Abundant Abandonment

These abandoned buildings showcase the beauty of craftsmanship and detail rarely seen in today’s architecture. Although empty and forgotten they offer a glimpse of the past frozen in time.

Top to bottom:
1. ORPHEUM AUDITORIUM – New Bedford, Massachusetts. This Auditorium opened on the same day that the Titanic sunk, April 15th, 1912. A supermarket now occupies some of the building, but the rest remains beautifully deserted.

2. CITY HALL STATION – City Hall, New York City, NY. Station was built in 1904 and closed in 1945 as only around 600 people used it only a daily basis.

3. UNDERWATER CITY – SHICHENG, CHINA. Shicheng has been underwater for 53 years since the Xin’an River Hydro Plant flooded the area. The city was founded 1,300 years ago.

Source:
http://www.the-open-mind.com/the-38-most-haunting-abandoned-places-on-earth-just-might-give-you-chills/

Spectacular Images of Decaying Ships

Abandoned ships, once hardy and majestic, take on an eerie beauty when left in their broken state. These massive vessels are treasures of a not so distant past, reminding us of the fragility of life and it’s mystery.

1. SS Ayrfield, Homebush Bay is a floating forest in Australia.
2. Duke of Lancaster in Wales turned into a graffiti Mecca.
3. Odd sighting of camels surrounding abandoned ship in the desert.
4. Decaying bones of the Peter Iredale shipwreck along the Oregon shore.

Old Sugar Mill Sacramento

The Old Sugar Mill in Clarksburg, CA is home to upscale wineries and hosts extravagant weddings, accommodating up to 1,000 people. But behind the scenes is a forgotten history of a sugar mill that began its operation in 1935. When all the guests are gone and all the adornments taken down what is left is a beautiful old building that speaks to another era.