Amusement parks, forgotten train stations, aborted housing projects and underwater cities range from hauntingly beautiful to downright creepy. Here are nine Eerie Abandoned Places That Will Creep You out! Maunsell Sea Forts, UK Built during world war two and used as armed lookout towers. One fort off the coast of Suffolk was declared the Principality of Sealand by the Bates family in 1967. It’s not officially recognized as a sovereign state, but you can purchase a Lord, Baron or Count title from there if you’d like. Mirny Diamond Mine, Russia Almost a mile wide and visible from space, this Siberian open-pit mine was built in the Stalin era to supply the Soviet Union with industrial diamonds. Digging began in 1955, creating the second largest man-made hole in the world. The mine closed in the 2000s. Hotel del Salto, Colombia Said to be haunted by ghosts of former patrons who fell to their death, this cliffside “Mansion of Tequendama Falls” was built in the 1920s and was once an elegant hotel for wealthy tourists. However, the Bogotá river was found to be contaminated so the place closed down. Manteno State Mental Hospital, USA This Illinois psychiatric facility was built in 1927, and once housed over 8000 patients. A lot of experimental shock treatment and lobotomies took place here over the years. Allegations of secret medical testing by the military are also part of Manteno’s macabre legacy. It closed its doors in 1985. Gulliver’s Kingdom, Japan In the 1990s someone thought building a Gulliver’s Travels theme park at the foot of Mount Fuji would draw the crowds. Despite plenty of government support, the project failed after only a few years. The ill-advised theme park closed in 2001 and was demolished in 2007. Pripyat, Ukraine After the Chernobyl nuclear disaster irradiated the vicinity back in 1986, it remains untouched since the fateful incident and is now open to brave tourists who want to explore this post-apocalyptic ghost town. Orpheum Theater, USA The former Majestic Opera House was a vaudeville theater and movie house in New Bedford, Massachusetts. It opened in April 15, 1912 (the same day the Titanic sank) but closed down in 1958. Canfranc Rail Station, Spain This was once an elegant Art Nouveau train station in the Pyrenees between France and Spain. After a derailment accident in 1970, the station closed down. However, deep underground, it now serves as a secret laboratory conducting research on dark matter. Shi Cheng Underwater City, China 40 meters under Qiandao Lake is China’s very own “Atlantis of the East”. The preserved stone structures are like a time capsule dating back to the Ming and Qing dynasties, which ruled from 1368 to 1912.

Comments

1. adaptive reuse architecture would apply for some
2. that first one is like that place in subnautica
3. Well I'm sorry to say I wasn't in fact creeped out
4. why cant americans say any english place names? suffolk plz :(
5. First one looks like it's off of stranded deep
6. I have been to the first one
7. You forgot my room
8. Thumbs down because of the thumbnail.
9. Why would they use footage of the Monterey coastline when talking about Qingdao Lake, China? That's one of the great mysteries to me.
10. you know perfectly good,beautiful buildings that closed for pretty stupid reasons, wasteful
11. none of these are scary there just places rejected by socioty
12. spookaa
13. Buzzfeed more
14. Spooky!