Tag Archive | abandoned places
Abandoned Places That Will Make Awesome Supervillain Lairs.
The Witley Park Estate. In Surrey, on the grounds of the burned and demolished Lea Park Mansion, lies Witley Park — the kind of dignified Evil Lord setting that makes steampunk-themed mustache-twirling gentlemen squeal in character-breaking delight. At first glance, the area seems like your quintessential English landscape, but then you start to notice the […]
Abandoned places : Water Park , Russia.
A massive, indoor water park was planned for the children of Russia, one towering many stories high with a myriad of rides within. Yet before this park could be completed, the developer went belly up and couldn’t afford its completion. The structure was to house many pools, water slides and other water-based fun, and appeared […]
Abandoned Beach Resort City, Varosha, Cyprus.
Decades ago, Varosha (Famagusta) on the island of Cyprus was the top resort destination in the eastern Mediterranean. In 1974, the Turkish intervention in Cyprus brought the area under Turkish control, where it remains off limits to modern Cypriots. While the seaside resort buildings remain mostly in tact, the streets and beaches of Varosha remain […]
Abandoned Places : Pripyat, Chernobyl, Ukraine.
It’s difficult to find a greater metaphor for the rise and fall of the Soviet Union than Pripyat, Ukraine. In a span of sixteen years, the population of Pripyat grew from zero to 50,000 and back down to zero, following the greatest nuclear power disaster in human history. Pripyat was billed as an atomic city, […]
Abandoned places : Ryugyung Hotel, Pyongyang, North Korea.
The Ryugyung Hotel in Pyongyang, North Korea is one of the 20th century’s greatest architectural failures. Initially designed as a beacon of progress and power for this misunderstood peninsula nation, the Ryugyung Hotel was unable to sustain construction when the North Korean government simply ran out of money. Ground was broken in 1987, construction was […]
