See 29 places abandoned by humankind with their striking and mysterious beauty!
November 22, 2017 • By Shirley Marie Bradby
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The world's population is growing by leaps and bounds, moving implacably towards occupying every part of the Earth's habitable surface, yet there are places that have been abandoned to their fate.
Individual buildings and imposing cities, but also means of mechanical transport and monuments that once bore witness to the activities of our ancestors, these are the 29 protagonists of the photo gallery today.
All of these protagonists have in common their state of complete abandonment and solitude to which they have been mercilessly delivered, but that is precisely what makes them both unique and spectacular at the same time ...
1. The Christ of the Abyss in San Fruttuoso (Italy)
image: Wilfred Hdez/Flickr
2. The city of Kolmanskop in the Namib Desert
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3. The abandoned village of Dome Houses in Southwest Florida
image: reddit.com
4. The ship SS AyrField in Homebush Bay (Australia)
5. An abandoned amusement park in Bejing (China)
image: Imgur
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6. The Beelitz-Heilstätten Hospital in Germany
image: Jan Bommes/Flickr
7. Holland Island in the Chesapeake Bay (USA)
image: flickr.com
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8. An abandoned estate in Daru, Ireland
9. The city of Prypiat in Ukraine
image: reddit.com
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10. A 15th century Monastery in the Black Forest (Germany)
image: abandonedography.com
11. The Kalavantin Durg Fort in Panvel (India)
12. The remains of the plane Pegasus in McMurdo Sound (Antarctica)
image: panoramio.com
13. The Temple of Angkor Wat in Cambodia
image: pixabay.com
14. The Maritime Fortress in Maunsell, England
image: Steve Cadman/Flickr
15. The Bodiam Castle in Sussex (England)
image: commons.wikimedia.org
16. An abandoned train depot in Czestochowa (Poland)
image: nedhardy.com
17. The sunken Brazilian research vessel Mar Sem Fim ("Endless Sea") in Antarctica
image: ruschili.35photo.ru
18. An abandoned distillery in Barbados (West Indies)
image: Reddit
19. The bobsleigh track of the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo
image: Arman Dz./Flickr
20. The city of Craco in Matera (Italy)
image: imgur
21. A military rocket factory in Russia
image: lana-sator.livejournal.com
22. An abandoned mill in Sorrento (Italy)
image: Mentnafunangann/Wikimedia
23. The cooling tower of an abandoned nuclear power plant in Monceau-sur-Sambre, Belgium.
image: Imgur
24. The deserted headquarters of the Bulgarian Communist Party
image: Boredpanda
25. The abandoned city of Keelung in Taiwan
image: Imgur
26.The abandoned North Brother Island near New York
image: reivax/Wikimedia
27. The closed and abandoned Hotel del Salto in Colombia
image: Pedro Felipe/Wikimedia
28. The deserted Six Flags playground in New Orleans which was closed and abandoned following Hurricane Katrina.
image: Keoni 101/Wikimedia
29. Michigan Central Station in Detroit (Update: It was reopened on 13 September 2017!)
image: Imgur
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