Have you ever seen a place that’s a bit eerie, unsettling, or even downright creepy? Maybe it’s due to the lighting, the objects that are around you, or just an overall unnerving vibe? Perhaps you’ve actually been to a similar place? A place that seems like a portal between this world and somewhere else.
If you have, then you’ve probably been to a liminal space. On the Internet, that usually refers to empty rooms, corridors, and even streets that look surreal for some reason. Here we have a compilation of some intriguing liminal spaces, so, if you’re looking for some weirdness, scroll away.
To know more about what liminality actually is, Bored Panda reached out to Lecturer in English at the University of Hull Dr. Kevin Corstorphine. He gave us some examples of liminal spaces from classical Gothic texts and explained why the concept is so important to the genre. Read his expert insights below!
#1 Lovely Winter’s Day In Amsterdam
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#2 A Bridge In Norway While Snowing
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#3 Found A Portal To Elsewhere
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#4 Lonely Gas Station
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#5 My Husband Sent Me This. It Was Taken On His Way To Work This Morning
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#6 My Mother-In-Law’s House Flooded Last Night. Took This Pic Before We Started Pumping Water Out, Thought It Looked Surreal
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#7 Sinking Feeling
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#8 I Am Currently Working Construction At A New Amazon Fulfillment Center (650,000 Square Feet). This Is The Fourth Of Five Floor. That Is Fog In The Background
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#9 This Picture Of Moment Valley Always Felt Liminal
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#10 I Think This Belongs Here
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#11 Unsure If These Fit Here But It Was Quite A Walk Last Night
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#12 Movie Theaters Tell No Tales
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#13 This Empty Beach Me And My Girlfriend Saw While Taking A Walk Last Night
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#14 The Building Next To The Hotel I’m Staying At
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#15 It’s Been 38 Hours And It’s Still Dark Out. Everyone Else On The Cruise Seemingly Vanished
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#16 The Creepiest Gas Station On Earth
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#17 Sky Parking
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#18 Crown Of Birds
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#19 New Fear Unlocked: Indoor Pools With Dim Lighting
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#20 Abandoned Hospital, No Power, No One Inside For Decades. A Light Always On In One Window
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#21 Imagine Being The First And Only Person To Show Up Early To Work, Walking Down A Dark Hallway, And As You Walk Past The Break Room You See This From The Corner Of Your Eye
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#22 Iron Mine In Virginia That Was Abandoned In The Early 1900s
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#23 Standing Under The Avala TV Tower, Mountain Avala, Serbia
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#24 This Does Not Look Real
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#25 This Was My Neighborhood Today
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#26 Birthday Room In My Local Movie Theater
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#27 A Liminal Encounter I Felt Compelled To Share
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#28 Time To Take Your Exam, Pick A Seat
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#29 Escalators To Darkness
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#30 The View I Had From The Bus Stop At 5 AM This Morning
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#31 Something Feels Off
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#32 The Most Liminal Space I’ve Ever Visited
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#33 Our Apartment
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#34 Amphitheater Museum, Lyon
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#35 Took This In A Gym, Close To Where I Work
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#36 A Hotel In The Fog
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#37 Was Exploring The Massive Old Hilton In Chicago, And Came Across This Room In The Basement
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#38 Fog At The Cemetery
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#39 Stairs In An Abandoned Orphanage, Italy
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#40 The Toilet At My Work
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#41 Do You Remember Your Home?
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#42 Lobby Of An Abandoned Paul Rudolph Masterpiece
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#43 Virtual Learning
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#44 I Got Lost In This Weird Concrete Area. No One Was Around And The Doors Were Locked
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#45 Empty Mall (Yes, Believe It Or Not This Really Is A Mall)
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#46 I Took This Picture And Left As Quick As Possible This Room
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#47 This Pool At A Hotel I’m Staying At – It Was Quiet
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#48 My Father’s Office At Night
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#49 I Just Wanted To Buy Chocolate
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#50 Accommodation At My School
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#51 Visiting A Friend’s House During The Summer
#52 This Does Not Look Real
#53 Unknown Beach
#54 My Workplace Is Looking A Little Like A Liminal Space-
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