27 Eerie Abandoned Places From Around The World

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These photos give new meaning to the phrase "hauntingly beautiful." It's amazing how each location holds its own breathtaking charm.

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1. Island Home, Finland

2. An abandoned church with parishioners that still linger. (Netherlands)

3. Methodist Church, Gary, Indiana

4. Abandoned Boathouse, Obersee Lake, Germany

5. Abandoned mining track, Taiwan

6. Soviet naval testing station in Makhachkala, Russia

7. Church steeple in the middle of a frozen lake, Reschen, Italy

Lake Reschen is an artificial reservoir. When it was built, it submerged many villages, including a 14th century church.

8. The Titanic Wreck

It took 73 years before the wreckage of the 1912 Titanic was discovered.

9. Victorian-style tree house, Florida, USA

10. An abandoned theater.

11. Chris McCandlessâ€™ magic bus, Stampede Trail, Alaska

The Stampede Trail was used by workers who built the railway. However, Christopher McCandless, whose life is depicted in the movie "Into The Wild" lived and died in this bus that he gave the name "Magic Bus" in 1992.

12. An abandoned hallway.

13. Spreepark, Berlin, Germany

This was the only amusement park in East Berlin while under Soviet rule.

14. Blue spiral staircase in a European castle.

15. Poveglia Island, Italy

This island was used by Napoleon Bonaparte to isolate those with the plague from those who were healthy. It was later used as an asylum for those struggling from extreme mental health issues.

16. An abandoned jetty.

17. Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California

This once served as a submarine port during WWI and WWII, but in the 1990s the building was abandoned and since then flooding has created an eerie mirror effect.

18. Abandoned bumper cars, Chernobyl, Ukraine