These eerie images of abandoned places on our planet give an idea of what this world would look like if people left it.
The tree grows in an abandoned piano
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UFO houses in Sanzhi, Taiwan
Also known as Sanzhi Skeet Houses, a futuristic complex of 60 UFO-shaped houses made from durable fiberglass in Sanzhi County, Xinbei, Taiwan. An unrealized project of groups of companies under the patronage of the state of a complex of ultra-modern houses for the capital's wealthy.
Overgrown Palace, Poland
In 1910, this palace was built as a home for the Polish nobility. Under the communist regime, the palace became an agricultural technical school, and then a mental hospital. After the 90s, the building is empty.
Jet Star Amusement Park Roller Coaster, New Jersey, USA
These slides remained in Atlantic Ocean after Storm Sandy in 2013. They rusted for six months until they were dismantled.
Abandoned house in the woods
Church in Saint-Etienne, France
Abandoned church with mannequins of parishioners, Netherlands
Doll Factory, Spain
Tree sprouting through the bike
Wrecks on a sandbank, Bermuda Triangle
Floating Forest, Sydney, Australia
Cinema in Detroit, Michigan, USA
As Detroit degraded, many of its historic buildings were abandoned.
Shipyard in Vallejo, California, USA
The Mare Island Naval Shipyard served as a submarine port during both World Wars. In the 1990s, the building was abandoned and flooded.
House between two trees, Florida, USA
Titanic
The Titanic went to the first and last flight in April 1912. 73 years later, the most big ship at the beginning of the 20th century it was found at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean.
Circular railway, Paris, France
The Petite Ceinture railroad was built in 1852 and ran between the main train stations in Paris within the city's ramparts. During its operation, it connected five city highways. Since 1934 Railway and also some of its stations are partially abandoned.
Spreepark, Berlin, Germany
In 1969, an amusement park with attractions, cafes and green lawns was built on the banks of the Spree in the southeast of the city. After the merger of the two Berlin, the park lost its relevance and was closed due to insufficient funding.
Library, Russia
House on the island, Finland
Turquoise Canal, Venice, Italy
Like any other city, Venice has abandoned places. But there they look even more picturesque.
Stairway to Nowhere, Pismo Beach, California, USA
Nara Dreamland Park, Japan
Nara Dreamland was built in 1961 as a Japanese response to Disneyland and even included its own version of Sleeping Beauty Castle. Closed in 2006 due to low numbers of visitors.
Abandoned mining road, Taiwan
Abandoned pier
Bare footprints in an abandoned nuclear reactor
Indoor water park
Boathouse, Lake Obersee, Germany
Abandoned office building in Italy
Methodist Church in Indiana, USA
Gary, Indiana, was founded in 1905 during the steel boom in the United States. In the 1950s, over 200,000 people lived and worked in this city. After the fall of Spor on steel, almost half of the city was empty.
Church in the snow, Canada
Blue spiral staircase in a European castle
Soviet Marine Test Station in Makhachkala, Russia
Bell tower of a church in a frozen lake, Reschen, Italy
Lake Reschen is a reservoir in which several villages and a 14th century church were flooded.
Glenwood Power Plant, New York, USA
This power plant, built in 1906, has long been outdated. After closing in 1968, it is used as a location for filming thrillers and zombie films.
Flooded shopping mall
Train station in Canfranca, Spain
Canfranc is a small town located near the border with France. In 1928, the largest and most beautiful railway station in the world at that time, which was called the "sparkling jewel of Art Nouveau", opened here.
In 1970, the railway bridge on the road to Canfranc was destroyed and the station was closed. The bridge was not rebuilt, and the former "pearl of Art Nouveau" began to decline.
Abandoned theater
Car cemetery, Ardennes, Belgium
Many American soldiers on the Western Front acquired vehicles for personal use during World War II. When the war ended, it turned out that it was very expensive to send them home and many cars remained here.
Attraction in Chernobyl, Ukraine
Abandoned hospital. Chernobyl, Ukraine
The city of Pripyat was deserted after a disaster in 1986 at the nearby Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Since then it is empty and will be empty for thousands of years.
City Hall Subway Station, New York, USA
City Hall Station opened in 1904 and closed in 1945. Only 600 people a day used it when it was in operation.
Abandoned house in Virginia, USA
Poveglia Island, Italy
Poveglia is an island in the Venetian lagoon, which became an isolation ward for victims of the plague during the time of Napoleon Bonaparte and later a refuge for the mentally ill.
Gulliver's Journey Park, Kawagushi, Japan
The park opened in 1997. Lasted only 10 years and was abandoned due to financial problems
Lighthouse on the Aniva rock, Sakhalin, Russia
The Aniva lighthouse was installed in 1939 by the Japanese (then this part of Sakhalin belonged to them) on a small cliff of Sivuchya, near the hard-to-reach rocky Cape Aniva. This area is replete with currents, frequent fogs, rocky underwater banks. The height of the tower is 31 meters, the height of the light is 40 meters above sea level.
Eilean Donan Castle, Scotland
A castle located on a rocky island lying in the Loch Duich fjord in Scotland. One of the most romantic castles in Scotland, it is famous for its heather honey and interesting story... Filming took place in the castle: "The Ghost Goes West" (1935), "The Master of Ballantrae" (1953), "Highlander" (1986), "Mio, My Mio" (1987), "The World Is Not Enough" (1999) , Friend of the Bride (2008).
Abandoned mill, Ontario, Canada
Shicheng Underwater City, China
Under the water column of the Lake of a Thousand Islands in China is hidden underwater city Shicheng City. The architecture of the city has remained practically intact, for which archaeologists have called it a "time capsule". Shicheng or, as it is also called "Lion City", was founded more than 1339 years ago. During the construction of the hydroelectric power station in 1959, it was decided to flood the city.
Munsell Sea Forts, UK
In the shallow waters of the North Sea off the coast of Great Britain, abandoned naval forts of the air defense system stand above the water. Their main tasks were to protect large industrial centers England from air attacks from the most vulnerable direction - from the sea - from the estuaries of the Thames and Mersey rivers and protecting the approaches from the sea to London and Liverpool, respectively.
Christ from the Abyss, San Fruttoso, Italy
Statue of Jesus Christ, located at the bottom of the sea, in the bay of San Fruttuoso, near Genoa. The statue, about 2.5 meters high, was installed on August 22, 1954 at a depth of 17 meters. In addition, in different parts of the world there are several similar statues (both copies of the original and variations on its theme), also bearing the name "Christ from the Abyss."
Ryugyong Hotel, Pyongyang, North Korea
Now it is the largest and tallest building in Pyongyang and the DPRK as a whole. The hotel was supposed to open in June 1989, but construction problems and a shortage of materials delayed the opening. The Japanese press estimated the amount spent on construction at $ 750 million - 2% of North Korean GDP. In 1992, due to lack of funding and general economic crisis in the country, construction was stopped.
The main part of the tower was built, but windows, communications and equipment were not installed. The top of the building is of poor quality and may fall off. The current building structure cannot be operated. The North Korean government is trying to attract $ 300 million in foreign investment to develop and build a new hotel, but so far it has removed long-term construction from maps and postage stamps.
, .What you see on your monitors is not stills from horror films, although each of the locations captured in these photos can become a ready-made set for a chilling thriller or horror tape. And here and there the filmmakers have already worked. Online magazine Unusual Hotels invites you to go to virtual tour to the abandoned places of the planet, the sight of which makes even the most convinced pragmatists uncomfortable. one.
Now it is a ghost town in the Kiev region, which was founded in 1970 in connection with the construction of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, and was deserted in April 1986 after the explosion of one of its power units. At the time of the disaster, about 43,960 people lived in Pripyat, including 15,500 children. Most of the townspeople were employees of the ill-fated facility.
Mir underground diamond mine.
It is located in the village of Mirny of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) in Western Siberia... Strictly speaking, this field is actively being developed today, so it cannot be called abandoned. However, mining is now carried out only underground, and the open part of the mine, 525 meters deep and 1200 meters in diameter, has not been used since 2001. This quarry is the 4th deepest in the world after another Yakut field "Udachnaya", the Chilean Chuquicamata and the American Bingham Canyon.
Abandoned house on Seneca Lake, New York, USA.
The gloomy cottage, long abandoned by its inhabitants, makes an even more eerie impression from the fact that several old cars have found their last refuge in its immediate vicinity.
Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang, North Korea.
Its construction began back in 1987. According to the original design, the Ryugyong Hotel was supposed to be 330 meters high. Had it been commissioned on time, it could have become the tallest hotel and 7th tallest building in the world. Vain attempts to complete the construction of Ryugyong continued for more than 20 years, until the authorities of the North Korean capital announced their intention to partially commission the facility in 2013. Which, however, has not happened so far.
Willard Asylum in New York.
Is it worth explaining the reasons why such an oppressive atmosphere reigns here. The institution was founded in 1869, the year the methods of curing mental ailments were not distinguished by any kind of humanity. The patients were not within the walls of Willard of their own free will and were subjected to rather cruel procedures. The clinic has been closed for 20 years.
UFO houses in Sanzhi, Taiwan.
Also known as plate houses. This is a complex of 60 buildings in a futuristic design that has not yet been commissioned.
Six Flags Amusement Park in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
The once grandiose entertainment complex ceased to exist in 2005 after the infamous Hurricane Katrina nearly destroyed the city.
Gulliver's Travels amusement park in Kawaguchi, Japan.
The magnificent view of Mount Fujiyama did not save this complex from ruin. Having existed for less than 5 years, Gulliver’s Travels closed due to financial problems of the owners.
Bannerman Castle on Pollepel Island, New York, USA.
Frank Bannerman was a wealthy Scotlandian arms dealer who made a huge fortune selling ammunition during the Spanish-American War. Not finding better place to store goods, he bought an island and built a traditional European castle on it and used it as a warehouse. In 1969, a massive fire caused irreparable damage to the buildings, and the state government, which had bought the land several years earlier, decided not to rebuild them.
Disney's Discovery Island Park in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA.
The area, owned by the Walt Disney Company, has been used as a zoo and reserve since 1974. The island was closed to the public in 1999, and all of its inhabitants moved to the nearby theme park Disney's Animal Kingdom.
Lighthouse at Cape Aniva in the Sakhalin region.
The 31-meter-high structure was built in 1939, but has not functioned for many years and is being plundered by looters.
Railway station in Canfranca, Spain.
An international station was opened in the municipality of Canfranc near the border with France in 1928. The station managed to survive the Second world war but the collapse of the railway bridge in 1970 led to its closure.
Miranda Castle in Selo, Belgium.
Built in 1886, the building has been uninhabited since 1991 due to legal differences between the heirs of the former owner and the local municipality.
It ceased to function due to the full depletion of the field.
Eilean Donan Castle on an island in the Loch Duich Fjord, Scotland.
It was erected in the 13th century along with a stone bridge, through which communication with the mainland was carried out. In 1719, during the next battle between the Scots and the British, the building was destroyed. At the beginning of the 20th century, representatives of the MacRae clan bought the castle and began work on its restoration. Today this place is a tourist attraction and receives tourists from all over the world.
Hashima Island, Japan.
It is small pacific island located near the city of Nagasaki. The area has been rich and densely populated since 1810, when coal was discovered here. After the reserves ran out, the mines were closed in 1974. The population left the island in a few weeks.
Windmill building in Ontario, Canada.
One can only guess why no one showed interest in the restoration. historic building, which fell into disrepair, as the equipment used in the production of flour was hopelessly outdated and the mill was closed.
City Hall underground station in New York City, USA.
The grand opening of the new New York subway station took place in 1904. After 40 years, it became obvious that the structure did not meet the technical operating standards. In 1945, City Hall was closed.
Orpheus Theater Hall in New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA.
It was a popular entertainment destination for the urban public from 1912 to 1958. After the closure, it was used as a warehouse for tobacco products. Charities are currently raising funds to help restore the theater to its former glory.
Holy Land Park in Waterbury, Connecticut, USA.
Probably, the biblical stories on which the theme of the park was based ceased to be popular with visitors, and in 1984 the institution was closed.
Power plant building in the city of Monceau, Belgium.
More precisely, its cooling tower for water, which has grown overgrown with moss for many years of inactivity.
Liner SS America, wrecked off the coast of Fuerteventura in the Canary archipelago.
For more than 50 years of operation, the vessel has changed several names and many owners. In early 1993, it was decided to arrange a 5-star hotel on board. But this never happened, as the liner got into a storm and ran aground.
Shi Chen underwater city in China.
Territory ancient city turned out to be flooded by an artificial lake after the completion of the construction of a local hydroelectric power station. The mysterious city, buried under a water column of 26-40 meters, is well preserved and still attracts the attention of numerous researchers.
Domino sugar factory in Brooklyn, New York, USA.
The territory, empty for several decades, finally attracted the attention of investors. In the near future, a new residential area with a developed infrastructure should appear here.
Munsell Sea Forts - Sealand, UK.
These are fortifications erected during the Second World War to protect the United Kingdom from German invasion. They got the name of their developer Guy Munsell. The troops left these structures in the 50s, after which they were used for other purposes. So, one of the forts turned into an unrecognized state, called the principality of Sealand.
Site of the Great Wall of china, China.
This is a monumental border fortification, which was erected to protect the borders of the Chinese Empire from the raids of nomads from the north. The construction of the wall began before our era, and in its history it has repeatedly been destroyed and forgotten. Despite the fact that restoration work has been going on for over 30 years, sections of the wall that are far from tourist routes are still in a deplorable state.
Michigan Central Station in Detroit, Michigan, USA.
It existed from the moment of its opening in 1913 until January 1988, when it was decided to terminate the operation of the station.
Dadipark amusement park in Dadizel, Belgium.
It was opened in 1949. After an accident that resulted in a serious injury to a child, the park was closed for renovation in 2002, but never reopened.
Military hospital in Belitz, Germany.
The complex of buildings located 40 km from Berlin was built between 1898 and 1930. After World War II, this territory was occupied by Soviet troops, and the hospital came under their jurisdiction. Fall of the Berlin Wall and those that followed political events led to the closure of the institution.
Wherever he is, music has not been heard here for a long time.
Partially preserved Gothic stained glass windows almost block out the light, but the chairs are still waiting for the parishioners.
Wonderland amusement park in Beijing, China.
Its construction was suspended in 1998 due to financial problems, and never resumed.
Railway depot in Czestochowa, Poland.
Both the depot building and the trains themselves were not needed by the city.
This is just one of many objects of the military industry that fell into decay in the 90s.
Hotel Del Salto in Colombia.
In 1923, a mansion was built by the architect Carlos Arturo Tapia, which was later turned into a hotel. Due to the deterioration in the state of the picturesque Tequendama waterfall, located nearby, the flow of tourists began to dry up. In the 90s, the structure began to decline. Currently, the hotel has received the status of an object cultural heritage, reconstructed and turned into a museum.
Christ from the Abyss of the Bay of San Fruttuoso off the coast of Italy.
The bronze statue did not sink at all. It was installed by scuba diver Duilio Markante, wishing to perpetuate the memory of his deceased colleague. The height of the statue is 2.5 meters, the depth of placement is 17 meters.
Railroad in Lebanon, Missouri, USA.
Apparently, it turned out to be unclaimed after the closure of production mines iron ore.
Eastern State Prison in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
The neo-Gothic building, erected in 1829 by the architect John Haviland, a hundred years later, was honored to host the famous gangster Al Capone, who was convicted of illegally carrying weapons and sentenced to 10 months in prison. The prison was closed in 1971, and now there are guided tours for everyone.
Tunnel of Love in Klevan, Ukraine.
The 4 km section of the railway track became natural monument attracting the attention of tourists. Thickets of trees and bushes are tightly intertwined, forming a picturesque tunnel with an ideal arched shape.
On the territory of the former Soviet Union you can find a large number of large-scale projects that turned out to be unnecessary. The grandiose objects, on which a lot of money was once spent, fell into disrepair over time, and now they are of value only for curious travelers and diggers. This post will introduce you to the most creepy and mysterious places.
Ball under Dubna
In the forest near Dubna, in Russia, a huge hollow ball with a diameter of about 18 meters can be found. It will be difficult to find it yourself, but the locals are always willing to tell you how to get to the local "attraction". From a bird's eye view, the balloon can be mistaken for a UFO, but in reality it is a dielectric cap for a space communications parabolic antenna. The cap was transported by helicopters, but the cable burst during transportation. Removing the dome was too problematic. By the way, it is made of fiberglass honeycomb structure. Any noise is amplified many times in it and a powerful echo is emitted.
Khovrinskaya hospital
An eleven-story abandoned, unfinished hospital in Moscow. Traditionally, it falls into all kinds of unofficial ratings of the most terrible places on the planet. The construction of a multidisciplinary hospital began in the 1980s. It was designed for 1,300 beds. The construction was stopped after 5 years, when all the buildings had already been erected. Ironically, the Khovrinskaya hospital does not save all the following decades, but cripples and takes lives. Homeless people, drug addicts and thrill-seekers have already "registered" here for a long time. Accidents on the territory of the sick are a sad reality.
Crimean nuclear power plant
An unfinished nuclear power plant located near the town of Shchelkino. The first design calculations were made back in 1964. Construction began in 1975. It was assumed that this nuclear power plant will provide electricity to the entire Crimean peninsula. It was also supposed to become a starting point for the further development of industry in these places. The first reactor was planned to be launched in 1989, the construction proceeded without any deviations. However, the shaken economy of the USSR, together with the tragedy at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, put an end to the Crimean project. At that time, more than 500 million Soviet rubles were spent on the station, and the warehouses had materials and equipment for another 250 million Soviet rubles. All of this was plundered in the following years. It should be added that the Crimean NPP was included in the Guinness Book of Records as the most expensive power plant of this type.
Balaclava
In 2003, for the first time in 46 years of its existence, the Balaklava submarine base appeared on public display. Today it is an exclusively tourist site, and once the base was one of the most secret sites of the Soviet Union. The huge underground complex housed submarines. The base could withstand a nuclear attack with powerful charges and was built in the event of an atomic war. The base consists of a water channel, a dry dock, numerous warehouses of various profiles and buildings for military personnel. The facility was closed in 1994, after the last submarine was removed from it. For many years, the pride of the Soviet Union was simply plundered.
Object 221
Not far from Sevastopol, in addition to the already mentioned base for the repair of submarines, you can find another, once secret Soviet Union facility. We are talking about a bunker - object 221. It had many names, but behind all of them hid a reserve command post of the Black Sea fleet. You can find an object under the village of Morozovka. It was real underground city... Construction began in 1977. The object lies at a depth of 200 meters, where there are 4 floors of buildings. The total area of the underground part of the complex is 17 thousand sq. M. To date, the facility has been completely plundered and destroyed.
Nuclear lighthouse at Cape Aniva
On Sakhalin you can find Cape Aniva, where the unique atomic lighthouse... The lighthouse has the height of a nine-story building. Previously, up to 12 people could be on duty in it. Today, this once unique complex has been completely plundered by looters and does not function.
Rocket complex "Dvina"
The collapse of the Soviet Union "presented" the former republics with a huge arsenal of various weapons, including launching silos. So, under the capital of Latvia, in the forests, you can find the once unique, secret start-up complex "Dvina". It was built in 1964. This huge complex, consisting of bunkers and launch silos, most of which are flooded today. Visiting the complex is highly discouraged due to the remains of extremely toxic rocket fuel.
Shop No. 8 of the Dagdizel plant
In Kaspiysk, in Dagestan, you can find a unique factory building built right on the water. The workshop belonged to the Dagdizel plant. It was built to test naval weapons, in particular a variety of torpedoes and missiles. The plant was unique for the USSR. It was built on a pit with a volume of 530 thousand cubic meters, which was dug with the help of special shells. An "array" was installed in it, onto which an all-metal 14-meter structure was later lowered. The total area of the constructed workshop exceeds 5 thousand square meters. The station was equipped for permanent residence and work. However, by the mid-60s of the XX century, the project was curtailed as unnecessary due to too rapidly changing trends in the design of weapons. Since then, the building has been abandoned and is gradually being destroyed by the Caspian Sea.
Lopatinsky phosphate mine
Not far from the city of Vokresensk, in the Moscow region, you can easily find a huge mine for the extraction of phosphates. This deposit is unique in Europe and the largest. The first developments here began in the 30s of the XX century. All types of multi-bucket excavators worked in numerous quarries: crawler, rail and walking. Rail excavators had special equipment for moving rails. Since the 90s, the mine has been virtually abandoned, the quarries are flooded with water, and expensive special equipment simply rotted under open air.
Station for the study of the ionosphere
In Zmeev, a city district in the Kharkov region of Ukraine, you can find a unique station for the study of the ionosphere. It was built almost before the collapse of the USSR. It was a direct analogue of the American project "Harp", which was deployed in Alaska and is successfully operating to this day. The Soviet complex consisted of several antenna fields and one giant parabolic antenna with a diameter of 25 meters. Unfortunately, after the collapse of the union, the station turned out to be of no use to anyone. Today, incredibly expensive scientific equipment simply rots or is stolen by stalkers and non-ferrous metal hunters.
"Northern Crown"
Initially, the hotel "Severnaya Korona" was called "Petrogradskaya". Construction began in 1988. The hotel is famous not for its beauty, but for the huge number of accidents during construction. The fact that Metropolitan John died of a heart attack within its walls, immediately after the building was illuminated, did not add to the popularity of the complex.
Particle accelerator
The USSR could have had its own hadron collider. The construction of a unique complex began in the Moscow region, in Protvino, at the end of the 80s. As it is not difficult to guess, the collapse of the USSR actually put an end to the scientific project. A 21-kilometer tunnel was already completely ready for the collider. Equipment has even begun to be delivered to the facility. The work continued after, but very sluggishly. Funding was literally enough only to illuminate the dilapidated tunnels.
"Oil stones"
You can find a real sea city in Azerbaijan. We are talking about the so-called "oil rocks". It appeared after Soviet geologists in the 40s of the XX century found huge deposits of oil in the Caspian Sea. Thanks to the development of mining, whole city on embankments and metal overpasses. Power plants, hospitals, nine-story buildings and much more were built right on the water! In total, there were about 200 platforms with residents on the water. The total mileage of the streets was 350 km. However, the cheap Siberian oil that appeared later put an end to local production, and the city fell into decay.
After the collapse of the USSR, the young states inherited many of the once powerful military and scientific facilities. The most dangerous and secret facilities were urgently mothballed and evacuated, and many others were simply abandoned. They were left to rust: after all, the economies of most newly-made states simply could not afford their maintenance, they turned out to be of no use to anyone. Now some of them are a kind of mecca for stalkers, "tourist" sites, the visit of which is fraught with considerable risk.
"Resident Evil": a top-secret complex on the Renaissance island in the Aral Sea
During the Soviet era, on an island in the middle The aral sea was located a complex of military bioengineering institutes involved in the development and testing of biological weapons. It was an object of such a degree of secrecy that most of the employees who were involved in the landfill's maintenance infrastructure simply did not know exactly where they were working. On the island itself there were buildings and laboratories of the institute, vivariums, equipment warehouses. In the town, very comfortable conditions for living in conditions of complete autonomy were created for the researchers and the military. The island was carefully guarded by the military on land and at sea.
In 1992, the entire facility was urgently mothballed and abandoned by all residents, including the security of the facility. For some time it remained a "ghost town" until it was scouted by marauders who, for more than 10 years, removed everything that was thrown there from the island. The fate of the secret developments on the island and their results - cultures of deadly microorganisms - is still a mystery.
Heavy-duty "Russian woodpecker": radar "Duga", Pripyat
The Duga over-the-horizon radar is a radar station created in the USSR for the early detection of ICBM launches by starting flashes (based on the reflection of radiation by the ionosphere). This giant structure It took 5 years to build and was completed in 1985. The Cyclopean antenna, 150 meters high and 800 meters long, consumed a huge amount of electricity, so it was built near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.
For the characteristic sound on the air, emitted during operation (knock), the station was named Russian Woodpecker (Russian Woodpecker). The installation was built for centuries and could have successfully operated to this day, but in reality the Duga radar has worked for less than a year. The facility stopped working after the explosion of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.
Submarine underwater shelter: Balaklava, Crimea
According to knowledgeable people, this top-secret submarine base was a transit point where submarines, including nuclear ones, were repaired, refueled and replenished with ammunition. It was a gigantic complex built to last for centuries, capable of withstanding a nuclear strike; under its arches, up to 14 submarines could simultaneously be accommodated. This military base built in 1961 and abandoned in 1993, after which it was disassembled by local residents. In 2002, it was decided to arrange on the ruins of the base museum complex, but things have not gone beyond words so far. However, local diggers willingly take everyone there.
"Zone" in Latvian forests: rocket silo "Dvina", Kekava, Latvia
Not far from the capital of Latvia in the forest are the remains of missile complex"Dvina". Built in 1964, the facility consisted of 4 launch shafts about 35 meters deep and underground bunkers. Much of the premises are currently flooded, and visiting the launcher without an experienced stalker guide is not recommended. Also dangerous are the remains of the poisonous rocket fuel - heptyl, according to some reports, remaining in the bowels of the launch silos.
"The Lost World" in the Moscow Region: Lopatinsky Phosphate Mine
The Lopatinskoye phosphorite deposit, 90 km from Moscow, was the largest in Europe. In the 30s of the last century, it began to be actively developed in an open way. At the Lopatinsky quarry, all major types of multi-bucket excavators were used - moving on rails, moving on caterpillars, and excavators walking with a "side-by-side" step. It was a giant development with its own railroad. After 1993, the field was shut down, leaving all the expensive imported special equipment there.
Phosphorite mining has created an incredible “unearthly” landscape. The long and deep troughs of the quarries are mostly flooded. They are interspersed with high sandy ridges, turning into flat, like a table, sandy fields, black, white and reddish dunes, pine forests with the correct rows of planted pines. Giant excavators - "Abzetzers" resemble alien ships, rusting on the sands in the open air. All this makes the Lopatinsky quarries a kind of natural and technogenic "reserve", a place of more and more active pilgrimage for tourists.
"Well to Hell": Kola superdeep well, Murmansk region
The Kola superdeep well is the deepest in the world. Its depth is 12,262 meters. Is in Murmansk region, 10 kilometers west of the town of Zapolyarny. The well was drilled in the northeastern part of the Baltic Shield exclusively for research purposes in the place where the lower boundary crust comes close to the surface of the Earth. V best years 16 research laboratories worked at the Kola superdeep well; they were personally supervised by the Minister of Geology of the USSR.
Many interesting discoveries were made at the well, for example, the fact that life on Earth appeared, it turns out, 1.5 billion years earlier than expected. At depths where it was believed that there is not and cannot be organic matter, 14 species of fossilized microorganisms were found - the age of the deep layers exceeded 2.8 billion years. In 2008, the facility was abandoned, the equipment was dismantled, and the destruction of the building began.
As of 2010, the well was mothballed and is gradually being destroyed. The restoration cost is about one hundred million rubles. The Kola superdeep well is associated with many implausible legends about a "well to hell" from the bottom of which the cries of sinners are heard, and the Boers are melted by the hellish flame.
"Russian HAARP" - multifunctional radio complex "Sura"
In the late 1970s, as part of geophysical research near the city of Vasilsursk, Nizhny Novgorod Region, a multifunctional radio complex "Sura" was built to influence the Earth's ionosphere with powerful HF radio emission. The Sura complex, in addition to antennas, radars and radio transmitters, includes a laboratory complex, an economic unit, and a specialized transformer electrical substation. The once classified station, at which a number of important studies are still being carried out today, is a thoroughly rusted and shabby, but still not completely abandoned object. One of the important areas of research carried out at the complex is the development of methods for protecting the operation of equipment and communication equipment from ionic disturbances in the atmosphere of a different nature.
Currently, the station operates only 100 hours a year, while at the famous American facility HAARP experiments are being carried out for 2,000 hours over the same period. The Nizhny Novgorod Radiophysical Institute does not have enough money for electricity - for one day of operation, the landfill equipment deprives the complex of the monthly budget. The complex is threatened not only by lack of money, but also by theft of property. In the absence of proper security, "hunters" for scrap metal keep sneaking into the territory of the station.
"Oil Rocks" - the sea city of oil producers, Azerbaijan
This settlement on overpasses, standing right in the Caspian Sea, is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the world's oldest oil platforms. It was built in 1949 in connection with the beginning of oil production from the seabed around the Black Rocks - a stone ridge that barely protrudes from the sea surface. There are drilling rigs connected by racks, on which the village of workers of oil fields is located. The village grew, and during its heyday it included power plants, nine-story dormitory buildings, hospitals, a cultural center, a park with trees, a bakery, a lemonade workshop and even a mosque with a full-time mullah.
The length of the flyover streets and lanes of the sea city reaches 350 kilometers. There was no permanent population in the city, and up to 2,000 people lived there as part of the shift shift. The period of decline of Oil Rocks began with the emergence of cheaper Siberian oil, which made offshore production unprofitable. However, the seaside town did not become a ghost town; in the early 2000s, major repairs began there and even began laying new wells.
Failed collider: abandoned particle accelerator, Protvino, Moscow region
In the late 1980s, the construction of a huge particle accelerator was planned in the Soviet Union. The Protvino scientific center near Moscow - the city of nuclear physicists - in those years was a powerful complex of physics institutes, where scientists from all over the world came. A 21-kilometer-long ring tunnel was built at a depth of 60 meters. He is now located near Protvino. They even began to bring equipment into the already finished accelerator tunnel, but then a series of political upheavals broke out, and the domestic “hadron collider” remained unassembled.
The institutes of the city of Protvino maintain the satisfactory condition of this tunnel - an empty dark ring under the ground. There is a lighting system, there is an operating narrow-gauge line. All sorts of commercial projects have been proposed, such as an underground amusement park or even a mushroom farm. However, scientists have not yet given this object away - perhaps they are hoping for the best.
