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R&H Hall Mills – The Abandoned North Quays in Waterford, Ireland 🇮🇪

The R&H Hall mill, an iconic site on Waterford City’s North Quays, was abandoned in the 1980s and demolished 30 years later.

The abandoned village on Spike Island in Cork Harbour once housed families of soldiers and prison guards before being abandoned after a riot.

The Duga-1 radar, known as the Russian Woodpecker, was a Soviet Cold War installation near Chernobyl, abandoned after the 1986 disaster.

Caldwell House is an 18th-century Scottish mansion that became a hospital and later a children’s home before being abandoned in 1985.

Once a major highway from Chicago to Los Angeles, Route 66 was abandoned after modern interstates replaced it.

Al-‘Ula was once a thriving oasis on the incense route. It was abandoned in the 1980s and today, it is Saudi Arabia’s most famous ghost town.

Montréal–Mirabel International Airport was once planned as a global hub but it became one of the world’s most infamous white elephants.

Pompeii was an ancient Roman city near Naples that was buried by Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. It remained hidden beneath ash for centuries.

Barkerville was once a bustling Gold Rush town that was later abandoned and became a ghost town. Today, it’s a popular tourist destination.

The original Aldgate East station opened in 1884, then was relocated 150 metres east in 1938 to improve the London Underground’s layout.