Abandoned World Photography

Get a first-person view of the inside of off-limits, decaying, historical buildings around the world.

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The white houses - WW2 German Weapons Testing

Hidden in a forest, forgotten in time, lies a fake ‘city’ - one of the last remains of Hitler’s dream of the world capital 'Germania’, Four buildings // towers, each 20 meters high, built of reinforced concrete that served as a test site for testing both bombs and construction, materials and types of buildings to build bomb-proof homes for civilians in Germania.

The four towers were clad with white bricks, which can still be seen at the top. The bricks were removed after the war by the locals and used for the construction of houses.

Near the abandoned towers there are 2 walls, both one meter thick. One still stands and has a massive explosive hole in the middle - the other is overturned.

In July 1939, the walls were used to demonstrate the penetrating power of explosive bombs for Hitler. The demonstration did not go as planned, Instead of 8mm reinforcement, 10mm was used and the bombs lacked the gigantic penetration force that the weapon manufacturer would have liked to demonstrate.

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In 1996, a fire ripped through a #Batman themed nightclub in #Thailand and it was left to decay. Today, all that's left inside is world-class graffiti, holes in the floor 70 feet deep and a dance floor submerged by metres of water. And ironically, a lot of bats flying around! More photos and full story in the link! https://bit.ly/3j40Bzw

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The abandoned Irish Duffy House is tucked away in the middle of a large golden field on the outskirts of Perth, Western Australia. This historical site tells the story of Irish immigrants and their significant involvement in Australia's farming industry development dating back to the mid-1800's. It was of great interest to me (being Irish and currently in Australia), so as soon as I read about it online, I immediately set out to photograph the site remains and dig more into the history of Duffy House.

I first read about the house in a 2018 article published by a local newspaper who reported a kangaroo had been found hanging from a noose inside and the word “Satan” sprayed on the walls. The description of extreme disrepair was sadly quite the opposite of what the house was remembered for in its former days. Upon completion in 1913, Duffy House was considered to be one of the most modern and innovative homes in the region, with its three bedrooms, kitchen, and no ceiling (more about this on the AWP website)!

Shortly after the newspaper article came out, the dilapidation, anti-social behaviour and vandalism got so bad police had to install an anti-climb security fence around the perimeter of the house.

In 2018, management of the property was transferred from the West Australian Planning Commission (WAPC) to local government body the City of Joondalup, which had long called for its restoration, against a backdrop of demolition planned by the former. In addition, $300,000 was offered by the state government towards the development of Duffy House, which is expected to be turned into a café or tearooms.

Check out the full history of this amazing site on the AWP website! https://abandonedworldphotography.com/2022/03/20/the-abandoned-duffy-house-wanneroo-perth-australia/

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#Happyinternationalwomensday to all the other female urban explorers, #photographers, and crazy #urbexgirls! 🚷🤪☣️

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More than 50,000 people, including children as young as 11, perished at the Australian #Wacol Mental Asylum after it was established in 1865. Since the institution was shut down in 2001, survivors of the Brisbane-based mental asylum have come forward to tell stories of shocking stories of systematic rape, electroshock, intellectual abuse, physical torture and being force-fed drugs.

According to the Brisbane Times, several women were able to access their files from #Wolston Park, documenting the drugs they were given as children, mostly on a daily basis. Those drugs included Haloperidol, Paraldehyde (used to melt plastic!), Mellaril, Largactil, Neulactil and Valium. Paraldehyde is a drug that was used to melt plastic (when it wasn't being used in Wacol) and has since been removed from the list of legal drugs in Australia. 

The exact number of Wacol Asylum survivors is unknown, however, it’s believed there are no more than six left today. https://abandonedworldphotography.com/2018/09/23/abandoned-wolston-park-hospital-brisbane-australia/

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Abandoned World Photography is a collection of rare, exclusive images that offer every single viewer a unique, personal experience. The photographs are snapshots into our ancestor’s past lives - their traditions, culture, challenges, and desires. It’s a Sherlock Holmes deep dive into the businesses of today and what they’re hiding in locked drawers, confidential folders and down in the basement. For the first time ever, you can put on Harry Potter’s invisible cloak and walk straight past a security guard and into an off-limits building or room. Are you ready to see what lies beyond and beneath some of the most historic, famous, and desolate buildings in our world?

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What you see in this video are the former Wyvern Units that Perth's Regis Aged Care operated out of for some time before they became involved in police investigations, suspicious fires, and reports of patient neglect, abuse and death. Since this video was filmed, the site has been demolished and nothing remains of it. Check out the video to see what it looked like in its abandoned state before getting demolished! https://abandonedworldphotography.com/2021/03/11/abandoned-regis-aged-care-facility-wa/

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There are very few #abandonedbuildings that I would deliberately go out of my way NOT to return to, and this house is definitely on that list. https://youtu.be/-cNYumqoGGg  #urbex #NFTartist #nftphotography #abandoned #UrbexNFT

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There are rapists and murderers walking around here, you better leave.

said the policeman as I removed my head from under the wire fence that surrounds Australia’s oldest mental asylum, the abandoned Wolston Park Hospital. https://abandonedworldphotography.com/2018/09/23/abandoned-wolston-park-hospital-brisbane-australia/

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Abandoned Planes in Bangkok, Thailand https://bit.ly/3GKprOy | #urbex #NFTartist #nftphotography #abandoned

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A throwback to my first ever urbex adventure! This was taken in the Grangegorman #abandonedasylum in Dublin, Ireland. The interior was in a state of serious disrepair and the history of the former site is very dark. I ended up going back here numerous times and bringing along film directors who wanted to shoot horror movies in it!

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I had the strange experience of photographing S-21, an #abandonedprison in Cambodia, a few years ago. 14,000 lost their life here after being interrogated and tortured by the #KhmerRouge. Full photo album and more info on the prison in the link. https://abandonedworldphotography.com/2018/07/26/s-21-torture-prison-phnom-penh-cambodia/ #urbex #NFTartist #nftphotography #abandoned

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Emmanuel Margolin’s #NotreDameZoo and French Chateau worth $27 million that was once coined “The Best House in the World” by the TV show Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous, is now an #abandoned relic of its former self. Spread over 45 hectares deep in the mountains of Mulgoa, Sydney, the Margolin residence and abandoned Notre Dame zoo used to house endangered species such as panthers, pumas and jaguars. Nine species of monkeys, Spanish Andalusian stallions worth $1 million and other exotic animals and flora/fauna also thrived here back in the 80’ and 90’s. The animal cages, stables, gift shop and café are still intact although overcome by sprawling nature. Near to the cages, sits the chateau that the owner, Emmanuel Margolin lived in with his family and once filled it with antiques such as a mirror owned by Mary Queen of Scots and a Mazarin desk owned by Louis XIII. During an interview with the Sydney Morning Herald in 1995, Emmanuel told reporter, Daphne Guinness, he had 20 clocks to wind up each day, his most prized one is one that was given to Napolean when he captured the sphinx in Egypt. Emmanuel owned numerous other riches including “Playel”, the oldest French piano in existence that had once been placed by Chopin, a Baccarat chandelier worth $60,000 and matching gold Rolls Royce cars for him and his wife. His private zoo and garden grounds included stables, croquet lawn, Shinto shrine, rainforest, and an Olympic sized horse show arena. Six zookeepers, four gardeners, a mechanic, a foreman, a carpenter, and 71 Blackamoor spear-laden guards looked after the property. Check out are some photos below of what the Notre Dame Zoo used to look like back in its heyday. For the abandoned version >>> https://bit.ly/34zuDrs

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In 1905, the Burford Soap Factory was established in Fremantle, Perth. At the same time, a 96-metre tunnel was built, behind the factory. The original factory building has since been renovated into apartments, but the abandoned tunnel remains. At just 1.8 metres high and 1.4 metres wide, it’s a tight squeeze, and it gets a lot narrower as you walk in. It’s pitch black, full of cobwebs and my worst nightmare – cockroaches.

I noticed a lot of metal pipes along the ground as I was exploring this tunnel and later found out that these were used to transport water pumped from the river to below the factory, where it was directed up the vertical trunk to the factory and then to the cooling tanks or to be heated into steam.

As you go deeper into the Soap Factory Tunnel, you will find two vertical tunnels (trunks) that lead to storm drains on the street above. The first trunk is located at the first bend in the tunnel. It is a dry wall construction and capped with angle iron, tin sheeting, and cement. The second trunk is lined in modern concrete with hand holds leading to the surface. Both of these trunks are blocked at the entrance, so there is no point in fighting your way through the cobwebs and cockroaches to see if you can get through the latches above! https://abandonedworldphotography.com/2021/04/04/abandoned-soap-factory-tunnel-perth/