On the territory of the former USSR, one can find a large number of abandoned objects that remind us of the greatness of the Soviet Union. Military facilities, equipment, factories, submarines and spaceships turned out to be unnecessary to anyone, and therefore their fate was not in the best way. Let's take a look at the legacy of the Soviet Union during the Cold War, which is found in Russia and neighboring countries.
Abandoned Collider. Protvino, Moscow region.
Aralsk-7, Renaissance island. A ghost town where biological weapons were rumored to be tested. A completely autonomous city was urgently abandoned in the early 90s.
Over-the-horizon radar station Duga (radar station Duga, Pripyat, Ukraine) was created for early detection of launches of intercontinental ballistic missiles. Construction was completed in 1985 near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.
Radar Duga had cyclopean dimensions! Height - 140 m, length - 500 m. 200 thousand tons of metal were used for construction. The station was not on combat duty and did not pass the tests.
The Kola superdeep well (Murmansk region) is the deepest in the world. Its depth is 12,262 meters; diameter of the upper part - 92 cm, diameter of the lower part - 21.5 cm. (Archival photo of 1974).
Kola superdeep well. This is how the object looks today. In 2008, the facility was abandoned, the equipment was dismantled, and the destruction of the building began.
Station for the study of the ionosphere (Ukraine, Zmiev). It was built as an analogue of the American HAARP project in Alaska in the late 80s.
Kyiv Electric Transport Plant has a long history. The opening took place on May 1, 1906. In the photo: Factory shop in the 80s.
During 1974 - 1985. about a hundred new KTG cargo trolleybuses rolled off the assembly line every year. And this is how the Kiev Electric Transport Plant looks today.
Nuclear power plant in Shchelkino. There are many Crimean secret (and not so) abandoned objects, because the peninsula was a frontier of defense in the south of the USSR and the Russian Empire. This nuclear power plant, for example, was supposed to supply electricity to the entire Crimea.
They began to build the station in 1974, and in 1987, after the Chernobyl tragedy, the construction site was frozen. The station had already managed by that time to take a place in the Guinness Book of Records as the most expensive nuclear reactor in the world.
Object No. 221, Crimea is a truly secret object. The photo shows a dummy building that hides a chain of bunkers underground. Fearing a nuclear strike, the leadership of the USSR built a bunker for the Reserve Command Post.
Tunnels of object No. 221 (Crimea). In addition to the command post, 10,000 people, officers and their families, were to be evacuated underground in the event of a nuclear threat.
The Crimean bunker was abandoned in 1992. According to some reports, he was 90% ready.
Object 825 GTS - underground base submarines in Balaklava. Secret military facility during the Cold War. The underground complex was built for 8 years - from 1953 to 1961. After closing in 1993, most of the complex was not guarded.
Object Object 825 GTS is located in Mount Tavros and is a structure of the first category of protection (direct hit by a 100 kt atomic bomb).
Object 825 anti-nuclear doors.
It's hard to believe, but there are whole cemeteries of equipment left for various reasons back in the days of the USSR. In the photo: Equipment involved in the liquidation of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. A familiar sight for fans of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
This sad picture in the photo is an abandoned hangar near the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. A few years ago, photographer Ralph Mirebs visited the hangar. Assembled space shuttles Izdeliye 1.02 "Buran-2" - the answer of the USSR to the American Shuttles.
In 1988, the space shuttle Buran (product 1.01) made an automatic flight into space. In 2002, during the collapse of the assembly and test building No. 112, Buran was destroyed.
The collapse of the USSR and the growth of budget cuts forced the reduction of the space program.
Spaceships have remained frozen in time.
The building cannot be called destroyed, despite the deplorable state.
This is what the hangar looks like from the outside.
The Project 903 Lun ekranoplan missile ship is a Soviet aircraft carrier killer, as it was called in the United States. And that was not far from the truth. The ekranoplan was designed to deal with surface ships by launching a missile attack.
The harrier, due to its high speed of movement and invisibility to radars, can swim up to aircraft carriers at a distance of an accurate missile launch.
Lun has come a long way from the start of development in the 70s to the transfer to trial operation in 1990. And already in 1991, the operation was completed.
This is how the ekranoplan looks today. It was mothballed at the dock in Kaspiysk. All secret electronics have been put into storage.
Amderma, Lena-M radar. Village on the coast Kara Sea in Soviet times it was the center of the largest military infrastructure in the Arctic. Large radar installations were installed here and fighter aircraft were based.
Amderma, control point of the radar complex.
Amderma. Spheres of radio-transparent shelters for mobile radars.
And this is the suburbs, our days. A whole arsenal military equipment abandoned in the forest.
Such a picture, they say, is not so rare in our country. Entire military bases are completely abandoned.
Skrunda - once a secret military unit of the USSR - the whole city of Latvia is abandoned. There are many such ghosts throughout the former union.
The abandoned Eighth shop of the Dagdiesel plant in the city of Kaspiysk. Naval weapon test station, which was put into operation in 1939. Located at a distance of 2.7 km from the coast.
If desired, abandoned aircraft can also be found in the expanses of the former USSR. This one, for example, is not far from the airport in Riga.
Yes, there are planes! Entire airfields are abandoned. Here, for example, in the city of Vozdvizhenka, Primorsky Krai.
Airport, Vozdvizhenka, Primorsky Krai.
Abandoned planes, Vozdvizhenka, Primorsky Krai.
Missile system R-12 Dvina (Postavy). The complex was built in 1964 and was in service until 1994. One of the objects of the Cold War.
According to some reports, this picture was taken the day before the death of the K-159 during transportation for disposal.
Project 613 submarines - a series of Soviet medium diesel-electric submarines built in 1951-1957.
These creepy images of abandoned places on our planet give us an idea of what this world would look like if people left it.
A tree grows in an abandoned piano
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UFO houses in Sanzhi, Taiwan
Also known as the Sanzhi Skeet Houses, a futuristic complex of 60 durable fiberglass UFO-shaped houses in Sanzhi County, Xinbei, Taiwan. An unrealized project of groups of companies under the patronage of the state of a complex of ultra-modern houses for the capital's rich.
Overgrown Palace, Poland
In 1910 this palace was built as a home for the Polish nobility. Under the communist regime, the palace became an agricultural technical school, and then a mental hospital. The building has been empty since the 1990s.
Jet Star Amusement Park, New Jersey, USA
These slides remained in Atlantic Ocean after Storm Sandy in 2013. They rusted for six months until they were dismantled.
Abandoned house in the forest
Church in Saint-Etienne, France
Abandoned church with dummies of parishioners, Netherlands
Puppet factory, Spain
tree sprouting through bike
Shipwrecks on a sandbar, Bermuda Triangle
Floating forest, Sydney, Australia
Cinema in Detroit, Michigan, USA
As Detroit deteriorated, many of its historic buildings were abandoned.
Shipyard in Vallejo, California, USA
The Mare Island Naval Shipyard served as a submarine port during both World Wars. In the 1990s, the building was abandoned and flooded.
House between two trees, Florida, USA
Titanic
The Titanic went to the first and last flight in April 1912. 73 years later big ship at the beginning of the 20th century was found at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean.
Circular railway, Paris, France
The Petite Ceinture railway was built in 1852 and ran between the main stations of Paris within the walls of the city. During its operation, it connected five city highways. Since 1934, the railway, as well as some of its stations, has been partially abandoned.
Spreepark, Berlin, Germany
In 1969, an amusement park with rides, cafes and green lawns was built on the banks of the Spree in the southeast of the city. After the unification of the two Berlins, the park lost its relevance and closed due to insufficient funding.
Library, Russia
Island house, Finland
Turquoise Canal, Venice, Italy
Like any other city, Venice has abandoned places. But there they look even more picturesque.
Stairway to nowhere, Pismo Beach, California, USA
Nara Dreamland Park, Japan
Nara Dreamland was built in 1961 as the Japanese answer to Disneyland and even included its own version of Sleeping Beauty Castle. Closed in 2006 due to low visitor numbers.
Abandoned Mining Road, Taiwan
abandoned pier
Bare footprints in an abandoned nuclear reactor
indoor water park
Elling, Lake Obersee, Germany
Abandoned administrative building in Italy
Methodist Church in Indiana, USA
Gary, Indiana, was founded in 1905 during the US steel boom. In the 1950s, over 200,000 people lived and worked in this city. After the fall of the dispute on steel, almost half of the city was empty.
Church in the snow, Canada
Blue spiral staircase in european castle
Soviet naval test station in Makhachkala, Russia
Church bell tower in frozen lake, Reschen, Italy
Lake Reschen is a reservoir in which several villages and a 14th-century church were flooded.
Glenwood Power Plant, New York, USA
This power plant, built in 1906, has long been outdated. After closing in 1968, it has been used as a location for filming thrillers and zombie films.
flooded mall
Train station in Canfranc, Spain
Canfranc is a small town located near the French border. In 1928, the largest and most beautiful railway station in the world at that time was opened here, which was called "the sparkling gem of modernity."
In 1970, the railway bridge on the road to Canfranc was destroyed and the station was closed. The bridge was not restored, and the former "pearl of modernity" began to fall into disrepair.
abandoned theater
Car cemetery, Ardennes, Belgium
Many American soldiers on the Western Front during World War II purchased cars for personal use. When the war ended, it turned out that it was very expensive to send them home, and many cars remained here.
Attraction in Chernobyl, Ukraine
Abandoned hospital. Chernobyl, Ukraine
The city of Pripyat was deserted after the disaster in 1986 at the nearby Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Since then it has been empty and will remain empty for thousands of years.
City Hall Subway Station, New York, USA
City Hall Station was opened in 1904 and closed in 1945. Only 600 people a day used it when it was in operation.
Abandoned house in Virginia, USA
Poveglia Island, Italy
Poveglia is an island in the Venetian lagoon, which during the time of Napoleon Bonaparte became an insulator for victims of the plague, and later an asylum for the mentally ill.
Gulliver's Travels Park, Kawagushi, Japan
The park opened in 1997. Lasted only 10 years and was abandoned due to financial problems
Lighthouse on Aniva rock, Sakhalin, Russia
The Aniva lighthouse was established in 1939 by the Japanese (then this part of Sakhalin belonged to them) on a small rock Sivuchya, near the hard-to-reach rocky Cape Aniva. This area is replete with currents, frequent fogs, underwater rocky banks. The height of the tower is 31 meters, the height of light is 40 meters above sea level.
Eilean Donan Castle, Scotland
A castle located on a rocky island in the Loch Duich fjord in Scotland. One of the most romantic castles in Scotland, it is famous for its heather honey and interesting history. Films were filmed in the castle: "The Ghost Goes West" (1935), "The Master of Ballantrae" (1953), "Highlander" (1986), "Mio, My Mio" (1987), "And the whole world is not enough" (1999) , A friend of the bride (2008).
Abandoned windmill, Ontario, Canada
Shicheng Underwater City, China
Under the water column of the Thousand Islands Lake in China is hidden underwater city Shicheng City. The architecture of the city remained almost untouched, for which archaeologists called it the "time capsule". Shicheng or, as it is also called "Lion City", was founded more than 1339 years ago. During the construction of the hydroelectric power station in 1959, it was decided to flood the city.
Seaforts of Munsell, UK
in shallow water North Sea Abandoned sea forts of the air defense system stand above the water off the coast of Great Britain. Their main tasks were to protect the large industrial centers of England from air attacks from the most vulnerable direction - from the sea - from the mouths of the Thames and Mersey rivers and to protect the approaches from the sea to London and Liverpool, respectively.
Christ from the Abyss, San Fruttoso, Italy
Statue of Jesus Christ, located at the bottom of the sea, in the bay of San Fruttuoso, near Genoa. The statue, about 2.5 meters high, was installed on August 22, 1954 at a depth of 17 meters. In addition, in different parts of the world there are several similar statues (both copies of the original and variations on its theme), also bearing the name "Christ from the Abyss".
Ryugyong Hotel, Pyongyang, North Korea
Now it is the largest and tallest building in Pyongyang and the DPRK as a whole. The hotel was supposed to open in June 1989, but construction problems and a lack of materials delayed the opening. The Japanese press estimated the amount spent on the construction at $750 million - 2% of North Korea's GDP. In 1992, due to lack of funding and the general economic crisis in the country, construction was stopped.
The main part of the tower was built, but windows, communications and equipment were not installed. The top of the building is of poor quality and may fall off. The current structure of the building cannot be used. The North Korean government is trying to attract $300 million in foreign investment to develop and build a new design hotel, but for now it has removed the long-term construction from maps and postage stamps.
, .The railway passes under the bridge into the tunnel, makes a loop and exits from the top of the hill to the bridge at a height of 38 m. The Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk - Kholmsk railway was built under the Japanese by Korean forced laborers after the South Sakhalin. The construction process was extremely difficult, because most of the road passed through difficult places - high hills, mountain rivers, forests. There are versions that for every sleeper laid there is one dead worker.
The route can be started in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk: by bus number 105a or by private transport to the village of Klyuchi.
Spy radio station Teufelsberg in Berlin, Germany
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The "devil's mountain" Teufelsberg appeared in Berlin after the Second World War: the fragments of almost 400 thousand destroyed buildings were brought to one place, covered with earth, and then the resulting hill was planted with trees. The Americans, in whose sector the new height turned out to be, built a radar station on its top to wiretap the Soviet neighbors. When Germany was united, the station was closed. For a long time it was only possible to get inside illegally, but now the owners of the territory have opened official access, lead organized tours and even give a discount on the VisitBerlin card. At the top, there are picturesquely painted graffiti ruins, huge skeletons of locators with a tattered tarpaulin spectacularly flapping in the wind, and a great view of Berlin as a bonus.
Visiting cost - 7-15 euros.
Missouri State Penitentiary, USA
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One of the oldest correctional institutions in America had a bad reputation even for a prison: in an institution that opened in 1836, suicide bombers were kept, riots and mass fights with a bloody outcome constantly broke out here. In 2004, it was closed, for several years the gloomy building was quietly dilapidated, but then the prison was converted into a museum. Now they drive here organized tours, in which you can walk with your hands behind your back through the prison courtyard, sit on the bunk and even look into the gas chambers, where death sentences were carried out. For the most daring, there are night tours and ghost-hunting workshops.
Hashima Mining Island, Japan
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The island, 15 km from Nagasaki, was nicknamed Gunkanjima ("cruiser") - from the side it resembles a warship. About a hundred years ago, coal was found on this tiny piece of land, polluted by birds, and within a few years, Hasima turned into one of the largest industrial centers in Japan. Mines, coal processing and industrial plants, residential buildings, shops, schools, cemeteries, swimming pools and more than 5,000 people - and this is on an island 200 m long and 500 m wide. When the coal reserves were exhausted, the mines were closed, people were taken out, allowing them to take with only the essentials, and Hasima turned into a ghost town: what it looks like today can be seen, for example, in the film “007: Skyfall Coordinates” (the lair of the villain Raul Silva is copied from Hasima).
The cost of visiting - from $ 33
Power Plant IM power plant in Charleroi, Belgium
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The old coal-fired power plant regularly supplied energy to the entire Belgian region of Montceau-sur-Sambre, but was closed under pressure from environmentalists in 2007: their studies showed that it was Power Plant IM that generated 10% of all CO2 emissions in Belgium. The station is always promised to be demolished, but so far they have not gathered. In the meantime, the bottom line is that it is illegally visited by lovers of industrial ruins, photographers and curious tourists. The cooling tower looks especially impressive - a grandiose well with a funnel overgrown with moss in the center.
More: Charleroi is located 50 km from Brussels, the station is easy to find by the cooling tower sticking out above the town.
Amusement park Six Flags-Jazzland in New Orleans, USA
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Hurricane Katrina put an end to the local fun: Jazzland remained flooded with water for more than a month and, as a result, was almost completely destroyed. New Orleans has recovered from the disaster, but the park is still in ruins and desolation, although the owners regularly report that they are about to start putting it in order. In the meantime, Hollywood directors are actively filming him in films about zombies and the post-apocalyptic world.
More: The park is located 25 minutes from the city center.
Maunsell tower forts, England
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Anti-aircraft defense towers at the mouth of the Thames near Essex were built to protect London and Liverpool from the sea. After the war, some of them housed meteorological centers, others - pirate radio stations, and one of the platforms even managed to visit the self-proclaimed Principality of Sealand. Today, the forts are abandoned, the iron bridges connecting them largely rusted and crumbling to dust. Only a couple of towers are suitable for safe visiting - from one of them Red Sands Radio, supported by enthusiasts, sometimes tries to broadcast.
More: special cruises are organized to the forts from Whitstable Harbor - on the historic Greta sailboat (48 pounds, www.greta1892.co.uk) or tugboat (x-pilot.co.uk). The operationredsandforts.com company takes from 45 pounds, and also offers to work in a volunteer team involved in the restoration and conservation of the forts - and this is perhaps the only opportunity to visit the inside of the towers legally.
The cost of visiting - 45 - 50 pounds
La Petite Ceinture railway in Paris, France
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The ring railway was built in 1852 - it was supposed to connect the Paris stations. But in the end, the metro took over its functions, and in the 1930s the road was closed. Paths overgrown with grass and bushes, bridges and tunnels have turned into a spontaneous park - gloomy, painted with graffiti, dangerous at night, but very impressive and completely unformatted for one of the most tourist-trampled cities in the world. The municipality is considering revitalization projects for La Petite Ceinture: for example, launching tourist trains or mobile trains along a branch that goes around the entire center of Paris shopping centers selling souvenirs and fast food, but so far these are only projects.
More: officially, several pieces of the road between the 12th and 16th arrondissement are open for walking.
Monument Buzludzha, Bulgaria
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For the Bulgarian communists, this Balkan peak was sacred: it was here that the local Communist Party was established at a secret congress. In 1981, a monstrous monument was built here for hard money in honor of those glorious events: a stele crowned with a star, two clinking torches and a concrete bunker that most of all looks like a lost UFO. Here they accepted pioneers, celebrated the achievements of Bulgarian socialism and organized mass festivities with barbecues and fireworks. When socialism ended in Bulgaria, the monument was plundered a little more than completely - even the decorative interior lining of granite and marble was taken out. Only the concrete skeleton strewn with slag remained - but it also makes an unforgettable impression.
More: The most convenient way to get to Buzludzha is from Gabrovo, combining a visit with a visit to the Shipka Pass.
Michigan Central Station in Detroit, USA
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A piece of the Great Railroad Era and the best illustration for the finale of Atlas Shrugged, Detroit's main railroad junction was once the tallest train station in the world. Every day, up to two hundred trains left from here to all parts of the country. But railways lost to airplanes, the car boom ended, and with it the city of Detroit, along with its skyscraper train station. The last train left from here in 1988, since then only vandals and film studios have been occupying the building - for example, some scenes from the movie "Transformers" and Eminem's video Beautiful were filmed here.
More: You can legally get inside the building only during extremely rare actions to draw attention to the architectural monument, when access is open to a limited number of visitors - mainly reporters and photographers.
Hospital Beelitz-Heilstätten, Germany
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The hospital complex consists of more than 60 buildings and is one of the ten most beautiful modern ruins. The hospital was built for more than 30 years - starting from 1898, initially it was supposed to treat tuberculosis here, but in the end a whole medical town came out - with hospitals, sanatoriums and an institute where doctors were trained and research was conducted. In 1916, Hitler was treated here, and in 1990, Honecker. Restoration work is underway in some buildings, but most of them are abandoned and looted - and against the backdrop of clean and ruddy restored buildings, the devastation is even more impressive.
More: the hospital is located 40 km from Berlin, you can get there by train from Berlin Hbf station (every hour).
What you see on your monitor screens is not horror movie freeze-frames, although each of the locations captured in these photos can become a ready-made film set for a chilling thriller or horror-style movie. And in some places, filmmakers have already worked. Online magazine Fancy Hotels invites you to go on a virtual tour of the abandoned places of the planet, the sight of which makes even the most staunch pragmatists uncomfortable. 1.
Now it is a ghost town in the Kyiv region, which was founded in 1970 in connection with the construction of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, and was empty in April 1986 after the explosion of one of its power units. At the time of the disaster, about 43,960 people lived in Pripyat, including 15,500 children. Most of the townspeople were employees of the ill-fated facility.
Mir underground diamond mine.
It is located in the village of Mirny of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) in Western Siberia. Strictly speaking, this deposit is still being actively developed today, so it cannot be called abandoned. However, now mining is carried out only underground, and the open part of the mine, 525 meters deep and 1200 meters in diameter, has not been used since 2001. This quarry is the 4th in the world in depth after another Yakut deposit "Udachnaya", the Chilean Chuquicamata and the American Bingham Canyon.
Abandoned house on Seneca Lake, New York, USA.
The gloomy cottage, long abandoned by its inhabitants, makes an even more eerie impression from the fact that several old cars have found their last refuge in its immediate vicinity.
The Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang, North Korea.
Its construction began back in 1987. According to the original design, the height of the Ryugyong Hotel was to be 330 meters. Had it been delivered on time, it could have become the tallest hotel and the 7th tallest building in the world. Futile attempts to complete the construction of Ryugyong continued for more than 20 years, until the authorities of the North Korean capital announced their intention to partially commission the facility in 2013. Which, however, has not happened so far.
Willard Mental Hospital in New York.
Is it worth explaining the reasons why such an oppressive atmosphere reigns here. The institution was founded in 1869, years the methods of curing mental ailments were not distinguished by any kind of humanity. The patients were in the walls of Willard not of their own free will and were subjected to rather cruel procedures. The clinic has been closed for 20 years.
UFO houses in Sanzhi, Taiwan.
Also known as "skeet houses". This is a complex of 60 buildings in a futuristic design that has not been put into operation.
Six Flags amusement park in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
The once grand entertainment complex ceased to exist in 2005 after the infamous Hurricane Katrina nearly destroyed the city.
Gulliver's Travels amusement park in Kawaguchi, Japan.
The magnificent view of Mount Fuji did not save this complex from ruin. Having existed for less than 5 years, Gulliver's Travels closed due to the financial problems of the owners.
Bannerman Castle on Pollepel Island, New York, USA.
Frank Bannerman was a wealthy Scottish arms dealer who made a huge fortune selling ammunition during the Spanish-American War. Not finding best place to store goods, he bought an island and built a castle on it in the traditional European style and used it as a warehouse. In 1969, a major fire caused irreparable damage to the buildings, and the state government, which had bought the land a few years earlier, decided not to restore them.
Disney's Discovery Island Park in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA.
The area, owned by the Walt Disney Company, has been used as a zoo and conservation area since 1974. The island was closed to the public in 1999, and all its inhabitants moved to a nearby theme park Disney's Animal Kingdom.
Lighthouse at Cape Aniva in the Sakhalin Region.
The 31-meter-high structure was built in 1939, but has not been functioning for many years and has been looted by looters.
Train station in Canfranc, Spain.
Station international communication was opened in the municipality of Canfranc near the border with France in 1928. The station managed to survive the Second world war, but the collapse of the railway bridge in 1970 led to its closure.
Miranda Castle in Sele, Belgium.
Built in 1886, the building has been unoccupied since 1991 due to legal disputes between the former owner's heirs and the local municipality.
Stopped functioning due to the full development of the field.
Eilean Donan Castle on an island in the Loch Duich fjord, Scotland.
It was erected in the 13th century along with a stone bridge, through which communication was carried out with the mainland. In 1719, during the next battle between the Scots and the British, the building was destroyed. At the beginning of the 20th century, representatives of the MacRae clan bought the castle and began work on its restoration. Today this place is a tourist attraction and receives tourists from all over the world.
Hashima Island, Japan.
It is small pacific island located near the city of Nagasaki. The area has been rich and populous since 1810, when coal was discovered. After the reserves ran out, the mines were closed in 1974. The population left the island in a few weeks.
Mill building in Ontario, Canada.
One can only guess why no one showed interest in the restoration of the historic building, which fell into disrepair, as the equipment used in the production of flour was hopelessly outdated and the mill was closed.
City Hall underground station in New York City, USA.
Grand opening new station New York subway took place in 1904. After 40 years, it became obvious that the building did not meet the technical standards of operation. In 1945 City Hall was closed.
Orpheus Theater Hall in New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA.
Was popular place entertainment of the urban public from 1912 to 1958. After closing, it was used as a warehouse for tobacco products. Charitable organizations are currently raising funds to help restore the theater to its former glory.
Holy Land Park in Waterbury, Connecticut, USA.
Probably, the biblical stories on which the theme of the park was based ceased to be popular with visitors, and in 1984 the institution was closed.
Power plant building in Monceau, Belgium.
More specifically, her cooling tower for water, which over the years of inactivity has grown over with moss.
The SS America liner wrecked off the coast of the island of Fuerteventura in the Canary archipelago.
For more than 50 years of operation, the ship has changed several names and many owners. At the beginning of 1993, it was decided to arrange a 5-star hotel on board. But this never happened, as the liner got into a storm and ran aground.
The underwater city of Shi Chen in China.
Territory ancient city was flooded artificial lake after the completion of the construction of the local hydroelectric power station. The mysterious city, buried under a water column of 26-40 meters, is well preserved and still attracts the attention of numerous researchers.
Domino sugar factory in New York, Brooklyn, USA.
The territory, empty for several decades, has finally attracted the attention of investors. In the near future, a new residential quarter with a developed infrastructure should appear here.
Mansell Sea Forts - Sealand, UK.
These are fortifications erected during the Second World War to protect the United Kingdom from the German invasion. They got the name of their developer Guy Munsell. The troops left these structures in the 50s, after which they were used for other purposes. So, one of the forts turned into unrecognized state called the Principality of Sealand.
Plot of the Great Chinese wall, China.
This is a monumental frontier fortification, which was built to protect the borders of the Chinese Empire from nomadic raids from the north. The construction of the wall began even before our era, and throughout its history it has been destroyed and forgotten more than once. Despite the fact that restoration work has been going on for more than 30 years, far from tourist routes sections of the wall are still in a deplorable state.
Michigan Central station in Detroit, Michigan, USA.
It existed from its opening in 1913 until January 1988, when the decision was made to stop the operation of the station.
Dadipark amusement park in Dadizel, Belgium.
It was opened in 1949. After an accident that resulted in a serious injury to a child, in 2002 the park was closed for reconstruction, but never resumed its work.
Military hospital in Belitz, Germany.
Located 40 km from Berlin, the building complex was built between 1898 and 1930. After the Second World War, this territory was occupied by Soviet troops, and the hospital was taken over by them. A fall Berlin Wall and the political events that followed led to the demise of the institution.
Wherever he is, music has not been heard here for a long time.
Partially preserved Gothic stained-glass windows almost do not let in light, but the chairs are still waiting for the parishioners.
Wonderland amusement park in Beijing, China.
Its construction was suspended in 1998 due to financial problems, but never resumed.
Railway depot in Czestochowa, Poland.
Both the depot building and the trains themselves were not needed by the city.
This is just one of the many facilities of the military industry, which fell into disrepair in the 90s.
Hotel Del Salto in Colombia.
In 1923, a mansion designed by architect Carlos Arturo Tapia was built, later turned into a hotel. Due to the deterioration of the picturesque Tekendama waterfall, located nearby, the flow of tourists began to dry up. In the 1990s, the period of decline of the building began. Currently the hotel that received the status of the object cultural heritage, renovated and turned into a museum.
Christ from the abyss of the bay of San Fruttuoso off the coast of Italy.
The bronze statue did not sink at all. It was installed by scuba diver Duilio Marchante, wanting to perpetuate the memory of his deceased colleague. The height of the statue is 2.5 meters, the placement depth is 17 meters.
Railroad in Lebanon, Missouri, USA.
Apparently, it turned out to be unclaimed after the closure of the iron ore mines.
Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
The neo-Gothic building, erected in 1829 by the architect John Haviland, was honored a hundred years later to host the famous gangster Al Capone, who was convicted of illegal possession of weapons and sentenced to 10 months in prison. The prison was closed in 1971, and now there are guided tours for everyone.
Tunnel of Love in Klevan, Ukraine.
A section of the railway track 4 km long became natural monument attracting the attention of tourists. Thickets of trees and bushes are tightly intertwined, forming a picturesque tunnel of an ideal arch shape.
On the territory of the former Soviet Union, you can find a large number of large-scale projects that turned out to be unnecessary. The grandiose objects, on which a lot of money was once spent, fell into disrepair over time, and are now of value only to curious travelers and diggers. This post will introduce you to the most creepy and mysterious places.
Ball near Dubna
In the forest near Dubna, in Russia, a huge hollow ball with a diameter of about 18 meters can be found. Finding it yourself will be difficult, but locals they will always be happy to tell you how to get to the local “attraction”. From a bird's eye view, the ball can be mistaken for a UFO, but in reality it is a dielectric cap for a parabolic space communications antenna. The cap was transported by helicopters, but during transportation the cable burst. It turned out to be too problematic to take out the dome. It is made, by the way, of fiberglass honeycomb structure. Any noise is repeatedly amplified in it and a powerful echo is emitted.
Khovrinsk hospital
Eleven-story abandoned, unfinished hospital in Moscow. Traditionally falls into all sorts of non-official ratings of the most scary places planets. The construction of a multidisciplinary hospital began in the 80s. It was designed for 1,300 beds. They stopped construction after 5 years, when all the buildings had already been erected. Ironically, for all subsequent decades, the Khovrinsky hospital does not save, but cripples and takes lives. Homeless people, drug addicts and thrill-seekers have been “registered” here for a long time. Accidents on the territory of patients are a sad reality.
Crimean NPP
An unfinished nuclear power plant, which is located near the city of Shchelkino. The first design calculations were made in 1964. Construction began in 1975. It was assumed that this nuclear power plant will provide electricity to the entire Crimean peninsula. It was also supposed to be the starting point for the further development of industry in these places. The first reactor was planned to be launched in 1989, the construction went on without any deviations. However, the shaken economy of the USSR, together with the tragedy at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, put an end to the Crimean project. At that time, more than 500 million Soviet rubles were spent on the station, and the warehouses had materials and equipment for another 250 million Soviet rubles. All this was stolen in the following years. It is worth adding that the Crimean nuclear power plant was included in the Guinness Book of Records as the most expensive power plant of this type.
Balaklava
In 2003, for the first time in 46 years of its existence, the Balaklava submarine base appeared on public display. Today it is an exclusively tourist site, and once the base was one of the most secret objects of the Soviet Union. Submarines were located in a huge underground complex. The base could withstand a nuclear attack with the most powerful charges and was built in case of an atomic war. The base consists of a water channel, a dry dock, numerous warehouses of various profiles and buildings for military personnel. The object was closed in 1994, after the last submarine was withdrawn from it. For many years, the pride of the Soviet Union was simply stolen.
Object 221
Not far from Sevastopol, in addition to the already mentioned base for the repair of submarines, you can find another once secret object of the Soviet Union. We are talking about a bunker - object 221. It had many names, but behind all of them was a reserve command post of the Black Sea Fleet. You can find an object under the village of Morozovka. It was real underground city. Construction began in 1977. The object lies at a depth of 200 meters, where 4 floors of buildings are located. The total area of the underground part of the complex is 17 thousand sq.m. To date, the object is completely looted and ruined.
Nuclear lighthouse at Cape Aniva
On Sakhalin, you can find Cape Aniva, where a unique atomic lighthouse is located. The lighthouse is nine stories high. Previously, up to 12 people could be on duty in it. Today, this once unique complex is completely looted by looters and does not function.
Missile complex "Dvina"
The collapse of the Soviet Union "gave" the former republics a huge arsenal of various weapons, including silos. So, under the capital of Latvia, in the forests, you can find the once unique, secret Dvina launch complex. It was built in 1964. This huge complex, consisting of bunkers and silos, most of which are flooded today. Visiting the complex is highly discouraged due to the remnants of extremely poisonous rocket fuel there.
Workshop No. 8 of the Dagdiesel plant
In Kaspiysk, in Dagestan, you can find a unique factory workshop built right on the water. The workshop belonged to the Dagdiesel plant. It was built to test naval weapons, in particular a variety of torpedoes and missiles. The plant was unique for the USSR. It was built on a pit with a volume of 530 thousand cubic meters, which was dug out with the help of special shells. An “array” was installed in it, on which an all-metal 14-meter structure was later lowered. total area of the constructed workshop exceeds 5 thousand sq.m. The station was equipped for permanent residence and work. However, by the mid-60s of the XX century, the project was curtailed as unnecessary due to too rapidly changing trends in the field of weapon design. Since then, the building has been abandoned and gradually destroyed by the Caspian Sea.
Lopatinsky phosphate mine
Not far from the city of Vokresensk, in the Moscow region, you can easily find a huge phosphorite mine. This deposit is unique in Europe and the largest. The first developments here began in the 30s of the XX century. All types of bucket-wheel excavators worked in numerous quarries: caterpillar, rail and walking. Rail excavators had special equipment to move the rails. Since the 90s, the mine has been practically abandoned, the quarries are flooded with water, and expensive special equipment is simply rotting in the open.
Station for the study of the ionosphere
In Zmeev, a district of the city in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine, you can find a unique station for studying the ionosphere. It was built almost before the collapse of the USSR. It was a direct analogue of the American Harp project, which is deployed in Alaska and has been successfully operating to this day. The Soviet complex consisted of several antenna fields and one giant parabolic antenna with a diameter of 25 meters. Unfortunately, after the collapse of the union, no one needed the station. Today, incredibly expensive scientific equipment simply rots or is stolen by stalkers and non-ferrous metal hunters.
"Northern Crown"
Initially, the Severnaya Korona Hotel was called Petrogradskaya. Construction began in 1988. The hotel is famous not for its beauty, but for the huge number of accidents during construction. The popularity of the complex was not added by the fact that Metropolitan John died of a heart attack within its walls, immediately after the lighting of the building.
particle accelerator
The USSR could have its own hadron collider. A unique complex began to be built in the Moscow region, in Protvino in the late 80s. As it is not difficult to guess, the collapse of the USSR actually put an end to the scientific project. A 21-kilometer tunnel was already completely ready for the collider. Equipment has even been brought into the facility. Work continued after, but very sluggishly. Financing was literally enough only for lighting the tunnels that were falling into disrepair.
"Oil Rocks"
In Azerbaijan, you can find a real sea city. We are talking about the so-called "oil stones". It appeared after Soviet geologists discovered huge oil deposits in the Caspian Sea in the 1940s. Thanks to the development of mining, a whole city appeared on embankments and metal overpasses. Power plants, hospitals, nine-story houses and much more were built right on the water! In total, there were about 200 platforms with residents on the water. The total mileage of the streets was 350 km. However, the cheap Siberian oil that appeared later put an end to local production, and the city fell into decay.
