Ciudad Juárez – A City Too Dangerous To Live In
Ciudad Juarez in Mexico has seen whole neighbourhoods abandoned as a result of a brutal drug war that has raged between rival cartels.
North America
Bodie – A Wild West Gold Rush Ghost Town in California
Bodie is a ghost town located in California. It began as a mining camp in 1859 but by the early 1900s, it was abandoned.
Foxborough State Hospital – An Abandoned Hospital in Massachusetts
Foxborough State Hospital was a mental institution in Massachusetts. It closed in 1975 and remained abandoned for many years.
Worcester State Hospital – An Abandoned Asylum in Massachusetts
Worcester State Hospital was a psychiatric hospital in Worcester, Massachusetts. It was abandoned in 1985 and destroyed by fire in 1991.
Food Rocks – An Abandoned Show Attraction at Epcot
Food Rocks was an audio-animiatronic show at Epcot in Walt Disney World. It was closed in 2004 to make way for Soarin’.
Gary – The Indiana City that has Become a Ghost Town
Once a bustling industrial city, the city of Gary in Indiana is now a ghost town with 30% of the buildings unoccupied and abandoned.
Cobble Hill Tunnel – Brooklyn’s Abandoned Subway
The Cobble Hill Tunnel was New York’s first subterranean rail tunnel but it now lays abandoned under the streets of Brooklyn.
Barkerville – A Canadian Gold Rush Ghost Town
Barkerville was once a bustling gold rush town but it was left abandoned in 1958. It has since reopened as a tourist attraction.
Atlanta Constitution Building – An Abandoned Newspaper Headquarters
Once the headquarters of one of the biggest newspapers in Georgia, the Atlanta Constitution Building is now abandoned.
Haunted Mansion – An Abandoned Knock-off Attraction In Orlando
The short-lived Haunted Mansion in Kissimmee, Florida attempted to capitalise on its more famous namesake in Disney’s Magic Kingdom.