Yekaterinburg TV Tower – Russia’s Tallest Abandoned Structure
The Yekaterinburg TV Tower in Russia was once the tallest abandoned structure in the world. The project was left incomplete after the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991.
North America
Trenton Psychiatric Hospital – An Abandoned Institution In New Jersey
Although Trenton Psychiatric Hospital is still actually open, much of the complex has been abandoned as the number of patients has decreased significantly over the years.
Ypsilanti State Hospital – An Abandoned Asylum in Michigan
Ypsilanti State Hospital was a facility for those with mental health problems just outside Saline, Michigan. It has now been demolished after lying abandoned for a number of years.
Ciudad Juarez – A City Too Dangerous To Live In
The city of Juarez or Ciudad Juarez in Mexico is just across the border from El Paso in Texas. It has been torn apart by a brutal drug war that has raged between rival cartels.
Bodie – A 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 is located in Massachusetts and opened in 1889. The buildings were subsequently left abandoned after the hospital closed.
Worcester State Hospital – An Abandoned Asylum in Massachusetts
Worcester State Hospital was a psychiatric hospital located in Worcester, Massachusetts. It was left abandoned in 1991 until the building was demolished in 2009.
Food Rocks – An Abandoned Attraction at Epcot
Food Rocks was an audio animiatronic show at Epcot in Walt Disney World. It was closed in 2004 to become Soarin’
Gary – The City Becoming A Ghost Town
Once a bustling industrial city, people have been leaving Gary in their thousands leaving many abandoned buildings behind
Cobble Hill Tunnel – Brooklyn’s Abandoned Subway
Also known as the Atlantic Avenue Tunnel, New York’s first subterranean rail tunnel has been lost to history, sitting disused under the streets of Brooklyn