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Sheffield, England

Ruins Of Sheffield Ski Village

Once a training ground for Olympic athletes, this artificial ski slope has fallen into ruin after a fire in 2012.
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Nogent-sur-Marne, France

Ruins of Le Jardin d'Agronomie Tropicale

Ghosts of France's colonial past.
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Söderto, Sweden

Söderto Fortress

This makeshift concrete bunker is an unusual reminder of the Cold War.
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Conata, South Dakota

Conata

A ghost town now swarming with dozens of prairie dogs.
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Whorlton, England

Whorlton Castle

An abandoned Yorkshire castle that is hidden in plain sight.
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Managua, Nicaragua

The Old Cathedral of Managua - Catedral de Santiago

A crumbling cathedral condemned by an earthquake.
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Granada, Nicaragua

Abandoned Hospital San Juan de Dios

The crumbling remains of a once-grand building.
Added by exploringwithkatie
Savannah, Georgia

Savannah Powder Magazine

An abandoned munitions storage facility with a rich architectural history.
Added by shbtlr
Port Angeles, Washington

Camp Hayden

An abandoned World War II bunker is part of a chain that runs throughout Washington.
Added by shbtlr
Salley, South Carolina

Abandoned Cotton Gin

Hidden in this little-known town stands a piece of agriculture history.
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Albadarr, The Gambia

Kunta Kinteh Island

A tiny island home to a former English slave fort.
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Mar Lodj, Senegal

Forgotten Cannons of Sine Saloum

This rusting artillery is a relic of Vichy France's influence in West Africa.
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Iglesias, Italy

Villaggio Minerario Asproni

A former mining village that now operates as an open-air museum.
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Hawthorne, Nevada

Aurora

This Gold Rush ghost town was once the subject of a territorial dispute between California and Nevada.
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Oatman, Arizona

Oatman

This once-booming Gold Rush town is now home to a herd of feral donkeys.
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British Columbia

Three Valley Gap Heritage Ghost Town

A historic ghost town still worth a visit.
Added by rovingviking
Nye County, Nevada

Tybo

Equipment used to mine silver and lead has been preserved in this almost-ghost town in northern Nye County.
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Cedar City, Utah

Old Irontown

Irontown was founded in 1868, as a second attempt to mine iron from the nearby Iron Mountain.
Added by chapizzle
Morgantown, West Virginia

Henry Clay Iron Furnace

A well-preserved relic of the industrial age steel and iron works that dotted West Virginia.
Added by Eric C
Dorothy, West Virginia

Stanley Heirs Park

This small West Virginia park is a land trust holdout against mountaintop removal mining.
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New Haven, West Virginia

Philip Sporn Mine

This abandoned mine and power plant was built atop land once given to Revolutionary War soldiers.
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Fayetteville, West Virginia

Brooklyn Ruins

The remains of one of the last mining camps developed on the New River.
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Harpers Ferry, West Virginia

True Treats

Time travel with sweets across history at this research-based candy store.
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Shepherdstown, West Virginia

O'Hurley's General Store

This general store is more than a century old and home to various oddities and antiques.
Added by OKonheim