There aren’t too many opportunities to feel like an adventurer in modern times. However, exploring abandoned places and finding unexpected treasures can give you that deep thrill. You might not bring anything physical back to show for your efforts, but the photos you take and the first-hand experiences make for even better souvenirs.
The ‘Abandoned Beauties’ Facebook page is dedicated to urban exploration (aka Urbex or UE) and showcasing gorgeous images of abandoned places and objects. Both past and present. We’ve got a beautiful selection of photos from them to share with you today, Pandas, so go on and have a scroll down into the mysterious, uncharted wilds of Urbex. Upvote your fave photos and, if you’ve ever gone exploring like this yourselves, tell us all about it in the comments.
A very strong note of warning, dear Pandas: your safety is of paramount importance. If you plan on exploring any abandoned places, you need to take the necessary precautions and be extremely careful. I know that you’re all very capable, but you can’t go adventuring without the proper preparations if you want to stay safe. More on that below.
I reached out to photographer Dominic Sberna for some advice about how to keep our photography gear safe while exploring new areas, how to get the right lighting for photos in dark settings, and to understand just how vital camera angles are.
Dominic told Bored Panda that camera angles are important when it comes to showing off the scope of a large building. “A lower angle is going to intensify the view, just as a high vantage point would. The vantage point really matters as well. Depending on what you’re going for in your shot, you’ll want to have a nice showcase of the scene in front of you when exploring any abandoned property,” the photographer explained. You’ll find the full interview below.
#1 Mcdermott’s Castle, Abandoned Fairytale Irish Castle In The Middle Of A Lake, County Roscommon, Ireland
Image source: malteheitmueller
#2 Abandoned House In The Swamp
Image source: Abandoned Beauties
#3 A Very Little Key Will Open A Very Heavy Door. Charles Dickens
Image source: kimzier11
#4 The Garden Of Ninfa Is A Landscape Garden In The Territory Of Cisterna Di Latina, In The Province Of Latina, Central Italy
The garden includes the ruins of the ancient settlement of Ninfa, whose name seems to derive from a classical era nymphaeum, a temple dedicated to nymphs, located on an island in the small lake.
Image source: robyrabs
#5 Abandoned Castle In Italy
Image source: Abandoned Beauties
#6 Abandoned Casino In Romania
Image source: The Glory of Disrepair
#7 The Stairway Of An Abandoned Button Factory
Image source: Abandoned Beauties
#8 A Perfect Place For Peaceful Thoughts And Meditation
Image source: hello_nady
#9 Abandoned 19th Century Greenhouse, France
Image source: jahzdesignoff
#10 Abandoned Glasshouse
Image source: kollaps3n
#11 Abandoned Mansion, Belgium
Image source: bastionjanksi
#12 Abandoned Chapel In France
Image source: isabelle_van_assche
#13 The Ruins Of Bannerman’s Castle, An Abandoned Military Surplus Warehouse, Still Stand In The Middle Of The Hudson River
Image source: Kim Zier Photography
#14 Fairy Tale House
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#15 I Don’t Understand Why People Abandoned Beautiful Properties Like This
Image source: tmaxfirenze
#16 A Library Inside An Abandoned 19th Century Victorian Mansion. Who Wants To Explore??
Image source: Abandoned Beauties
#17 Italy
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#18 Ballysaggartmore Towers Are Two Ornate Entrance Lodges (One Also Acts As A Bridge)
They are situated on the former Ballysaggartmore Demesne approx 2.5 kilometres from the town of Lismore in County Waterford, Ireland. The structures are were constructed for an Anglo Irish Landlord, Arthur Keily-Ussher no later than 1834.
Image source: michaela.abeyphotography
#19 The Magnificence Of An Abandoned Place
Image source: instabruijn
#20 A Roman Bathhouse Still In Use After 2,000 Years In Khenchela, Algeria
Image source: ACAA
#21 An Old Castle That’s Been Left Behind In England
Image source: _marcelsiebert
#22 Abandoned Beach House Slowly Being Reclaimed By The Sea, North Carolina
Image source: meunderwears
#23 Shengsi Islands
There are few reminders of the power of nature as beautiful and stark as the scenes at the abandoned village of Houtouwan, on the Shengsi archipelago just off the Chinese mainland.
This small fishing village was only deserted in the early 1990s, but since then nearly every building has been enveloped by some of the densest greenery you will ever see.
Image source: w.n__t
#24 Abandoned Hotel Del Salto, Colombia. Explore Or Ignore?
Image source: Abandoned Beauties
#25 Beautiful Abandoned Miners’ Cottages In A Disused Slate Quarry In Snowdonia, North Wales
The quarry closed in 1969 due to industry decline and because 170-years of working the site had reaulted in waste tips sliding into the main pit workings.
Image source: peter.pup
#26 Strasbourg, France
Image source: urbex_et_prestige
#27 Abandoned Hotel In Northern Italy (San Pellegrino)
Image source: Abandoned Beauties
#28 Hidden In The Forest
Image source: abandoned_nordic
#29 Abandoned Spa Town In The Czech Republic
Image source: Abandoned Beauties
#30 Abandoned Villa In Italy
Image source: glory.of.disrepair
#31 Ghost Cloud Temple
Image source: glory.of.disrepair
#32 Aniva Lighthouse In Sakhalin, North Of Japan
Image source: lanasator
#33 French Castle
Image source: sab_chd
#34 A Sanatorium, In Poland. Explore Or Ignore?
Image source: Abandoned Beauties
#35 Sintra
Image source: d.p.abandoned_explorer
#36 Skola Tower. Italia
Image source: ir0n4ss
#37 Abandoned Beauty
Image source: decades_of_decay
#38 Abandoned Train In Siberia
Image source: Abandoned Beauties
#39 Abandoned Guitar Factory
Image source: hirooooox
#40 Awesome Staircase In Europe
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#41 Who’s Interested In Escaping Civilization And Buying Their Own Private Island In Wales? This Fixer Upper Sea Fort With Epic Views Is Now For Sale, It Was Last Upgraded In 1859!
Image source: johnedwardjames
#42 An Overgrown Pool At An Abandoned Mansion. Location Unknown
Image source: chicago_jenn
#43 Atmosphere In Russia
Image source: svetoch_13
#44 Abandoned Library
Image source: lanasator
#45 Volkswagen Graveyard
Image source: cstone710
#46 Abandoned Hotel – 2019
Image source: pearlogs
#47 Smirnykh, Sakhalinskaya Oblast’, Russia
Originally, the airfield on this place was built in the early 20th century for the Imperial Japanese Army and was called Keton. It consisted of a 1200 m long concrete runway, gravel taxiways and about 20 equipped aircraft parking lots.
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After the Soviet Union regained control over Sakhalin in 1945, the Smirnykh airfield (both the village and airfield were renamed in 1946 after the battalion commander who died in the battles for the liberation of the island in this area) became home to the 528th Fighter Aviation Regiment, which performed the tasks of air defense of Sakhalin Island and its marine zone.
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In 1966, the airfield was reconstructed. A new runway with a length of 2,000 m was built, which was later extended to 2,500 m, as well as reinforced concrete shelters for aircrafts with fan exit to taxiways.
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In 1994 the fighter aviation regiment was disbanded. The aircrafts were moved to Komsomolsk-on-Amur, where a storage base was equipped, but later all of them were disposed off. But two MiG-23s, one combat aircraft and one combat trainer, were left in hangars at the Smirnykh, where they remain to this day…
Image source: lanasator
#48 Abandoned…
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#49 If Walls Could Talk…
Image source: Alexandr Nikulin
#50 Soviet Era Tupolev 104 Jet
Image source: maria.urbex.photography
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