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scrappynw

I mostly take photos of old buildings and places that have been abandoned. I have been doing this for roughly 9 years now and have traveled a fair bit to do it.

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Places edited in Ivankivs'kyi district, Ukraine

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Llechwedd Caverns Trampoline Park

A subterranean playground in an abandoned slate mine.

Snowdon

The highest peak in Wales is said to be the final resting place of a giant killed by King Arthur.

thomasharper

Added by thomasharper

Pool Park Asylum

This abandoned asylum in Wales might look haunted, but it's still beautiful.

Catherine

Added by Catherine

Flintshire, Wales

Duke of Lancaster

Abandoned ship reimagined as a street art canvas.

Allison

Added by Allison

Denbigh Insane Asylum

The decaying ruins of Wales' first asylum for the mentally ill.

Annetta Black

Added by Annetta Black

Manchester, England

Victoria Arches

Hidden on the urban banks of a Manchester river are a series of abandoned waterside industrial sites.

paulypaul

Added by paulypaul

Ivankivs'kyi district, Ukraine

Duga 'Russian Woodpecker' Radar

This derelict superstructure was a very important warning system for the Soviet military.

Pripyat, Ukraine

Abandoned City of Pripyat

The ghost town left by the worst nuclear disaster of all time is being taken over by nature and urban explorers.

Added by Delireus

Pripyat, Ukraine

Pripyat Amusement Park

This attraction was abandoned after the Chernobyl disaster.

Allison

Added by Allison

Pripyat, Ukraine

Abandoned Avanhard Stadium of Pripyat

One of the most poignant ruins of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, the local football team's stadium has been quickly reclaimed by nature.

Luke J Spencer

Added by Luke J Spencer

Manchester, England

Mayfield Railway Station

Manchester's abandoned train depot lingers in a post-industrial purgatory.

Dylan

Liverpool, England

Stanley Dock Tobacco Warehouse

This aging storage facility is the world's largest brick warehouse.

Added by bibsa888

Burnley, England

The Singing Ringing Tree

A metal tree emits eerie, melodic notes on top of Lancashire's Crown Point.

Added by renakaba

Rawtenstall, England

Mr Fitzpatrick's Temperance Bar

The last of the 19th-century booze-free bars has been slinging teetotal tonics for over a century.

alleywaykid

Added by alleywaykid

Blackpool, England

Sir Hiram Maxim's Captive Flying Machines

One of the oldest amusement rides in existence was a huge disappointment to its creator.

chrisslater

Added by chrisslater

Southport, England

Southport Pier

The second-longest pier in the U.K. stretches a whole kilometer into the Irish Sea.

Added by oceanparadox

Whittingham, England

Whittingham Hospital

This hospital once pioneered the use of electroencephalograms, but fell into maltreatment, abuse, and eventual abandonment.

Added by cinapelayo