Flooding from Hurricane Katrina caused this popular destination to close and now it has become a favorite haunt of photographers, drifters and taggers. This place would be the ideal venue for a future zombie movie.

Welcome to China’s Magic Kingdom called Wonderland.

Goldfield used to be the biggest city in the state of Nevada with 30,000 citizens in 1904. It was a mining boomtown, but the gold mines started to run out by 1920s. And the fire of 1923 destroyed most of Goldfield’s wooden buildings. Nowadays this semi-ghost town is still populated with about 400 people. Most of the buildings are empty, including the abandoned High School of Goldfield.

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Abandoned pool bar "Magic Sunset" in Santorini, Greece. Photos and story by Simonas Šileika

These are the ruins of an abandoned hotel in Greece. It is located at a place that resembles a paradise overlooking the ocean but has been vacant for several years and will unlikely have any visitors in the near future.

There is something depressing about seeing an abandoned amusement park and roller coaster. A place that was previously filled with such joy and excitement now sits decrepit and sad, but yet there is also beauty within these images. It is a great place to film a horror flick.

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An Abandoned Japanese Amusement Park (52 pics)

This amusement park in Japan has seen better days. Although it was once a glorious place for families to have fun, sadly it has been abandoned.

This trendy home was once a cement factory. The abandoned cement factory was discovered in 1973 and converted to this upscale home by architect Ricardo Bofill. The renovation took two years. The home contains various plants including cypresses, olive trees, palms, and eucalyptus. It serves as Bofillo’s apartment, exhibition space, model laboratory, archives, and architectural office. His renovation included exposing previously concealed structures, cleaning cement and demolishing some structures.

This abandoned Prada store with solar panels on the roof is located on a desolate highway 90 in West Texas. It was built as a piece of art and promotional stunt by Scandinavian designers Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset who spent over $80,000 on it. The solar panels generated electricity during the day and at night this boutique’s show-window shined like a rainbow. Sadly, this project didn’t survive the time, because its walls were soon painted with graffiti, windows were broken and shoes were stolen. The funniest thing is that those shoes could only suit people with disabilities, because all of them were “right” foot shoes.

These are photos of bowling alley that have fallen on hard times and been abandoned. I think nearly everyone has fond memories of the bowling alley in their hometown. There have been more than a few good times there.

It’s hard to believe that abandoned airfields exist, especially with many old airplanes, helicopters and trucks left unguardedly. But everything is possible in Ukraine. All these pictures were taken by ordinary travelers who stopped in the middle of the field on their way to the Crimea and took a free tour around this airfield. No military. No guards. Completely abandoned.

These photos are of a train complete with the track that has been abandoned. There is no word on where they are located but from the looks of them, they have been there for a while. For train aficionados this post is really something.

This is Nara Dreamland, an abandoned theme park in Japan. It was built in 1961 and modeled after Disneyland in California. Sadly, it was closed four years ago, in 2006.

Abandoned and deserted places are the main “heroes” of urban decay photography. These photographs are always very impressive and fantastic. Enjoy!

Apparently, it is a sign of the economic times. The photos in this post are of an abandoned building in New York and car factory in Russia.
 

When Russians stop using old buildings, they often leave them abandoned without demolishing. Take a look at these empty fire station and medical school. They look like places from Silent Hill movie…