Beauty of abandoned places

Kolmanskop, Namibia (Image: National Geographic)

Today I found a fascinating post on BuzzFeed featuring photos of the 33 most beautiful abandoned places in the world. It’s hard to pick favorites but I have to say the one of the sand-filled house in Kolmanskop, a ghost town in the Namib Desert, is the most striking to me. The blues, yellows, and oranges are striking. And the multiple door frames captured in this shot make the image self-referential, reminiscent of the hall of mirrors.

It made me look through my own photo collection to find beautiful abandoned places I’ve come across. Here are my top five. How about you? Have you taken any photos of desolate yet striking locations that you’d have to share? If so blog about it and link back – which I guess would officially make this my first-ever travel theme post!

1. Krzyżtopór castle in Ujazd, Poland

2. Fort Pickens in Pensacola, Florida

3. Frozen in time – Pompeii, Italy

4. Old mosque in Belgrade, Serbia

5. Bridge in Louisiana

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Steve and Monica from ourgetaways.com on March 31, 2013 at 4:09 pm said:

Love this! Thanks for sharing. We’ve been to a few of these locations ourselves 🙂

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- Ania on March 31, 2013 at 4:23 pm said:
  
  Do share some of the special abandoned places you encountered in your travels!
  
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Casey on April 4, 2013 at 1:29 am said:

Love this post! I love looking at photos of abandonded places — they look so creepy and beautiful, all at the same time! For some reason I’ve never actually explored many of them. I’ll need to change that very soon 🙂

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- Ania on April 6, 2013 at 10:55 am said:
  
  Thank you Casey! I look forward to seeing your photos of the abandoned places you find =)
  
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Scott on April 14, 2013 at 1:50 pm said:

Check out San Galgano in Tuscany: http://wp.me/pUoc6-9a

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- Ania on April 14, 2013 at 2:08 pm said:
  
  Really cool! Adding it to my to-do list…
  
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