In 1829, the government established a colony on 300 acres of woodland on Staten Island in New York. The poor, the disabled, and the mentally ill were taken there to raise crops and earn their keep -which they did, until...

If being in an abandoned psychiatric hospital isn't scary enough, this one...

The remains of the abandoned Beelitz Sanatorium is a combination of grand arch...

It's a shame such grand homes are built and now no...  ...are built and now no one lives in them. Most are abandoned because restoring them to safe living conditions...

Abandoned communities exist all over the world, and the rea...  ...easons they are empty are quite varied. Some were abandoned because of natural disasters, others because of w...  ...ll refuses to recognise Butugichag on its list of abandoned settlements, shamelessly attempting...

Antarctica has an abundance of abandoned structures for several reasons. No one stays ther...  ...s usually more trouble than it's worth. And those abandoned camps and towns each have a fairly well documente...  ...little tour and see some of the more interesting abandoned

After housing the lepers of Greece for hundreds of...  ...history dating back to the 14th century, this now- abandoned health institution was the first of its kind in G...

St Peter’s Seminary near Cardross, Scotland,...  ...sed in 1987. Since then, it's been left empty and abandoned .Designed by Gillespie, Kidd and Coia, St Peter&rs...

Southwest of Buenos Aires, Argentina, lies a salt lake called Lago Epecuen. Like many mineral springs, a spa industry grew up and and the nearby village boomed into a thriving community called Villa Epecuen.The town&rsqu...

Back in the 1970s, someone got the great idea to b...  ...codes and available cash. Igloo City Hotel is now abandoned and becoming more dilapidated by the day. Wanna s...