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Here's 21 incredible photos of abandoned places from around the world

Stranger than fiction.

HAVE YOU EVER wondered what the world would look like without humans? 

Abandoned cities like Pripyat, Ukraine, and forgotten amusement parks like Dreamland in Beijing, China, give us an idea of what that world might look like if we weren’t around anymore.

Thanks to Instagram, it’s easy to take a virtual tour of these abandoned places around the world.

Plus, the photos of the decaying buildings and moss-covered roller-coasters are totally fascinating, if not a little bit eerie.

Check out the sand-filled remains of Kolmanskop, Namibia, a once thriving town built around a diamond mine in the early 1900s.

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Michigan Central Station has been closed since 1988. Here’s a look inside the abandoned ticket lobby.

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These ruined buildings in Henry River Mill Village, North Carolina, might look familiar. The abandoned town served as the set for District 12 in “The Hunger Games.”

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Construction on China’s Wonderland Amusement Park was stopped in 1998. Here’s what the unfinished park looks like today.

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The city of Pripyat, Ukraine, was evacuated in 1986 after the meltdown at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. Here’s what’s left of the city’s swimming pool.

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Sanzhi Pod City in Taiwan was never completed due to a shortage of funding and several construction accidents.

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Check out the “Willard Asylum for the Chronic Insane,” in upstate New York. Once a year, tourists are allowed on the premises to tour the creepy facilities.

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Here’s a look inside the morgue at the Willard Asylum.

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Don’t expect to see any tourists at the abandoned Varosha Resort in Cyprus.

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Check out this forgotten hospital from an Instagrammer in Florida.

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The last residents of Bodie, California, left fifty years ago. Since then, time has stood still in the former boom town.

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After the fall of East Germany, the Beelitz Sanatorium fell into disrepair.

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Originally built in 1886 for French aristocrats, the Chateau Miranda has been empty for years.

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Here’s a look inside.

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Used by the British Navy during World War II, some remains from the Maunsell Sea Forts are still visible off the shore of the Thames Estuary today.

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Nature has overtaken this old ride at a former Berlin amusement park.

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Turns out, there are a lot of forgotten amusement parks in the world. Here’s a scene from the Nara Dreamland Theme Park in Japan.

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Hashima Island in Japan was once a bustling city. Now its buildings are crumbling to the ground.

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The Monceau Power Plant in Belgium was officially shut down in 2007.

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Here’s a look inside one of the plant’s cooling towers. Check out all the moss.

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The wreck of the SS Ayrfield in Australia has also been taken over by trees.

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    Mute bobs_your_aunt
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    Sep 27th 2015, 7:11 PM

    Suprised my lady parts didn’t make the cut. They’ve been deserted for years…
    I joke of course…
    Call me!

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    Sep 27th 2015, 7:16 PM

    Alri luv

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    Sep 27th 2015, 7:08 PM

    That’s nothing…… Ever been to Leitrim?

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    Sep 28th 2015, 12:11 AM

    There’s a Leitrim????

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    Sep 27th 2015, 7:09 PM

    wow did you see the Moss

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    Sep 27th 2015, 7:18 PM

    yep, it was totally epic

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    Sep 27th 2015, 7:43 PM

    I didn’t believe it at first, but then when I looked. Holly cr3p

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    Sep 27th 2015, 8:41 PM

    That cooling tower is from the movie Brazil and I think it was used in X men too.

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    Sep 27th 2015, 9:18 PM

    Moss, one of nature’s rarest phenomenons. Truly spectacular

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    Sep 28th 2015, 12:50 AM

    Aparently Mick jager and his band were charged with keeping it clear of moss but they didn’t.

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    Sep 27th 2015, 7:35 PM

    I am surprised someone wealthy hasn’t bought the Chateau and brought it back to its original state.

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    Sep 27th 2015, 7:08 PM

    Plenty of those locations would look epic in a horror movie

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    Sep 27th 2015, 7:45 PM

    They could have done an entire article on the city of Detroit

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    Sep 27th 2015, 7:33 PM

    And next on the list will be Irish Waters head office.

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    Sep 27th 2015, 7:38 PM

    Fcuk off ya muppet!

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    Sep 27th 2015, 8:04 PM

    Aw see we got a keyboard wizard. Good lad.

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    Sep 27th 2015, 7:17 PM

    Michigan Station would be a great place to see Carl Cox.

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    Sep 27th 2015, 7:26 PM

    Plenty of towns and villages around Ireland that could be featured on this article

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    Sep 27th 2015, 7:25 PM

    Check out my Irish explores urbexjunkie.com

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    Sep 27th 2015, 8:41 PM

    Great pics Urbex…..keep it up…very interesting!
    Love the mines btw.

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    Sep 27th 2015, 11:07 PM

    Great photos – Albatros Fertilizers….very eerie.

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    Sep 28th 2015, 12:03 AM

    Thanks for share urbex, very atmospheric photos

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    Sep 28th 2015, 8:44 AM

    Much appreciated folks.

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    Sep 27th 2015, 8:18 PM

    Did I miss the zombie apocalypse?

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    Sep 27th 2015, 8:01 PM

    If America did not spend so much on foreign war they could have a lot of these places restored.

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    Sep 27th 2015, 8:06 PM

    Hey frank, welcome home, numberfi me please. I’m bored.

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    Sep 27th 2015, 9:17 PM

    Breaking: Israei airforce attack Assad positions in Quneitra

    Add up tomorrow’s date and you will get another “27″.

    Blood Moon tonight..

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    Sep 27th 2015, 10:27 PM

    Cheers Frank.

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    Sep 27th 2015, 8:43 PM

    Looks like Thomas street in Dublin .

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    Sep 27th 2015, 10:03 PM

    You can do a street view of the Hashima Island and wander round it.
    Eerie.

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    Sep 27th 2015, 10:17 PM

    Slow news day, can recall this story was posted a couple of years ago, think the journal just rejigged it to full a gap..

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    Sep 28th 2015, 4:56 AM

    Live the bldg. filled with sand and the boat full of trees

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    Sep 27th 2015, 11:08 PM

    Ghosts of humans past?

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    Sep 28th 2015, 10:43 AM

    Pretty sure it’s the same swimming pool as In the Pink Floyd Marooned music video. A fairly apt soundtrack to sum up the desolation of these photos too

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    Sep 30th 2015, 6:39 PM

    Wtf

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