Sun May 26, 2013, 05:08 PM
The 33 Most Beautiful Abandoned Places in the World
More: http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2Il7Bt/:6uqrZuZa:l0HdkEbt/www.nature-pictures.info/the-33-most-beautiful-abandoned-places-in-the-world/
The Tunnel of Love in Ukraine [IMG]  [/IMG]
El Hotel Del Salto in Colombia [IMG]  [/IMG]
Bodiam Castle in East Sussex, England [IMG]  [/IMG]
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Author | Time | Post |
 The 33 Most Beautiful Abandoned Places in the World (Original post) |
Jamaal510 | May 2013 | OP |
| Tuesday Afternoon | May 2013 | #1 | |
| Sekhmets Daughter | May 2013 | #2 | |
| Tuesday Afternoon | May 2013 | #4 | |
| Joe Shlabotnik | May 2013 | #3 | |
| arcane1 | May 2013 | #5 | |
| pokerfan | May 2013 | #6 | |
| Art_from_Ark | May 2013 | #21 | |
| Arugula Latte | May 2013 | #7 | |
| KamaAina | May 2013 | #28 | |
| Arugula Latte | May 2013 | #29 | |
| dixiegrrrrl | May 2013 | #8 | |
| hunter | May 2013 | #9 | |
| applegrove | May 2013 | #10 | |
| oldandhappy | May 2013 | #11 | |
| Jamaal510 | May 2013 | #12 | |
| PatSeg | May 2013 | #13 | |
| KatyaR | May 2013 | #14 | |
| Liberal_in_LA | May 2013 | #15 | |
| Berlin Expat | May 2013 | #16 | |
| Lucky Luciano | May 2013 | #17 | |
| Berlin Expat | May 2013 | #20 | |
| woo me with science | May 2013 | #18 | |
| JitterbugPerfume | May 2013 | #19 | |
| mwdem | May 2013 | #22 | |
| Agschmid | May 2013 | #23 | |
| Initech | May 2013 | #24 | |
| BobbyBoring | May 2013 | #25 | |
| Jamaal510 | May 2013 | #26 | |
| closeupready | May 2013 | #27 | |
| toby jo | May 2013 | #30 |
Response to Jamaal510 (Original post)
Sun May 26, 2013, 05:10 PM
1. just added 33 destinations to my Bucket List. thanks, dude
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I will live forever
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Response to Sekhmets Daughter (Reply #2)
Sun May 26, 2013, 05:17 PM
4. yeah
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:sigh:
just lovely ... it will take a life time  |
Response to pokerfan (Reply #6)
Mon May 27, 2013, 08:41 PM
21. Everyone said it was daft to build a castle in a swamp
Response to Jamaal510 (Original post)
Sun May 26, 2013, 06:15 PM
7. Re: the second pic. "Salto" means "I jump" in Spanish.
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Response to Arugula Latte (Reply #7)
Tue May 28, 2013, 01:02 PM
28. It also means "falls"
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as in waterfall. The Falls Hotel makes a bit more sense than the Hotel I Jump.
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Response to KamaAina (Reply #28)
Tue May 28, 2013, 03:41 PM
29. Ha ha. I didn't know that.
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Okay, but I was having fun imagining people base jumping from the hotel.
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Response to Jamaal510 (Original post)
Sun May 26, 2013, 06:48 PM
dixiegrrrrl (59,495 posts)
8. I am Wiki'ing the various places on the link page
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and finding out the most interesting history
including an abandoned Italian hilltop town which "was built under the direction of Attendolo Sforza" Viewers of The Borgias will recognize that family name. Fascinating info. here....thanks for posting!  |
Response to Jamaal510 (Original post)
Sun May 26, 2013, 08:00 PM
hunter (32,478 posts)
9. Lucky me, I've been to some of those places.
Response to Jamaal510 (Original post)
Sun May 26, 2013, 10:07 PM
applegrove (98,981 posts)
10. That was wonderful.
Response to oldandhappy (Reply #11)
Mon May 27, 2013, 10:58 AM
12. I found it randomly by using the site "Stumbleupon".
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Response to Jamaal510 (Original post)
Mon May 27, 2013, 11:05 AM
PatSeg (36,780 posts)
13. Those are amazing - Thanks
Response to Jamaal510 (Original post)
Mon May 27, 2013, 11:41 AM
KatyaR (3,352 posts)
14. The Maunsell Sea Forts were featured in a Prodigy video.
Response to Jamaal510 (Original post)
Mon May 27, 2013, 04:35 PM
16. Another beautiful place, albeit
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with a sinister history: the ruins of Hrad Čachtice in Slovakia - the home of Erszébet Bathory. I've been there, back in 2003.
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Response to Berlin Expat (Reply #16)
Mon May 27, 2013, 04:57 PM
17. Some sick shit must have happened there!
Response to Jamaal510 (Original post)
Mon May 27, 2013, 09:28 PM
Agschmid (28,721 posts)
23. Pretty sure if this kind of thing had a soundtrack this would be it...
Response to Jamaal510 (Original post)
Tue May 28, 2013, 11:24 AM
Initech (86,576 posts)
24. I'd add Hashima Island, Nagasaki, Japan
If it looks familiar it's where they filmed the scene in Skyfall where James Bond has a face to face confrontation with Javier Bardem. |
Response to BobbyBoring (Reply #25)
Tue May 28, 2013, 11:31 AM
26. Wow
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