If you read HuffPost Travel at all, you know that we have a teeny, tiny obsession will all things abandoned. The laundry list of places we've cove...
A ship graveyard in Mauritania, a picturesque 16th century Italian village, a once-grand train station--we can't help but be mesmerized by these mysterious and beautiful abandoned places around the world.
Every once in a while, we come across photos of abandoned mansions that have us shaking our heads. We find it difficult to believe that anyone would l...
Abandoned places hold an uncanny power over us. Often, we can feel the ghosts of former inhabitants even when nature has taken over structures once fo...
Albania constructed roughly 750,000 bunkers -- roughly one to every four citizens -- during dictator Enver Hoxha's 40-year-reign in an effort to fend ...
It may seem like Detroit's Packard Plant has always been an abandoned cavernous, often smoldering ruin. So a vintage advertisement posted on Imgur and...
A disorienting staircase with no railings winds up the castle's main tower before stopping abruptly at a wall near the top.
In his series Forgotten Palaces, French photographer Thomas Jorion has captured deserted palaces and stunning villas abandoned by their owners for var...
Foreclosure isn't just a problem that affects struggling homeowners. Detroit's sprawling, vacant and frequently ablaze Packard Plant will be foreclose...
Whether you're visiting sanctioned abandoned places or exploring more off-the-beaten-path terrain, here are some of the world's most creepy destinations.
Heidi Peterson left her rundown Detroit home early last year after her boiler broke down so that it could undergo extensive renovations. But after she...
Grossinger's Resort in the town of Liberty in New York's Catskills was famous back in its heyday. The resort was part of the so-called "Borscht Bel...
"Urban Exploring" is sometimes thought of as some kind of elite super ninja activity; tinged with adventure, a sense of danger, and definitely some fl...
There will always be something fascinating about abandoned buildings -- how their crumbling edifices and withering artifacts seem like eerie time caps...
Ah, September. School bells are ringing, notebooks are fresh, and children of all ages are tromping back to their classrooms with (we imagine) deeply ...
In January, The Huffington Post introduced you to David Schalliol, the Visiting Assistant Professor of Social Sciences at the Illinois Institute of Te...
Opened in 1998, the park closed after a 61-year old woman fell to her death on a ride. Terra Encantada has been empty since. But it won't remain in this state for long -- the site is ripe for redevelopment in preparation for the Olympics.
Here at Flavorpill, we're suckers for gorgeous photographs of abandoned and decaying spaces, and of course, for lovely architecture, no matter what st...
Despite recent claims from purported Packard Plant owner Dominic Cristini that he would tear down the massive abandoned factory in Detroit, it's still...
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- When Mary Lynne and Dan Kautz chose a place to hold their wedding reception, they didn't book a grand ballroom in some pricey hotel o...
The following is a post from David Schalliol, the Visiting Assistant Professor of Social Sciences at the Illinois Institute of Technology. The pho...
That's the problem with photographs, paintings and videos about the abandoned buildings in Detroit. They're obvious. So when an artist comes along and brings a fresh viewpoint, it can really tilt your perspective.
UPDATE 10/11/11: Things are looking up for our unfinished monuments, as another has received an anticipated completion date. North Korea's Ryugyong Ho...
According to a Harvard study, the earth's population will hit seven billion humans in a few months. Earlier this summer, Gadling labs profiled the eff...
What does an amusement park look like without the amusement? Well, a lot like this video from Vimeo user Mike Petty. Petty and his Canon 7D visite...
