In 1950, a dam project merged two lakes ... its crumbling buildings and eerie silence make it one of Japan's most infamous abandoned places. Visitors can tour the island, which has gained ...

But for 32-year-old photographer Olivia Broome the austere geometric buildings that dominated European architecture in the 1950s and 60s ... structures until it was abandoned in 1996.

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 ...

That changed drastically in the 1950s when an exodus began in remote ... says Faustino Calderón in Madrid, who documents abandoned places on his website. “They saw that life in the cities ...