Abandoning things that were once used by many people sounds like a sad and depressing story. Unfortunately, many man-made structures succumb to this fate once they are no longer useful. Oddly, some of these structures take on different form of beauty. Almost like a rustic antique that increases in value with every sign of age. From the Manteno State Mental Hospital in Manteno, Illinois to the glorious Erice Castle in Sicily, Italy; these abandoned structures are surprisingly beautiful. Check out these 25 most beautiful abandoned places you won’t believe exist.
This amazing ruin The Beatles visited back in the 1960's at Rishikesh, northern India to attend an advanced transcendental meditation training session at the Ashram of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Meditation_chambers_at_the_old_Maharishi_Mahesh_Yogi_Ashram,_now_in_ruins,_Muni_Ki_Reti.jpgThis old "haunted" abandoned house in a rural area of Kerala, India.
Image: ShutterstockLes Tours de Merle, in the Correze department of France, which has been abandoned since 1574.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/smithser/7152498159Abandoned building from the Manteno State Mental Hospital in Manteno, Illinois
ShutterstockThe magnificent Temple of Apollo at Delphi, Greece
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Temple_of_Apollo_at_Delphi_from_below_with_ivy.JPGIsla de las Muñecas Mexico City, Mexico
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vista_del_interior_Isla_de_las_mu%C3%B1ecas.JPGGhost Town in the Abandoned Island Gunkanjima near Nagasaki, Japan
ShutterstockThe ancient ruins of orthodox Christianity in Stari Bar, Montenegro
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bar,_Montenegro#/media/File:Stari_bar_town_walls.jpgThe glorious Erice Castle in Sicily, Italy
Image: ShutterstockAbandoned Military Hospital in Beelitz, Germany
ShutterstockUnderground Bunker From Cold War in Sevastopol, Ukraine
ShutterstockDestroyed car in an abandoned place
Image: ShutterstockAbandoned Subway Tunnel in Kiev, Ukraine
ShutterstockNara Dreamland, Japan
ShutterstockHouse of the Bulgarian Communist Party, Bulgaria
ShutterstockAgdam, a ghost town in Azerbaijan
Image: Commons.wikimedia.org user KennyOMGPripyat, Ukraine
ShutterstockAbandoned church in Hassan, India.
Image: ShutterstockAbandoned Chernobyl Attraction
Image: ShutterstockThe superb ruins of the Cistercian Abbey of Villers-la-Ville in Walloon Brabant, Belgium
Image: ShutterstockKolmanskop, Namibia
ShutterstockAncient ruins in Ta Prohm or Rajavihara Temple at Angkor, Siem Reap, Cambodia.
ShutterstockThe abandoned Valley of the Mills in Naples, Italy
Image: ShutterstockSmugglers Cove on Navagio Beach in Zakynthos, Greece
Image: ShutterstockCity Methodist Church in Gary, Indiana
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