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title: "54 Still Beautiful Abandoned Buildings around the World ..."
description: "Water Wheel, Cordoba, Spain; Chateau Jbb, France; Rustic; Abandoned Church; Frozen in Time; More ..."
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last_updated: "2026-07-02"
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# 54 Still Beautiful Abandoned Buildings around the World ...

I came across some pictures of abandoned buildings and immediately saw why photographers are attracted to places long since left by their residents. I never imagined abandoned buildings could be so beautiful.

## 1. Water Wheel, Cordoba, Spain

![Water Wheel, Cordoba, Spain](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/iw/b5/g0424oai_379x500.jpg)

Via [Water wheel](https://www.flickr.com/photos/lopolis/105959/)

Some industrial abandoned buildings simply outlive their usefulness as modern technology replaces their function.

## 2. Chateau Jbb, France

![Chateau Jbb, France](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/qg/b7/dyzaas0t_427x640.jpg)

Via [Chateau Jbb](https://www.flickr.com/photos/benjaminwiessner/7755628744/in/set-72157631007182252/)

Glorious staircase.

## 3. Rustic

![Rustic](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/xl/hh/kbnlex6y_313x500.jpg)

Via [beautiful designs](https://www.pinterest.com/pin/367184175841402671/)

Imagine the stories this building could tell.

## 4. Abandoned Church

_ Via 9 Photos of Abandoned Cities ..._

The altar once served by many is now demolished.

## 5. Frozen in Time

_ Via flickr.com_

Once a home, now empty and decaying.

## 6. Wyndcliffe Rhinebeck, New York

![Wyndcliffe Rhinebeck, New York](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/v9/hl/khp3et6s_600x800.jpg)

Via [Rhinebeck](http://abnf.co/NY-rhinebeck_pictures.htm)

This was once a huge family home.

## 7. Staircase

![Staircase](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/in/qf/mftl0mma_478x640.jpg)

Via [The Chateau Staircase](https://www.flickr.com/photos/ginasoden/8365263864/)

This puts me in mind of the staircase in the Von Trapp family mansion in The Sound of Music

## 8. Mansion in Egypt

![Mansion in Egypt](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/an/ts/z058enu0_458x676.jpg)

Via [Archived Report - Abandoned Mansion, ...](https://web.archive.org/web/http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=36808)

Just love the way the staircase splits into different directions.

## 9. Grand

![Grand](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/v8/s4/zawkhmnb_600x815.jpg)

Via [Family life frozen in time: ...](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2316987/Photographer-Niki-Feijens-eerie-images-abandoned-farm-houses.html)

Imagine how magnificent this once was. The decorated ceiling gives a clue.

## 10. Manoir À La Verrière, France

![Manoir À La Verrière, France](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/xm/mh/inglto7i_600x898.jpg)

Via [*Rococo Revisited](https://a-l-ancien-regime.tumblr.com/post/22972074350/abandoned-mansion-manoir-%C3%A0-la-verri%C3%A8re)

Was this once a ballroom or just a grand salon, do you think?

## 11. Water Tower, Lincolnshire, England

![Water Tower, Lincolnshire, England](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/hc/f9/dnuodfwa_422x700.jpg)

Via [Maltings 'S'.."Elegance Unravelling"](https://www.flickr.com/photos/urban-spaceman/4395203300/in/photostream)

Abandoned industrial buildings can be just as beautiful as domestic ones.

## 12. Piano

![Piano](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/y9/je/eyjy41t1_429x640.jpg)

Via [hotel ballroom](https://www.flickr.com/photos/dropsheet/2755225975/)

The piano was probably once the focus of entertainment at grand soirées.

## 13. Sweeping Staircase

![Sweeping Staircase](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/sa/eo/gafs0vht_400x640.jpg)

Via [Chandelier](https://www.flickr.com/photos/jgurbisz/11039682725/in/set-72157637206557114/lightbox/)

It amazes me that people don't enter places like this to rip out features such as that magnificent light fitting.

## 14. Abandoned Monastery, Belgium

![Abandoned Monastery, Belgium](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/ou/j4/i8u976to_424x640.jpg)

Via [St Hilarius old monastery 1](https://www.flickr.com/photos/monolithe/6488124643/in/faves-73056632@N08/)

I wonder where all the monks went?

## 15. Cointe Observatory, Liège, Belgium

![Cointe Observatory, Liège, Belgium](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/xy/tb/n06newrx_600x889.jpg)

Via [The Loneliness of the Long-Abandoned ...](https://gizmodo.com/abandoned-space-observatories-are-monuments-to-science-1479519920)

Built 1882, abandoned 2002.

## 16. Lillesden School for Girls, Kent, England

_ Via Archived Report - Lillesden School ..._

This conservatory once rang with the sound of children's voices.

## 17. Kings Theater, New York

_ Via 9 Photos of Abandoned Cities ..._

Brooklyn's Kings Theater was once one of the country's grandest movie theaters. Opened on Flatbush Ave in 1929 as one of five "Loew's Wonder Theaters" in New York, it closed in 1977 and has been abandoned ever since.

## 18. Bar at Grossinger's Catskill Resort Hotel, Liberty

_ Via 9 Photos of Abandoned Cities ..._

Can you see the people lined up at the bar, enjoying a drink, sharing stories, making new friends and memories?

## 19. How Sad. Think of the Love That Must Have Gone into Designing and Building This Home

![How Sad. Think of the Love That Must Have Gone into Designing and Building This Home](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/yv/ep/uhncvrvo_600x852.jpg)

Via [Unique Home Architecture - Incredible ...](https://uniqueshomedesign.tumblr.com/post/75388962981/incredible-abandoned-charisma-design)

A lot of effort to design and build. A home to a family/families and all their stories. And all no more.

## 20. Lenoir County, North Carolina

![Lenoir County, North Carolina](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/fk/l7/dif3i43s_485x640.jpg)

Via [The Grand Abandonment: Lenoir County, ...](https://www.flickr.com/photos/edgecombeplanter/13487607404/)

Where abandoned by humans, nature finds a home.

## 21. Manor House, England

![Manor House, England](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/d7/td/wwvr29ga_500x750.jpg)

Via [Abandoned - Abandoned manor house, ...](https://bestabandoned.tumblr.com/post/18338921210/abandoned-manor-house-england-this-place-has)

A poignant tale of abandonment. Why leave a picture of children and a pram? There's a story there!

## 22. Northampton County, North Carolina

![Northampton County, North Carolina](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/nx/f0/bmyiohrx_479x640.jpg)

Via [Northampton County, North Carolina Scenes](https://www.flickr.com/photos/edgecombeplanter/sets/72157632972204368/)

I was particularly drawn to this abandoned plantation house because I live in Northampton, UK.

## 23. The Sauer Castle in Kansas City, Kansas

![The Sauer Castle in Kansas City, Kansas](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/vn/in/ryn2qx7b_600x900.jpg)

Via [Sauer's Castle](https://roadtrippers.com?ref=allwomenstalk.com)

Many abandoned buildings are associated with the paranormal. Even if you don't believe in such stuff, it still adds to the spookiness.

## 24. Howey Mansion, Howey-in-the-Hills, Florida

![Howey Mansion, Howey-in-the-Hills, Florida](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/lh/br/r359mg0s_600x492.jpg)

Via [Abandoned Howey Mansion in Howey-In-The-Hills ...](http://www.flickr.com?ref=allwomenstalk.com)

Built in 1925, 20 rooms, 8,800 square feet - now all gone to wrack and ruin.

## 25. Maison Heinen, Luxembourg

_ Via 9 Photos of Abandoned Cities ..._

I'm fascinated by the ceramic tiles. I've never seen them in this sort of setting before - they're normally the realm of bathrooms, kitchens and floors. Other pictures show the tiles continue along the landing walls.

## 26. Uptown Theatre, Chicago

![Uptown Theatre, Chicago](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/ky/kt/yi524e08_320x480.jpg)

Via [eric holubow: urban exploration photographer ...](https://ebow.org/artwork/2474741_Uptown_9.html)

The Uptown is the largest theater in Chicago, and it boasts 4,381 seats. Its interior volume is said to be larger than any other movie palace in the US, bigger even than Radio City Music Hall. The huge theater has an ornate five story entrance lobby with an eight story façade. It's been left unused since 1981.

## 27. Maison Lily, France

_ Via Maison Lilly_

Although first mentions date back to the 15th century, little history is known of this magnificent mansion near the border with Monaco.

## 28. Grand Synagogue in Constanta, Romania

_ Via Picasa Web Albums - Redactia ..._

Built in 1912. Long abandoned and little chance of it ever being returned to original use as there are only around 50 Jewish people living in Constanta now.

## 29. Empty Theater

![Empty Theater](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/gi/th/cx1x2u7h_468x560.jpg)

Via [Secret Cities: Capturing Hidden Abandoned ...](https://goo.gl/VOlgaM)

What sights and sounds must the walls have experienced.

## 30. Wooden House, Russia

![Wooden House, Russia](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/au/h9/nzc4159q_366x550.jpg)

Via [Abandoned Russian Village | English ...](https://englishrussia.com/2008/02/19/abandoned-russian-village/)

Among the many, many abandoned villages across Russia, there are some wonderful examples of traditional architecture.

## 31. Ceiling and Floor

![Ceiling and Floor](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/c3/ko/zshk8uip_540x810.jpg)

Via [Abandoned Buildings by Matthias Haker ...](https://www.cruzine.com/2013/02/11/abandoned-buildings-matthias-haker/)

Imagine how much it would cost today to build a house with that ceiling and a real wood parquet floor.

## 32. Quebec, Canada

![Quebec, Canada](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/i4/pa/itrmjwvk_480x640.jpg)

Via [Hauntingly beautiful abandoned old house](https://www.flickr.com/photos/181t-173c/10255129314/)

Still beautiful and not yet fallen into a bad state of disrepair.

## 33. Fredericksburg, Virginia

_ Via 500px.com_

What an amazing structure. Bags the room at the top. A room with a view.

## 34. "Pew with a View"

!["Pew with a View"](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/fc/fy/jn6bqw6m_499x750.jpg)

Via [Pew with a View](https://www.flickr.com/photos/24489266@N02/3685582832)

The light coming in through the stained glass is amazing.

## 35. Doorway

![Doorway](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/yl/lg/mi5gskmj_516x800.jpg)

Via [we were all part of ...](https://www.abandonedamerica.us/we-were-all-part-of)

I wonder where it's leading to.

## 36. Church in Gary, Indiana

![Church in Gary, Indiana](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/r7/zy/zevpw3jn_468x728.jpg)

Via [Abandoned Church](https://goo.gl/eZVRHV)

Its congregation once numbered 3,000 souls.

## 37. Stained Glass Window

_ Via Sit down and enjoy the ..._

I just love the radiator under the window. So incongruous.

## 38. Abandoned Palace, Poland

![Abandoned Palace, Poland](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/tz/lq/vh4et6t2_479x720.jpg)

Via [Places to explore](https://www.pinterest.com/pin/26740191512592386/)

Staircases like this are pretty scary even when not in abandoned Polish palaces.

## 39. Abandoned Villa in Italy

![Abandoned Villa in Italy](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/th/mf/pahqcvj6_419x640.jpg)

Via [Beauty in Decay](https://www.flickr.com/photos/romanywg/5637430656/in/faves-73056632@N08/)

The grandiose nature of the paintings on the ceiling and walls seems to have been echoed in the floor, but as it's now covered with the dust of time, it's hard to tell.

## 40. Francis Lee Smith's Folly

![Francis Lee Smith's Folly](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/nn/iv/udd2gfci_296x444.jpg)

Via [Gone with the whimsy: Smith ...](https://goo.gl/juj2wg)

Built single-handedly as a family home over 12 years by an engineer, the house on the hill also killed its builder. Frances Lee Smith died falling from a balcony on the pagoda-style roof. It stands abandoned on a hill in Wapiti Valley, Wyoming.

## 41. Hafodunos Hall, Wales

![Hafodunos Hall, Wales](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/xq/wh/r482ueso_427x640.jpg)

Via [Deserted Places: Hafodunos Hall, an ...](http://desertedplaces.blogspot.com/2013/10/hafodunos-hall-abandoned-mansion-in.html)

Once a family country seat and designed by renowned British architect George Gilbert Scott, Hafodunos Hall has been a nursing home and a girl's school. It is now being restored.

## 42. Rusting Steelworks

![Rusting Steelworks](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/pa/z9/fc2pgcrz_470x754.jpg)

Via [Abandoned America: Photographer captures haunting ...](http://www.dailymail.co.uk?ref=allwomenstalk.com)

Once the workplace of thousands of men, now a study of urban decay and industrial decline.

## 43. "the Smallpox Hospital," Roosevelt Island, New York

!["the Smallpox Hospital," Roosevelt Island, New York](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/qk/go/rppaitkc_427x640.jpg)

Via [The Smallpox Hospital](https://www.flickr.com/photos/dougletterman/2172955421/in/photostream/)

Designed by Jams Renwick, the hospital had 100 beds.

## 44. Chateau Des Singes, Normandy, France

![Chateau Des Singes, Normandy, France](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/cc/n1/kkz2x0ay_426x640.jpg)

Via [les escaliers ds](https://www.flickr.com/photos/berrie_leijten/8009636744/lightbox/)

The Chateau de Singes (Castle of Monkeys) is also known as the Chateau la Folie (Chateau of Folly) but is really the Château à Cahaignes (Castle Cahaignes). We only know it was built in the 17th century and abandoned in 1976. Why the Castle of Monkeys? No one knows!

## 45. Kitchen in Bodie, California

![Kitchen in Bodie, California](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/tx/zw/juhaqvi1_600x896.jpg)

Via [History, Travel, Arts, Science, People, ...](https://www.smithsonianmag.com/10th-annual/smithsonian-10th-annual-photo-contest-finalists-americana-73615/?c=y&amp%3Bpage=10&amp%3Bnavigation=thumb)

When you see this, aren't you just so curious to know why it’s left in this state. What caused the family to up and leave?

## 46. Urban Decay

_ Via 9 Photos of Abandoned Cities ..._

Abandoned by history, Reclaimed by modern art.

## 47. Abandoned Casino in Constanta, Romania

![Abandoned Casino in Constanta, Romania](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/e6/p5/e7smm7ze_385x576.jpg)

Via [Casino Constanta open to the ...](https://www.lomography.com/homes/lucretia/photos/14582545)

Built in 1905, the casino was a sign of western decadence and was abandoned in the communist era.

## 48. The Palace of Prince Smetsky Abkhazia, Georgia

![The Palace of Prince Smetsky Abkhazia, Georgia](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/gv/vq/rzjaykdv_600x900.jpg)

Via [Cool Abandoned Palace | English ...](https://englishrussia.com/2014/01/29/cool-abandoned-palace/)

Another aristocratic palace let go to ruin by the proletarian ideals of communism.

## 49. Eclectic House, Tver Region, Russia

![Eclectic House, Tver Region, Russia](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/hf/gn/e68pz0nm_600x800.jpg)

Via [Old Romantic House | English ...](https://englishrussia.com/2013/08/26/old-romantic-house/)

My romantic soul is saying Doctor Zhivago.

## 50. Shine a Light

_ Via Architecture Forgotten Worthy of Remembrance ..._

The ornate decorative stylings of the rococo period.

## 51. Abandoned Church in Pennsylvania

![Abandoned Church in Pennsylvania](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/oy/cn/p3zsxz9k_600x776.jpg)

Via [28 Abandoned Structures Still As ...](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/abandoned-structures-photos-johnny-joo_n_5295654?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000063)

Not all abandoned buildings are stripped of their assets.

## 52. House on Malecón, Havana, Cuba

![House on Malecón, Havana, Cuba](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/l5/j8/nc25jwx2_543x800.jpg)

Via [Victoria Montoro Zamorano | Escape ...](https://www.escapeintolife.com/artist-watch/victoria-montoro-zamorano/)

I'm strangely more fascinated by the height of the street lamps on the Avenida de Maceo. It's at second-storey height!

## 53. Cooling Tower of an Abandoned Power Plant

![Cooling Tower of an Abandoned Power Plant](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/od/fj/bj7mhn8i_600x900.jpg)

Via [The 33 Most Beautiful Abandoned ...](https://www.buzzfeed.com/awesomer/the-33-most-beautiful-abandoned-places-in-the-world?sub=2110963_1017985)

The spirals draw your eye to the top.

## 54. Abandoned Villa, Tuscany, Italy

![Abandoned Villa, Tuscany, Italy](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/jf/f8/qwolm4oi_426x640.jpg)

Via [Villa Sbertoli (It)](https://www.flickr.com/photos/lenzz/6389577905/)

Who wouldn't love to live in a house like this?

Do you see beauty in abandoned buildings? Would you ever take on a fixer-upper?

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