these modern-day towns are now lifeless landmarks, built to accommodate booming populations before misfortune or misjudgment rendered them obsolete. From rows of abandoned McMansions to UFO-shaped ...

Is there anything spookier that wandering around a town once bustling with people and activity that is now abandoned and deserted? Often nicknamed ghost towns, these once populated places become ...

With that in mind, here are 25 of the most intriguing abandoned places around the world to visit. Dating to the late 19th century, the Beelitz-Heilstätten was built as a sanatorium, for people ...