10 Mysterious Abandoned Places That Smell Like History (11 photos)

There is mystery and majestic beauty in places forgotten by time. Ancient buildings were full of life, and now they have turned into mysterious ruins. In this post, you will see wonderful images that will take you on a journey through interesting abandoned places and historical ruins around the world.





1. Abandoned Church in Ba Vi National Park, Hanoi, Vietnam. These are the ruins of a 19th-century Catholic church, remnants of the French colonial era



2. Abandoned Hospital in Caldas da Rainha, Portugal





The hospital buildings, built in the 19th century, look like an abandoned castle. But for some time, it housed an educational institution.

3. This is an abandoned health resort in Northern Italy. Before the coronavirus pandemic, it was a bustling hotel and a lush valley



4. This was the Dime Savings Bank in Brooklyn, New York



Construction is planned soon, and the abandoned bank will be incorporated into a new residential high-rise.

5. Abandoned Palace in Lisbon, Portugal



The Silva Amado Palace, built in the 1800s, was known for its ornate interiors and tiled panels. In 1928, the building was purchased by the Portuguese state, which left it in a state of disrepair and never renovated it. In the 2000s, after years of neglect, the palace was purchased by a real estate company, and the city approved a plan to partially demolish the building to build apartment buildings in its place.

6. Frozen stairs of the abandoned Soviet ghost town of Pyramiden, located above the Arctic Circle on the island of Spitsbergen



The name of the town comes from the pyramidal shape of the mountain, which is located nearby. The nearest active settlement is Barentsburg, located 120 kilometers from Pyramiden. In 1997, it was decided to close the mine in Pyramiden, as work was difficult to carry out due to special geological conditions.

7. Aqueduct in the landscape park, created in the late 18th century in the village of Lupki, Poland



8. Lennox Castle Psychiatric Hospital in Scotland



Lennox Castle was built between 1837 and 1841 in the style of a Norman castle for John Lennox Kincaid by the architect David Hamilton. The large three-story mansion was made of red sandstone and had crenellated corner towers, a five-story tower, and a large entrance porch on the north side. During World War I, the castle was requisitioned for use as a military hospital. From 1936, the building was used as a psychiatric hospital, which operated until 2002. The castle has now been demolished.

9. Abandoned Park, Vietnam



The idea was to build a huge amusement park to develop tourism in Vietnam. But the project was not profitable and was abandoned because it was too far into the jungle.

10. Abandoned Gilman Mine, Colorado



Gilman is an abandoned mining town in southeastern Eagle County, Colorado, United States. Founded in 1886 during the Colorado Silver Boom, the town later became the center of Colorado's lead and zinc mining industry, centered on the now-flooded Eagle Mine. It was abandoned in 1984 by order of the Environmental Protection Agency due to toxic contaminants, including groundwater contamination, and the mines being unprofitable.