Abandoned in Bulgaria

An abandoned sanatorium building from the early 20th century sits in the forest of the Rila mountains.

The Bulgarian royal family exclusively used this ornate, now-abandoned train station.

A crumbling monument to a now locally-extinct sport in Bulgaria's oldest ski resort.

Now a ruin, this grand resort was coveted by a communist autocrat and an eccentric Japanese golfer.

Not far from a popular beach, an unfinished, abandoned mansion for Bulgaria's last communist dictator.

The social hall of this former factory is a Communist-era time capsule.

An unfinished complex built for children from around the world sits abandoned on the Black Sea coastline.

The second-largest Jewish temple in Bulgaria was deserted after World War II, seized by the communist government and then abandoned again.

An abandoned saucer-shaped monument in the Bulgarian mountains.