35 haunting photos taken inside abandoned buildings that will give you the chills
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Talia LakritzSep 24, 2021, 21:39 IST
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A former Iraqi embassy in Berlin, Germany, is covered in graffiti.
No passengers or planes have ever passed through Jaisalmer Airport in Rajasthan, India.
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The former headquarters of the Soviet army in Wuensdorf, Germany, includes the remains of a swimming pool.
The abandoned Martyrs of Uganda Catholic Church in Detroit, Michigan, was closed by the Archdiocese in 2006.
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Mannequins lie on shelves in an abandoned shop in western Mosul, Iraq.
A dilapidated building stands in the abandoned city of Pripyat near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine.
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Time stands still in a former Soviet military hospital in Budapest that was abandoned when the last Russian troops left Hungary in 1991.
This New World department store in Bangkok, Thailand, closed down in 1997.
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The German-influenced African village of Kolmanskop in Namibia was a bustling mining town in the early 1900s.
Disused furniture sits in an abandoned apartment in the Oktyabrsky district in Donetsk, Ukraine.
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This brick factory on the outskirts of Beijing, China, was shut down to reduce pollution in the area.
A suit hangs inside a house in the Ninth Ward area of New Orleans, Louisiana, in an area damaged by Hurricane Katrina.
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Plates still sit on the table of an abandoned house in the village of Kleitos, Greece.
A group of skaters is turning the abandoned Santa Barbara church in Llanera, Spain, into a skate park.
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Grossinger's Catskill Resort, in Liberty, New York, was a popular vacation destination in the Catskills, but it was abandoned in the 1980s, after the owner died.
Empty beer cans and bottles sit on shelves inside an abandoned shop in the village of Papratna, Serbia.
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The Hotel Belvedere, in Dubrovnik, Croatia, was once a five-star resort, but it was mostly destroyed during the Siege of Dubrovnik during the War of Independence in 1991.
The Old Austrian Prison in Kotor, Montenegro, is now used to display art installations.
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A bed and other furniture are left inside a small apartment at the abandoned fishing village of Houtouwan, China, on the island of Shengshan.
A military sign that reads "Homeland first" is pictured at an abandoned building on the deserted Yassiada island in the Marmara Sea off Istanbul, Turkey.
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Sathorn Unique in Bangkok, Thailand, was supposed to be a luxurious 49-story residential building, but the abandoned project became a tourist destination instead.
The town of Namie was evacuated after a tsunami crippled Japan's Daiichi power plant in 2011.
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Packard Motor Car Manufacturing Plant in Detroit, Michigan, was built in 1907 but is no longer in use.
Many homes were abandoned during the Bosnian War from 1992 to 1995.
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French company Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) in La Seyne-sur-Mer was accused of using sub-standard industrial silicone in some of its breast implants and shut down its factory in 2010.
A man looks out of the window of Eisfabrik, a former ice factory, in Berlin, Germany.
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An announcement board still hangs inside a deserted hall at the west terminal of the former Athens International airport in Greece.
Rain falls onto block 14 of Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, which held 75,000 inmates during its 142 years of operation.
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Construction work at what was supposed to be "Wonderland," marketed as "the largest amusement park in Asia," stopped around 1998 due to disagreements over property prices.
An abandoned convent known as Gesu in Brussels, Belgium, serves as a makeshift home for immigrants from the Czech Republic, Spain, Brazil, and Morocco.
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Even artificial flowers wilt in the abandoned Alps Ski Resort near the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas in Goseong, South Korea.
Built in 1927, the 15-story Lee Plaza Hotel in Detroit, Michigan, was abandoned in 1993, after a stint serving low-income seniors.
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Tempelhof Airport in Berlin, Germany, was built by the Nazis between 1936 and 1941, and it was used to build combat aircraft and weapons.
The now-closed campus of Caerleon was once part of the University of South Wales, and it now serves as the set of the Netflix show "Sex Education."
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The Ohio State Reformatory opened in 1896 and held 5,235 prisoners at its peak in 1955.