40 Creepy Abandoned Places You Don't Want to Visit Alone

While it might not seem like the most idyllic getaway, there are benefits to taking a trip to ghost towns and old rundown schools, you won't find a single soul there trying to sell you a watch or timeshare.

By Nathan Johnson

Published 5 months ago in Ftw

Are the kids driving you up the wall? Is work blowing up your phone after hours? Looking to get away? May I recommend an abandoned nuclear power plant?

So as the weight of tomorrow and all that it brings begins to set in, take a trip to someplace nice and quiet.

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Abandoned Oil Rig in the Gulf of Mexico

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Abandoned Radar Tower

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My childhood home, long abandoned
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Abandoned house filled with thousands of soft toys. The lady was a hoarder who died in 2021 with no family. Insane place, literally falling on your head walking through. Every room was stacked.

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Abandoned WW2 bunker in Normandy
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This car I've pulled from the woods to restore. Been parked abandoned for almost 55 years
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Century old Sunken Ship preserved in perfect condition beneath Lake Superior

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All of the trophies left behind in an abandoned school
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A double vault at an abandoned bank.
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Ghost town of abandoned mansions, Shenyang, China

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From the Drive to McCarthy Alaska, there were many Van-Life gone wrong examples
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Ryugyong Hotel in North Korea after being abandoned for 20 years. It is now more complete but still not in use
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McDonald’s abandoned McBarge restaurant

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Abandoned chimney in Germany
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Unfinished loop bridge left abandoned in Japan
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Marble table in a basement

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Movie will be in Theater number…
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Abandoned house hidden in the Virginia woods
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Abandoned Row Houses in Baltimore, Maryland

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Massive forgotten industrial site in Hungry strangely beautiful
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Creepy Abandoned Home in Atchison, KS
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Abandoned Model Train Setup in the Basement of this Abandoned House

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Desolate Gothic Tower Structure Amidst Serene Greens
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120-Years-Old Vacant French Chateau
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Abandoned Luxury Homes that were Never Finished

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When building remote roads contractors will abandon equipment that is too big and heavy to haul out. This is one of three abandoned dozers on a logging road.
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Bethlehem Steel – Blast Furnace
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Abandoned Sears

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Abandoned railway bridge in Jastrowie, Poland. Built in 1914, brown up by retreating Germans in January 1945.
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Abandoned WW2 bomber a month before destruction.
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Global Warming > Retreating Ice > WW1 Canon Appearing in the Alps

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Defunct bridge in downtown Chicago
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The Dairy Queen I used to go to as a kid, and my Dad as a kid as well. Friendly, West Virginia.
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An Abandoned Delorian Last Registered In 2015