All news on the topic: Abandoned places

The old mortuary – which was last used to tend the dead 20 years ago – went under the hammer on Thursday and sparked a bidding war until it sold for £137,000 - £82,000 more than expected

Ben, from Lost Adventure, rediscovered the long-lost mansion with a tragic history of murders and death, and explored the inside which he shared to his TikTok channels

The 11,000-square-foot castle in Tennessee, US, has two floors with eight rooms plus a full basement and a large attic with servants’ quarters and stained-glass windows, imported from Italy

Urban explorer Jose Flores has visited a home in Monterrey, Mexico, that is said to be haunted by the ghosts of two women, a mum and a daughter, who were tortured and killed there

The people living in the two houses in Draper, Utah, were forced to abandon their homes in October last year and weren't allowed to go back to retrieve belongings such as photo albums

An abandoned home near Edinburgh has been left untouched since the 1960s as amazing photos show the inside of the property frozen in time after the owners mysteriously died from "poisoning"

Coryton, in Cardiff, housed one of 13 undergrouns bunkers which would have been brought into use in the 1950s had Parliament been destroyed in a nuclear attack by Russia

Neil Parker moved his caravan onto a small patch of rough land in Wales that he says has been neglected for years - but his neighbouring farmer was not so happy about his presence

Various collectible and homemade dolls could be found 'scattered all over' the old abandoned house, with a 1950s 'sad clown' toy giving one urban explorer quite the fright

Stashes of porn magazines and other relics dating back decades provide an eerie glimpse into the former habitants of this abandoned home in West Sussex

Images reveal the crumbling detention centre with grass growing on mattresses in the cells and debris all over the floor in the common room where a clock is frozen at 9.45 in Florida, US

The housing project is Phetchaburi, Thailand, which sits around 10 miles from a major beach destination, was left to the elements after being abandoned during Asia's financial crisis in 1997

Local legends of an old Victorian alleyway buried beneath a busy city road led a keen historian to venture down a grille and unearth fascinating secrets of a place lost to time

The abandoned neo-Gothic mansion and hotel near Powys, Wales, appears to have been used by drug dealers since it was closed down and abandoned 25 years ago

The Enchanted Forest, in Howard County, Maryland, opened just one month after Disneyland in 1955, welcoming visitors to a world of fairytale castles and characters.

The Western State asylum in Staunton Virginia, US, is cloaked in scandal after introducing new and dangerous treatments including fever therapy, prefrontal lobotomies and Metrazol injections

Urban explorers discovered everything inside abandoned Shropshire pub The Acton Arms still intact and looking as though it was waiting to welcome punters

Brant Park Cooperative Apartments in Ontario, Canada, gives a glimpse into what life was like in the 1940s and beyond, with bright designs, retro wallpaper, and vintage kitchens

The Manselton Primary School, in Swansea, served its local community for over a hundred years before it was eventually shut in 2012 - but it was never cleared out and still carries its former students' artwork on the walls

An abandoned World War 2 airfield in Cornwall is said to be haunted. RAF Davidstow Moor served as an active Royal Air Force Station from 1942 to 1945, but spooked locals long before that

The Baker Hotel and Spa lies just outside Mineral Wells, Texas. Having opened in 1929, it went through many iterations before closing its doors in 1972 - but now there are plans to restore the building

Edinburgh City Poorhouse, which is in the Greenbank part of the capital, provided a "comfortable home for the aged and poor" in its heydey

A hospital which closed suddenly after years of failure and financial trouble now lies abandoned with x-ray machines and expensive medical equipment still waiting to be used

Bob Thissen, 35, and his team of Urban Explorers were able to capture new images of the Ms Astor, which spent over 30 years at sea taking passengers on pleasant cruises.

The Randall Park Mall was the biggest in the world when it was built in 1976, but the £143million shopping centre couldn't withstand changing economic conditions and became tainted by a history of gruesome crimes