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50 Of The Most Breathtaking Forgotten Places, As Shared By This Twitter Account
Twitter user Alex Menn shares pictures of abandoned places from all around the world and the images are hauntingly beautiful, to say the least.
They capture the eerie stillness of forgotten factories, temples, amusement parks, and other locations. Some of the sites appear frozen in time, with old machinery and furniture left behind as if the occupants suddenly vanished and never returned. Others show signs of decay and nature slowly reclaiming the structures.
Through these photos, Alex Menn provides a glimpse into the past, provoking our imagination to complete the stories behind these mysterious areas and buildings, and his account is a must-follow for anyone interested in urban exploration and photography.
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StrangeOne 1 year ago
Houses found deep in forests fascinate me and make me feel uneased at the same time.
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Robert Trebor 1 year ago
Looks like kudzu. Some counties in South Carolina have a full time crew to keep after the kudzu.
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Valentin Iulian 1 year ago
After being a ruin for most of my adult life (I'm almost 36) it's currently being restored. You can find a couple of live streams of the building at https://cazinoconstanta.ro/ if you're curious about its current status. And a bit of trivia, the last major restoration job was done in the 1950s, during the communist regime, when political prisoners were used for the work. The current restoration project uncovered various notes hidden in the walls by the prisoners, such as farewell messages and lists of names of the people who worked there, in the hope that the messages would be found some day and they would not be forgotten.
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Steve Robert 1 year ago
And once there were people looking out through those windows waiting for the guests to arrive
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Blackheart 1 year ago
Not as much as I would like to see Andrew Jackson beneath said pile of s**t, He tried to commit a genocide of native people.
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pennyroyal 1 year ago
This is in Williamsburg, VA. It was a giant presidents busts museum that it turns out no one wanted to pay to see so they closed down. Let the heads.
BRUSSEL SPROUT PANDA 1 year ago
After the attraction closed, they were transported to this field. Lincoln, ironically enough, was dropped during transport and now has a hole in his head.
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Icecream Sarang 1 year ago
IIR, it had something to do with a theme park that never got funding.
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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 1 year ago
Reminds me of Fallen Monument park in Russia. It's where all the old communist era statues went after the USSR fell. It's in Goldeneye.
Steve Robert 1 year ago
You can use AI and bring them to life. Then they can be real talking heads.
yellowphantom 1 year ago
I lived in Williamsburg when that park was open and never even thought of going. There were so many more diverting attractions there. When my family and friends came to visit, this one didn't even make the list. You could see some of the heads from the road on the way to Water Country and they were conversation-worthy, but not enough to pay money for.
Frank Heidsick 1 year ago
At first glance i thought the scond on from the left was Kevin Bacon…
Maxine Kay 1 year ago
Similar place in Houston, only difference is the warehouse background and lack of trees
Quarkbeast 1 year ago
On first glance I thought the one middle left was Elvis, my bad. In my defense, I'm a naturalized American but I do recognize George Washington and Lincoln.
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Mark Howell 1 year ago (edited)
Wet Earth Pit. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifton_Country_Park . It's where I walk my dog
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M. William Bell 1 year ago
Ah, the infamous German T-Boat. (I think they got better as they went down the alphabet.)
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Pieter LeGrande 1 year ago
Abandoned? Those rails look pretty shiny and the vegetation not over the rails.
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Donkeywheel 1 year ago
This alex menn is a huge huge mythomaniac. He did not go to the places he said he discovered, visited, found out and definitely did not take the pictures he said he did. For one very good reason : most of these places are NOT abandoned (never were) and the pics are all old and well known. Don’t give exposure to liars and thieves. Original urbex content it not hard to find.
Spocks's Mom 1 year ago
Yeah. Not only that, but I had to do an image search just to see where some of these places were or if they were even real. I am pretty sure the abandoned mall pic was computer generated.
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elleestrebelle 1 year ago
And he doesn't credit a single photographer. I deeply detest people like him who go for cheap fame by ripping of pictures they found online. Some urban explorers do this professionally and make their living with their photography. But Alex the loser obviosly doesn't care.
Blackheart 1 year ago
I see these posts, and I can't help but think about people all over the world in need of decent shelter. Seems out of whack
Jahz Design 1 year ago
He is not the author of the photos. Thank you for putting the credits of the real photographers.
Julie Snelling 1 year ago
I wish I was rich because I would buy a lot of these places and restore them to their former glory.
Donkeywheel 1 year ago
This alex menn is a huge huge mythomaniac. He did not go to the places he said he discovered, visited, found out and definitely did not take the pictures he said he did. For one very good reason : most of these places are NOT abandoned (never were) and the pics are all old and well known. Don’t give exposure to liars and thieves. Original urbex content it not hard to find.
Spocks's Mom 1 year ago
Yeah. Not only that, but I had to do an image search just to see where some of these places were or if they were even real. I am pretty sure the abandoned mall pic was computer generated.
Load More Replies... elleestrebelle 1 year ago
And he doesn't credit a single photographer. I deeply detest people like him who go for cheap fame by ripping of pictures they found online. Some urban explorers do this professionally and make their living with their photography. But Alex the loser obviosly doesn't care.
Blackheart 1 year ago
I see these posts, and I can't help but think about people all over the world in need of decent shelter. Seems out of whack
Jahz Design 1 year ago
He is not the author of the photos. Thank you for putting the credits of the real photographers.
Julie Snelling 1 year ago
I wish I was rich because I would buy a lot of these places and restore them to their former glory.
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