down hundreds of small concrete troughs and slats.
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Kolmanskop, Namibia - Kolmanskop was a small settlement in Namibia that
saw a boom in the early 1900s when German settlers realized that the
area was rich in diamonds. The surge of wealth gave out after WWI,
however, when the diamond field began to deplete. By the 1950s, the town
was completely deserted, and is now visited by photographers and
tourists.
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102-Year-Old Floating Forest in Sydney,
Australia - This is the hull of the SS Ayrfield, a large steam ship
condemned to dismantling in Homebush Bay, Australia after WWII. When the
dismantling yard closed down, however, it and several other ships
remained where they were. Now, it is a beautiful and haunting floating
forest that serves as an example of nature’s capacity for survival.
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Last House on Holland Island, U.S.A - This house was part of what was
once a fairly successful small island colony in Chesapeake Bay in the
U.S. Rapid erosion of the island’s mud and silt coast, however, meant
that there was less and less room to live on the island. This house was
the last one left on Holland Island before it too collapsed in 2010.
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Nara Dreamland, Japan - The Nara Dreamland park, inspired by Disneyland,
was opened in 1961. By 2006, however, it closed down. Now it is a
popular destination for urban explorers, although security guards still
occasionally patrol the grounds and impose fines.
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Uninhabited Island in Southwest Florida, U.S.A. - These small domed
structures were built in 1981 on Cape Romano off the coast of Florida in
the U.S. They were the summer home of oil producer Bob Lee before
falling into disrepair. What their fate will be today is still
uncertain.
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Abandoned Mill, Italy - This mill in the Valley of the Mills in
Sorrento, Italy was abandoned in 1866. This mill ground wheat, and a
sawmill operated nearby as well. The mill was isolated from the sea by
the construction of Tasso Square, which raised the humidity in the area
and caused it to be abandoned.
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Michigan Central Station in Detroit, U.S.A. - Michigan Central Station
was built in 1913 in Detroit to create a new public transportation hub.
Several planning oversights and mistakes, however, led to its gradual
decline and closing in 1988. The building’s fate is still being decided,
but in the mean time, the station has appeared in several films and
videos, including Eminem’s “8 Mile” film and “Beautiful” music video.
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Abandoned Train Station, Abkhazia, Georgia - This train station in
Sukhumi, Abkhazia was abandoned during the War in Abkhazia in 1992 and
1993. The dispute between Georgia and Russia over the region has
isolated the region, but the decaying station retains some of its former
glory in the form of intricate plaster work and mahogany furniture.
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Abandoned Wooden Houses, Russia - These beautiful, intricately
decorated buildings are found deep in Russian forests, where their
isolation has helped them remain relatively intact. |