200km east of Istanbul, Turkey, near the roman spa town of Mudurnu, lies the surreally haunting village of Burj Al Babas. Dreamed up by a pair of Turkish property-developing brothers with the intention of being a luxurious European style…
Abandoned North Brother Island, New York North Brother Island, located in between Queens and the Bronx in New York, has a long and fascinating history. The entire island has now been abandoned for nearly 50 years. A morbid past…
Nicosia International Airport was once the main airport for the island of Cyprus, but has now been derelict for nearly forty years. Principally used as the headquarters of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus, the commercial flight area has…
Before the division of Cyprus in 1974, Varosha – a resort in Famagusta – was booming. The rich and famous were drawn by some of the best beaches on the island. Richard Burton and Brigitte Bardot all dropped by –…
The abandoned Queen Chateau in Mito, two-hours northeast of Tokyo, The Queen Chateau soapland is situated on a hill in Mito’s otherwise-thriving red light district, a location that accentuates its multistory castle-inspired layout. If “Dracula” was remade by Vivid Video,…
This “Swingers Tiki Palace,” as it was dubbed by one photographer, in Chattanooga, Tennessee, was built in 1972 by strip-club tycoon Billy Hull to be the ultimate party palace. The unique structure felt into decay after Hull was arrested for…
This land originally sought after by both the Japanese and Russians is now controlled by Russia and has always been uninhabited. This amazing building was opened the day the Titanic sunk in 1912. The Orpheum Theater opened in 1912 with…
On an island in a now dried Aral sea, there was a town Aralsk-7. Before 1940s it had a factory that was making foods out of fish, but later it was closed down and rebuilt into a Soviet bio warfare…
Nothing remains as mysterious as an abandoned place. Abandoned subway depot – Poland The town of Czestochowa, Poland isn’t well-known to many train-enthusiasts. It’s actually better known for religious pilgrimages thanks to the Jasna Gora Monastery and the icon of…
The Indus Valley Civilization, Pakistan Home to one of the greatest man-made architectural wonders of the ancient world, the Indus Valley Civilization (known at the height of its influence as the Harappan Civilization) was among the largest early urban settlements…
A shocking discovery in the UK of a Mysterious abandoned ‘doctor’s house’ that has five vintage cars in the garage is a modern day mystery. The mansion in Hampole, near Doncaster, UK which has been dubbed the ‘doctor’s house’ by…
Jazirat al Hamra, which translates to Red Island, has a reputation for being haunted. Established sometime in the 14th century, the once thriving fishing and pearl-diving village of over 300 houses and 13 mosques was suddenly abandoned in 1968. And…
