Bone Chilling Photos of Abandoned Places

By | September 20, 2019

A spiral staircase in a former children's asylum in Staunton, Virginia

Whether they were once hospitals of office buildings, theme parks or restaurants, a myriad of buildings have been abandoned and left to turn into beautiful ruin across the world. While many of them are awe inspiring, there are just as many that give viewers the heebie jeebies. Whether they were roller coasters or shacks in the woods, these abandoned structures have been reclaimed by nature, leaving nothing but a mystery as to who called these places home.

What will our architecture look like when we’ve moved on? Will it crumble into the emptiness of an abandoned city? Will our cars be covered in ivy like some of the intriguing photos found here? Some of these pictures will give you goosebumps, others will make you nostalgic for better days, but they’ll all make you want to take a closer look at the deserted architecture that exists all around you. 

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Supposedly the patients at this former mental institution and asylum were mostly children who were kept here under strict supervision. Records show that the asylum was constructed in 1932 as a part of the Western State Hospital. The asylum’s namesake, Dr. Joseph DeJarnette, allegedly carried out eugenics tests in the hospital where he performed tests on children in order to cure them of being lackadaisical. One story notes that he took blood from “hyperactive” children and injected it into kids that were sluggish while walking the halls quoting Adolf Hitler. Some places are just meant to be abandoned, you know? 

Need a chair? Have you tried looking in the pool at the University of Rochester?

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For anyone visiting this run down swimming pool it has to be one of the oddest sights in the world. Formerly a part of the Merle Spurrier Gymnasium, and connected to the Susan B. Anthony women’s dormitory, this 25-yard-long, six lane swimming pool was the jewel of the recreation area for a few years. However, once the women’s gym was moved to the Robert B. Goergen Athletic Center in 1982 the pool has become a depository for the unwanted. Whenever someone at university isn’t sure were to store something they put it in the pool, that’s why you can find chairs, desks, and televisions stacked in chaos where young women once swam laps.