40 Chillingly Beautiful Abandoned Photographs

Published August 23, 2013
Updated January 9, 2020

In these abandoned photographs, time is the ultimate source of authority: it weathers trains, sinks stadiums, and causes castles to crumble.

Looking at abandoned photographs, we are reminded of how quickly paint cracks and peels, and we, too, grow old and fade away. To view an abandoned space is to acknowledge the existential emptiness that defines us and yet drives us to fill it with the company of others, a good book, and a handful of living, breathing memories.

In this series of abandoned photographs, time is presented as the ultimate source of authority: it weathers trains, sinks stadiums, and causes castles to crumble. The pictorial message is chilling yet also somewhat liberating; here are 40 of the most evocative abandoned photographs:

Abandoned Photographs

40 Chillingly Beautiful Abandoned Photographs

Abandoned Buildings

Chilling Abandoned Photographs

Abandoned Places

Abandoned Windmill

Abandoned Roller Coaster

Abandoned Photos

Abandoned Castle

Abandoned Places Around The World

Abandoned


Ship In The Dessert

Abandoned Structures


Empty Places




Desolate Photographs

Haunting Abandoned Photographs


Overgrown Buildings

Abandoned City

Abandoned Houses

Abandoned Fortress

Abandoned Temple



Abandoned House


Abandoned Hospital

Abandoned Church

Abandoned Tracks




Creepy Abandoned Places

Creepy Trains

Beautiful Abandoned Photos


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All That's Interesting
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A New York-based publisher established in 2010, All That's Interesting brings together subject-level experts in history, true crime, and science to share stories that illuminate our world.
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Savannah Cox
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Savannah Cox holds a Master's in International Affairs from The New School as well as a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley, and now serves as an Assistant Professor at the University of Sheffield. Her work as a writer has also appeared on DNAinfo.