1. Danvers State Insane Asylum
Bet, this time, you’re positive the exteriors for the 2nd season of the
AHS: Asylum were filmed in this creepy place. Nope. Wrong again! Danvers
State Hospital in Massachusetts has gone by many names; it’s been
variously known as the Danvers Insane Asylum, State Lunatic Hospital,
even Hell House on the Hill and other such lovely monikers. During its
heyday in the 20s and 30s there were controversies over its given out
the use of drugs, shock therapy and lobotomies – as a matter of fact, it
may have been the birthplace of lobotomy. Eventually, Danvers
transformed into unsanitary and equally dangerous place for both the
patients and staff. And since its closure it has fallen into a state of
despair and severe creepiness. Beware, as it’s one of the most violently
haunted asylums in the world.
2. Hotel del Salto — San Antonio del Tequendama, Colombia
No, it’s not the set of American Horror Story: Hotel, even though La
Casa del Salto del Tequendama does have a past twisted enough to shoot a
movie. It was built up in 1923 and named the Hotel del Santo in the
50s. Picturesque location alongside the Tequendama waterfalls in central
Colombia attracted many travelers. A few decades later the level of
river pollution caused the hotel’s abandonment. Recently it has been
changed into a museum, though. And still, the creepiest part remains the
same; many believe that this place is haunted since it was known during
its prime time as a site for numerous suicide cases.
3. Pripyat, Ukraine
An abandoned city, located in northern Ukraine, once bustled with almost
500,000 residents is now a radioactive ghost town over-run by nature.
In 1986, Pripyat became a ground zero for the deadliest nuclear disaster
in history when an ‘accident’ destroyed a reactor and caused deadly
radiation to spread throughout the city. The levels of radiation remain
too high for people to live there again though it’s safe for tourist to
visit. The city will stay abandoned forever, as that much radiation
won’t vanish for hundreds of years.
4. House of the Bulgarian Communist Party — Mount Buzludzha, Bulgaria
The Buzludzha
monument or the ‘House-Monument of the Bulgarian Communist Party’ used
to be a wonder back in the day. Opened in 1981, it served as a symbolic
meeting point for the communist regime. But with the fall of the Soviet
Union in less than a decade later it went into disrepair; now abandoned,
this huge concrete building looks like an alien ship. The extreme
location of this otherworldly monument, on Mount Buzludzha, puts it in
the path of severe storms, ravaging winds and harsh winters. The outer
windows were the first to go, escorted by the most of the metal-tiled
roof, which is why the plans are being made to restore it.
5. Kolmanskop, Namibia
Kolmanskop is one of the most famous haunting ghost towns in the world.
It is located in the Namib Desert and was founded in the 1900s when
first diamond was found in the sand. Within a few years, hundreds of
German families set up homes here desperately seeking their fortune.
Year by year it has been turning into bustling oasis which had to be
abandoned to the wind and sand within just 50 years. Run-down buildings
are falling apart, and their insides are filled with sand from the
surrounding desert. The remains of Kolmanskop work as a magnet for ghost
hunters, which is why De Beers Company set a museum to keep the town in
somewhat decent shape and preserve the history of Kolmanskop.
6. Sanzhi UFO Houses, Taiwan
Other-worldly appearance and wacky architecture of these saucer-like
houses made them widely known as Sanzhi UFO houses the mysterious “ruins
of the future”. Sanzhi Pod City became abandoned two years after it was
built. This resort complex was built in 1978 in Taiwan. In 2 years due
to some investment issues and other financial losses, the project was
abandoned and left to the mercy of time. Sanzhi Pod City managed to find
its way onto various A-lists of eerie ghost towns though and even has
been used by MTV as a filming location.
7. Red Sands Sea Forts, the United Kingdom
These huge metal Maunsell gun towers were originally constructed in 1943
during the Second World War to protect Britain from the German Navy.
The bizarre-looking concrete monsters are named after Guy Maunsell, the
engineer that designed them. Some of the towers survived to this day
after they were decommissioned and left abandoned in the 50s. A few of
them are still standing out as sea, remarkable as ever. Even though
their lives weren’t rather long, these forts are outstanding relics of
2WW architectural history.
8. Mirny Diamond Mine – Eastern Siberia, Russia
The second largest excavated hole in the world- Mirny was made by
Stalin, who desperately wanted a more independent economy for the USSR.
It was the 1st and the largest diamond mine in the Soviet Union. The Mir
mine also known as Mirny mine is now inactive after 44 years of surface
operation. The mine is 1,722 ft deep and has a diameter of 3,900 ft. It
started to develop in 1957. Climate conditions were extremely harsh to
mine: 7 winter month of frozen ground vs. brief summer month of the
slush-turned ground. And yet Mir mine was producing 10,000,000 carats of
diamond/year in the 60s.
9. The Haunting New Bedford Orpheum -U.S.A.
Not only is April 15, 1912, a significant day because of the Auditorium
opening, but also it happened to be the day the Titanic sunk. It
functioned as the Orpheum for 47 years. This once-mighty theatre space
was used to entertain the immense audiences. Since the New Bedford
Orpheum closed its doors in 1959, part of the building became a
supermarket ant then a warehouse. Sadly today, it remains completely
abandoned, and still it never fails to impress, though.
10. Underwater Lost City Shicheng, China
Fifty-seven
years ago, the Xin’an River Hydropower Station trapped the
1,300-year-old Chinese city of Shicheng (Lions City) under water. It was
named Lion City after 5 Lion Mountain risen largely behind it. It is
truly an astonishing sight. The city stands preserved from destructive
forces of erosion, like sun, wind and rain, beneath the Qiandao Lake, so
it were almost untouched and managed to stay in pretty good condition.
Archeologists call it a “virtual time capsule”, but if you wanna open
it, you’ll have to get some scuba gear.
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