The spine-chilling stories of these abandoned mansions are chock-full of strange histories, mysteries and even scandal. Just like these haunted house mysteries, some stories might be better left ...

A large staircase, framed by exquisitely moulded columns, leads your eye through the pleasing symmetry of the interior. Pristine white paint and marble-effect walls maintain a clean, classic feel.

this crumbling neo-Gothic mansion is a mysterious relic of a bygone age. The building was constructed in 1863, but this incarnation only survived until 1890, when a devastating fire broke out, ...

Yet today, they stand derelict and exposed to the elements. Click or scroll through and take a look inside these abandoned mansions once home to the world's super-rich ...