Haunting Abandoned Places and Machines

"From deserted cities and hotels; to forgotten planes and ships; these are 11 Haunting Abandoned Places and Machines

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11.Royal Oriental Hotel | Japan | Hachijojima

10. SS United States | Philadelphia

Built in 1952, this ocean liner came at the steep cost of $79.4 Million ($723 Million today), it is fastest ocean liner to cross the Atlantic in either direction.

Unfortunately, the company that built the SS United States never managed to make the ship profitable, neither did the string of owners after them. This beauty of the oceans saw its last voyage in 1969.

Since then, it has been dragged to a few docks, eventually settling for Pier 82 in Philadelphia, it has remained there since 1996.

I know this one has been requested from viewers for a while,it took me a while to get to it, but we are finally exploring it ! If you have any other great suggestions, don’t forget to comment below !

In 2016, the SS United States came very close to being purchased and renovated as a New York Cruise Ship… Crystal Cruises, the company that made the bid, realised that the expenses for such a restoration project would be too high, but in a surprising turn of events, the company donated $350,000 towards the preservation of the S.S. United States.

Chances are, this massive cruise liner will never travel again, but maybe it will become a bad ass museum.

9. Harz Mountains Hotel | Germany

8. RMS Queen Elizabeth | Hong Kong

What does RMS stand for? Royal Mail Ship. Just like the Titanic, but with much less tragedy. The ship was launched in 1938 and enjoyed a illustrious career, but by the 60’s there was absolutely no need for a passenger liner this big. A few years and owners later, the RMS Queen Elizabeth ended up in the Hong Kong Harbour, she was purchased by a chinese shipping magnate.

He planned to turn this ship into a floating university cruise and renamed the ship “Seawise University”. During the ship’s restoration, a suspicious fire broke out, the ship capsized, and stayed in this condition for over a year. Eventually, most of the ship was scrapped because it was deemed a hazard to nearby travel, some of the remains of the Queen Elizabeth are still buried in the sediment at the Hong Kong harbour, would I dive there to see what I could find? Definitely not.

7.Gagra | Abkhazia

6.Kharkov Tank Repair Plant | Ukraine

Another hard to find place, but with google maps, it was easy to pinpoint it. This place is known as the Kharkov Tank Production and Repair Factory. It also shares the property with the dildo factory.haha

Looking at the front entrance, it looks like the first floor is filled with something… maybe packages from the dildo factory, who knows.

All these tanks have been stored here for years, its possible that some could easily be put back in service, but you gotta wonder how many are as good as scrap metal at this point.

5.Sant Roma de Sau | Spain

4.Hotel California | California

Well actually, its the Royal Hawaiian Motel IN California. In the small desert city of Baker, yes california has a lot of desert land.

Let me tell ya, the reviews are not so great, even when the place was open it looked closed. Boarded up rooms, shady characters, empty pool, rare staff person sightings, the whole thing was a mess. Some gems from their yelp page include … It seems this place only survived because of the random people that decided to drive from the east coast to los angeles, unable to make those last 3 hours of driving between Baker and Los Angeles.

There is absolutely no news about this unsettling motel, and just know, it might be closed, but its not empty. Shady characters still decide to spend a night or two there, so beware, if you are trying to go on a little urban exploration mission.

3. MV Kalakala

2. Beichuan | China

Speaking of abandoned but not forgotten, how about Beichuan county in China ?

After the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, the region was devastated, ruins littered the horizon and thousands of people were forever lost. It is believed that 80% of the county’s buildings collapsed from the 8.0 Magnitude Earthquake.

The main town in Beichuan had a population of 20,000, but no one lives there anymore. The city will be turned into a memorial for the 69,000 people that lost their lives from the massive earthquake.

If you want to see what a completely destroyed town that isn’t in a warzone looks like, this is the place to go.

1. C-47 Skytrain/Dakota | Turkey"