20 Abandoned Places That Are Being Swallowed Up By Time

Deadbeat_Dave Published 12/29/2023 in ftw

There's something ironic about the allure of a place abandoned -- only once long-since discarded do these dead places experience something of a 'second life', serving as one part nostalgia-drenched time capsule and one part refuge for those who prefer to step out of time for a moment. Down below are some of the most haunting of r/abandonedp-rn's recent collections, curated for coolness.

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1.
u/kitti__:
Louisiana, untouched since Katrina.
2.
u/swoooom:
abandoned villa in Iran
3.
u/lastmord2021:
Abandoned library in a children's pioneer camp
4.
u/RLoret:
Submarine graveyard at Vladivostok, Russia, January 2001
5.
u/jklem2:
Shut down movie with posters from 2001
6.
u/SeaCryptographer553: Abandoned metro station escalator. (Moscow)
7.
u/Lamey-climber:
So amazing! Most beautiful place that I’ve explored yet
8.
u/Urbanexploration2021:
Sunset in abandoned factory
9.
u/HHPhotographyWI:
Abandoned Subdivision Illinois
10.
u/Dead_Sect:
The…silence….
11.
u/photo_motion:
Two Seated Gas Chamber Exterior | Missouri State Penitentiary | By Drew Pertl
12.
u/terrywphoto:
Abandoned Vintage Toy Train Collectors House
13.
u/gobonkers:
Abandoned quarters at the Beatles Ashram, Rishikesh
14.
u/nifitsa1
Old house.
15.
u/Abandoned_Dallas:
A funeral home in the south
16.
u/StephanieKay22
Abandoned School in Gary, Indiana
17.
u/PigDogUrbex
Frozen Skeleton Russia
18.
u/Snoo_90160:
Abandoned church in Grzymałków, Poland.
19.
u/XxMastaQxX:
Tecopa Hot Springs, south of Death Valley
20.
u/RLoret:
Cruise ship MS World Discoverer abandoned after striking an uncharted reef off the Solomon Islands, 29 April 2000

1.
u/kitti__:
Louisiana, untouched since Katrina.
2.
u/swoooom:
abandoned villa in Iran
3.
u/lastmord2021:
Abandoned library in a children's pioneer camp
4.
u/RLoret:
Submarine graveyard at Vladivostok, Russia, January 2001
5.
u/jklem2:
Shut down movie with posters from 2001
6.
u/SeaCryptographer553: Abandoned metro station escalator. (Moscow)
7.
u/Lamey-climber:
So amazing! Most beautiful place that I’ve explored yet
8.
u/Urbanexploration2021:
Sunset in abandoned factory
9.
u/HHPhotographyWI:
Abandoned Subdivision Illinois
10.
u/Dead_Sect:
The…silence….
11.
u/photo_motion:
Two Seated Gas Chamber Exterior | Missouri State Penitentiary | By Drew Pertl
12.
u/terrywphoto:
Abandoned Vintage Toy Train Collectors House
13.
u/gobonkers:
Abandoned quarters at the Beatles Ashram, Rishikesh
14.
u/nifitsa1
Old house.
15.
u/Abandoned_Dallas:
A funeral home in the south
16.
u/StephanieKay22
Abandoned School in Gary, Indiana
17.
u/PigDogUrbex
Frozen Skeleton Russia
18.
u/Snoo_90160:
Abandoned church in Grzymałków, Poland.
19.
u/XxMastaQxX:
Tecopa Hot Springs, south of Death Valley
20.
u/RLoret:
Cruise ship MS World Discoverer abandoned after striking an uncharted reef off the Solomon Islands, 29 April 2000