The derelict Miranda’s Church in Yorkshire. After hearing a few people make reference to this place having some features, namely the ceiling which were similar to the ones at I had to check it out…
Read detailsThe not so white morgue… No history on this one for the moment, some of you may know where this one is. Visited with Pete ‘Hands’ Costello and Andy De Kay of Behind Closed Doors to go see this rather nice abandoned porcelain slab!
Read detailsThe now abandoned Chateau Rochendaal was built in 1881 by Jean Henri Paul Ulens, a former lawyer, for himself and his cousin bride Marie. The property was then seized by the Germans during the Nazi occupation of Belgium. The Castle was apparently once a home for Otto Frieze a famous German Luftwaffe pilot who was known as the ‘Night Hunter’…
Read detailsThis building from what I understand was once a private residence but was later used as a retirement home / residential care centre which catered for the elderly in their final days. Despite its name there was little evidence to suggest that this building functioned as anything other than a care home. There were a couple of beds in the basement which could have been consultation tables but I would suspect that few medical treatments would have taken place here…
Read detailsThis now abandoned entertainment / theme park was first opened in 1969 and took the name for which it is more popularly known, Kulturpark Plänterwald. In 1989 a company named GmbH won the contract to take over the park following reunification and the amusement park was renamed Spreepark owing to its close proximity to the river Spree…
Read detailsIn 1910 a military training camp was built, the now abandoned Haus der Offiziere was added in 1914 as military sports school, which was later adopted seamlessly by the Nazis. This was just part of the huge site which became known as Wünsdorf or “Little Moscow” in the 1950’s. The town which grew to accommodate 35,000 people from the Soviet republic was significant in size and worthy of its nickname…
Read detailsKrampnitz Kaserne a military Barracks not too far from Berlin in Germany is made up of around 50 separate buildings most of which served as storage or accommodation blocks. The complex was established in around 1937 as part of the rearmament period and was used by the Nazi’s primarily as their main Cavalry base until it was abandoned by the Germans on 26th April 1945…
Read detailsConstruction began at the Beelitz site in 1898. Funded by the Berlin State Insurance Company the Hospital was originally called “Worker’s Consumption Sanatorium”. Most of the prominent German architects at the time including Julius Boethke, Fritz Schulz and Heino Schmeiden were involved in the design of the sanatoriums which adopted a Pavilion system much similar to that of some of the Lunatic Asylums in the UK…
Read detailsAt the south eastern part of the Beelitz site you can find one of the most interesting and visually appealing of the Hospital buildings, Zentral Badehaus the Central Bath House. Whilst one of the iconic features of this building is the stunning huge domed room with the sunken T shaped bath, this unaltered example of the original architecture is just one of the many rooms which contain amazing detail retained from the initial build…
Read detailsThe now abandoned Beelitz-Heilstätten, an extremely large hospital complex was built by the German government between 1898-1930 for the treatment of German workers. After World War II the area was occupied by the Red Army. The sanatorium then became the largest military hospital of the Soviet / Russian army located abroad functioning until 1994 when it finally closed…
Read detailsThe abandoned CCCP Pilot School also known as the flight school was build in 1933 and was originally established to educate and train engineers and mechanics for military aircraft. The complex, which is built in the shape of an aeroplane was occupied by the Nazis during the second world war and used as a training facility for the Luftwaffe (German Air-force)…
Read detailsHistory The abandoned blue theatre also know as the CCCP Hospital, is a sizeable derelict Russian hospital complex located somewhere in Germany. Despite there being a lot more to this place we focused on the largest building which housed the operating theatres. Based on some of the murals on the wall it would appear that…
Read detailsNot a lot to say about this one… Not a good day, long story short I didn’t get my photos here so big thanks to Andy K at Behind Closed Doors for kindly donating some of his raw files for me to edit!
Read detailsAfter the death of her Husband the surgery was rented out to other doctors who used the place as a Urology Clinic, it appears that the Doctors wife continued to live at the property until somewhere between 2000-2010 when she moved into a nursing home leaving the property abandoned…
Read detailsAn abandoned little green house somewhere in Belgium. No much more to say than that for this one…
Read detailsNo information on this one for the moment, I may populate this report later with text but for now its a big hole in the ground, aka a Mine in wales that has a pretty awesome feature to it…a huge cascade of abandoned vehicles flooding in from a hole at the top into a lake, now presumably full of all sorts of skin rotting chemicals :).
Read detailsThe Abandoned Hotel Thermal aka Hotel Des Theremes is a derelict hotel rotting away somewhere in France. The hotel complex is quite large and we only managed to explore one of the main buildings, what appeared to be accommodation area and recreational areas. The complex specialised in ‘healing baths’ targeted towards the elderly…
Read detailsCellatex SA was a French company founded in 1981 but from a company based on the site established in 1902 in Givet France which focused on the manufacture of artificial silks. The factor closed in 2000 and workers occupied the factory threatening to blow it up and pollute the water supply…
Read detailsChâteau Rouge was once as a rehabilitation centre for children before becoming a hotel / Seminar venue. Now, it would appear, the Château is being used as an airsoft venue…
Read detailsDomain M is an abandoned Hotel / Guest house which had signs of a started but abandoned renovation. Some rooms were still full of lots of ornamental and retro furnishings such as the stylish jukebox and the clock in the lounge…
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