Abandoned

A once extravagant mansion, now reduced to ruin.

This Australian ski resort was forced to close due to changing climate conditions.

A hulking remnant of Alaska's industrial gold mining boom in the 1920s.

A paradise hotel turned from opulent to overgrown.

A relic of the Cold War tucked away in the forested hills above Bratislava.

This old army installation has worn many hats throughout its history.

Once luxurious, these oceanfront beach homes have been left to succumb to the elements as the beach is slowly washed away.

This 18th-century project to build the world's tallest gravity dam was never completed.

A long-abandoned relic of World War II.

Once a thriving business district, this former shopping area is now an urban ghost town in the heart of the city.

The oldest remaining theatre in New South Wales.

An ill-fated attempt to grow wheat in the sagebrush steppe of northeastern Nevada.

An abandoned Victorian-era mill in the middle of modern Manchester.

The abandoned buildings of a hospital that saw most of its activity during the World Wars.

This once-booming oil city is now a relic of the region's industrial past.

Though an earthquake destroyed this village in 1980, one former resident still walks its streets every day.

This now abandoned arch bridge was constructed during the Great Depression.

A once-booming railroad left abandoned next to the Quinnipiac River marshes now intersects with a hiking trail.