Beauty is definitely in the eye of the beholder. Sometimes beauty can be found in the most remote of places, hidden away like a treasure waiting to be discovered. Below are some photos of some amazingly beautiful abandoned places from around the world that look like they came straight from a movie scene. These hidden relics withstood the test of time and like a fine wine, aged over time and became something so much more interesting.
These 85 pictures of abandoned places are proof that a place doesn’t have to be full of bustling people to be the most stunning thing you’ve ever seen.
26Norway, the country of fairy tales
27If you travel up to the middle of nowhere in the UK, you might be lucky enough to find the remnants of a long lost people
28In 1938 a massive flood destroyed the road, forever stranding this concrete arc bridge in the mountains above Los Angeles
29An agave growing massive in this long-abandoned greenhouse
30Abandoned Bucket Wheel Excavator
31Abandoned stairway in the woods of Madame Sherri Forest, Chesterfield, NH
32Abandoned Boeing 737 in Bali
33Detroit’s Mark Twain Library, which was closed in 1996 for renovations and never reopened
34Abandoned Underground Submarine Base in Albania
35The Abandoned Swimming Pool at the University of Rochester
3650 years of movie history rotting in the ruins of the Bendestorf Movie Studios, Germany
37Abandoned drive-in theatre
38Island with an abandoned castle
39 Abandoned Highway in Columbus, Ohio
40An abandoned Greek submarine base
41A decaying great white shark at an abandoned aquarium in Melbourne
42Abandoned house in northern California
43Abandoned Rail Bridge in Taiwan
44Cointe Observatory, built by the University of Liège in 1881-82
45An abandoned water park in Hue, Vietnam
46Abandoned Colorado Mill
47Detroit in 2003
48Get your kicks on Route 66
49Popcorn left in a theater
50Abandoned home in Detroit
