From former empires in South East Asia to failed gargantuan hotel projects in North Korea and cities now submerged by the tides, we remove the red tape and invite you to take a peak at this collection of 25 of the most mysterious, beautiful and equally eerie derelict and abandoned places from around the world.

1.) Abandoned mill from 1866 in Sorrento, Italy

2.) Abandoned city of Keelung, Taiwan

3.) House of the Bulgarian Communist Party

4.) Chateau Miranda in Celles, Belgium

5.) Orpheum Auditorium in New Bedford, Massachusetts

6.) Sanzhi UFO Houses in San Zhi, Taiwan

7.) Angkor Wat, Cambodia

8.) Christ of the Abyss, San Fruttuoso, Italy

9.) Michigan Central Station in Detroit

10.) El Hotel del Salto, Colombia

11.) Kolmanskop, Namib Desert

12.) SS Ayrfield, Homebush Bay, Australia

13.) Bannerman Castle on Pollepel Island, New York

14.) Wonderland Amusement Park outside Beijing, China

15.) 1984 Winter Olympics bobsleigh track in Sarajevo

16.) Nara Dreamland, Japan