There is such a small subculture of researchers who are engaged in the search, study and documentation of old abandoned structures. In a rural area, in one of the abandoned corners of Canada, there were rumors that the inhabitants of this house had disappeared a long time ago .. And one photographer decided to visit that very house.

Often these houses are in a deplorable state. But there are exceptions - everything in this house has been preserved as if the owners took it and simply disappeared.

As soon as the photographer opened the door, he was instantly shocked: the interior looked almost perfect. Everything was in its place!

Obviously, the hall was intended for a large number of people who sat comfortably on these chairs, played the guitar, listened to the stereo system.

At the other end of the house, the researcher found an old piano. It seemed that it was played only a few minutes ago.

In the dining room everything was ready for breakfast: the table covered with a tablecloth, the chairs were all in their place ...

The kitchen was in the same condition.

The clock showed the time: 2:15. Even the stop of the arrows was somehow mystical!

The cupboards were full of dishes. Indeed, it is quite old.

The work area was equipped in such a way that the owners did not exactly imagine that they would never return.

The bathroom was the most mystical place in the house. Clothes were drying there, and when the photographer decided to turn on the light, he turned on! The house still had electricity.

There must have been some confusion here.

The personal belongings that were in the drawers had definitely not been touched for several decades.

There were some medicines and personal hygiene items in the top locker.

the photographs were also in their places

The bedroom had all the necessary furniture, there were books on the shelves, and flowers under the mirror!

The bedroom was more or less tidy, but it was obvious that some domestic or wild animals might have been in there.

The office was just littered with books.

The photographer even found an old typewriter.

The researcher looked with surprise at the shelf with books that were almost perfect.

There was even a gramophone from the early 20th century. Simply amazing! The inhabitants of the house were true connoisseurs of music.

In the same corner was a huge collection of old records. But the photographer did not touch them, realizing what value they could be.

After exploring this house for several hours, the photographer did not even want to leave!

Once again making sure that he did not violate the integrity of the picture of the magnificent interior, the researcher, amazed, but very sad, left this amazing house!

One can only guess what could have happened to the inhabitants of this house, that they decided in an incredible hurry to leave their home, leaving all their belongings inside!

Dilapidated mansions, of which there are many around the world, make a depressing impression, but they always attract many lovers of delving into old stories.

Peeling walls, on which traces of graffiti are visible, the remains of broken furniture, empty windows and things of the previous owners have their own unique energy, and they look very photogenic, so such houses are just expanse for photographers and lovers of mysticism!

One of these incredibly atmospheric places is Villa de Vecchi, once abandoned by the owners, also known as the “Haunted Mansion”. This old house is located among the mountains of Italy, not far from Lake Como, and for many years it has had the glory of a rather mysterious place.

The history of the old villa begins in the 1850s, when the local Count Felix de Vecchi, returning from distant travels around the world, decided to build a cozy nest for his family. He hired the Italian specialist Alessandro Sidoli as an architect, under whose leadership the Baroque building was built.

In the early years of its existence, Villa de Vecchi made an unforgettable impression on guests: its walls and ceilings were decorated with elegant frescoes, a beautiful piano stood in a huge reception room, and a richly decorated fireplace warmed the house with the warmth of its fire. A wonderful park was laid out around the villa, in which a rather powerful fountain was even installed, working under the pressure of water from the mountainside. It was a luxurious mansion, surprising guests with many hitherto unknown construction innovations.

Unfortunately, the further history of this house is rather gloomy - despite the wealth surrounding the family of the owners, they could not live there happily ever after. Returning home one day, the count found his wife brutally murdered, and his daughter completely disappeared from the house, leaving no trace. The desperate father searched for her for several weeks in the surrounding forests, but did not find her. Distraught with grief, Felix de Vecci committed suicide at the age of forty-six.

This tragedy occurred in 1862, after which the villa passed into the hands of the younger brother of the count, who became the last tenant of this house. Now the building is in an abandoned state, frightening the locals with its gloomy beauty and scary stories.

Across the world, abandoned mansions, castles and other dwellings remind us that nothing lasts forever in this world, sooner or later beauty and luxury disappear, leaving only bare walls. The reasons are different - from bankruptcy to war. The ruins of once beautiful houses are now turning into a kind of window into the past, offering an opportunity to imagine the houses in all their past grandeur and learn about their history.

Nestled in the mountains east of Lake Como, this baroque villa is known locally as a haunted mansion. In the 1850s, Count Felix de Vecchi, with the help of the architect Alessandro Sidoli, made the dream of a home for his family come true. Unfortunately, a happy life in the house did not work out. In 1862, a year before the completion of construction, he found his wife murdered, her face was mutilated, and her daughter disappeared. From grief, the count committed suicide. The villa was inherited by his younger brother, whose family became the last residents of a beautiful but sinister place.

No one has lived in the Los Feliz mansion in Los Angeles for over 50 years. On December 6, 1959, Dr. Harold Perelson beat his wife to death with a hammer, and before that, he severely beat his 18-year-old daughter. He then committed suicide by drinking a glass of acid. After that, two small children were taken away by the authorities from the house, which was closed. The house of 460 square meters was empty. A year later, at an auction, the house and all its contents were bought by the spouses Emily and Julian Enriquez. They never slept in the house, but used it to store things. When they died, their son inherited the property, but also never lived there.

Over the decades, the mansion, which boasts maid's quarters, banquet and concert halls, and four oversized bedrooms, has fallen into disrepair. Potential buyers have offered millions of dollars for the ruins, but it remains closed and is not for sale. The house is practically frozen in time since that tragic mysterious night over fifty years ago.

Villa Carleton was built in 1894 for the magnate William Wyckof as a summer residence and entertainment venue. His wife died of a heart attack a month before he moved into the house. On his first night at the mansion, the owner suffered a heart attack in his sleep and died. His youngest son inherited the villa after his father's death, but within a few years the family lost most of their wealth during the Great Depression and the house fell into disrepair.
The villa was sold to General Electric, which planned to demolish it. Materials from the house were offered to someone who would like to rescue them. Thus, the stained glass windows and parts of the floors were carried away. Soon the Second World War began, and the company completely abandoned the house. The villa, which is located on 7 acres with magnificent views of the river, is now abandoned. It currently costs $495,000, but it will take millions to bring the residence back to its former glory.

The wealthy, reclusive heiress Huguette Clark died in 2011 at the age of 104. It was only after her death that it was revealed that the woman, who had lived the last few decades of her life in an ordinary hospital ward, was in fact the heir to luxurious residences in three states. Clark owned a $24 million 42-room Fifth Avenue apartment in Manhattan. She owned a Connecticut castle and a $100 million posh Bellosguardo estate in Santa Barbara. All her residences had caretakers, and Clarke could come there at any moment, but she never did. Clarke has not visited Bellosguardo since 1960 and has never been to a castle in Connecticut. A home in Connecticut is up for sale, and an estate in Santa Barbara is preparing to open its doors to the general public.

The Hafodunos mansion in North Wales was built for Henry Robertson Sandbach, whose family bought the property in 1830, from 1861 to 1866. To do this, they demolished a house built in 1674. In the early 1930s, the Sandbach family sold the estate. The building has been used in various ways over the years as a girls' school, an accounting college, and a nursing home. By 1993, the house was closed and soon fell victim to dry rot. Ten years later, the main part of the house was destroyed by deliberate arson, and the estate was abandoned until recently. The residence was recently purchased for £390,000. The new owners plan to rebuild Hafodunos into a residential building.

The Round Mansion in Belgium was discovered and photographed by urban explorer Andre Govia. The nine-bedroom mansion was abandoned sometime in the early 1990s. It seems that the tenants left it in a hurry, because the rooms still contain expensive furniture and personal items. The whereabouts of the occupants is unknown and, oddly enough, urban explorers and looters have avoided the house, leaving its contents largely untouched.

Little is known about the occupants of an abandoned mansion in Germany that has sat empty for at least twenty years. The mansion has become a little dilapidated, but still boasts magnificent lamps and furniture. Personal belongings, including clothes and photographs, were left in the house due to the fact that the family had to quickly leave the house. The most creepy part of the house is the doctor's examination room, where medical instruments and kidneys are preserved in alcohol. Photographer and urban explorer Daniel Marbaix explains that, based on tombstones he found in the house, most of the family died in a car accident, and the surviving owner died shortly thereafter.

Abandoned estate of Apple founder Steve Jobs (North Carolina)

The 17,000-square-foot house, known as the Jackling House, was abandoned by Apple founder Steve Jobs in 2000. Built in 1925 for copper magnate Daniel Cowan Jackling, Steve bought the mansion in the 80s. In 2004, Jobs planned to demolish the house and build a more modern one in its place, but his idea met with resistance from local restorers. The fight for the house raged in the courts until 2011, when Jobs was finally granted permission to demolish the house. In the same year the house was destroyed. However, the genius was never able to realize his dream, in the same year he died of pancreatic cancer.

Blake House was once home to several presidents of UC Berkeley, but has been forgotten since 2008. The 1,200-square-meter home with four hectares of surrounding gardens is under scrutiny despite university funding cuts and criticism from staff and students. The estate has been described as uninhabitable, with a leaking roof, mold everywhere and broken fixtures. It would take a minimum of $2 million to make a home habitable, while more ambitious upgrades would cost upwards of $10 million.

The abandoned Chinese mansion known as Chaonei No. 81 was built in 1910 and is believed by Beijing locals to be paranormal. Therefore, it has remained empty and abandoned for several years now. As the story goes, the house was built about 100 years ago as a gift from the British colonists. Until the end of 1949, the mansion was home to a high-ranking official who fled from Beijing to Taiwan. In desperation from constant persecution, his wife hanged herself in the house. Since then, there have been rumors of paranormal activity in the house, but there is no evidence for this. Government officials tried to raze the house to the ground, but it is listed on the historic register. The only signs of life on Chaonei No. 81 are graffiti and beer bottles. These are the footprints of those who were brave enough to visit the house.

Pineheath House was once the luxurious estate of Indian aristocrats and has remained empty for more than a quarter of a century. With 40 bedrooms, 12 bathrooms, this luxurious mansion was once the home of shipowner Sir Dhunjibhoy and his wife, Lady Bomanji. After the death of the owner in 1986, the house and everything in it was abandoned. Scattered relics, hand-painted wallpapers made in China and antique furniture. The house was recently purchased by a local businessman who intends to restore it and turn it into a residential building.
Even if it is possible to turn it into luxurious modern housing, then those who are not afraid of ghosts and scary stories will be able to successfully reconstruct abandoned mansions.

The program "1 ruble per 1 square meter" is working in the capital. Within its framework, emergency monuments are transferred on preferential lease at a price of one ruble per square meter per year for 49 years. The investor must restore the buildings at his own expense.

Capital entrepreneurs can rent an old manor at a reduced rate, as well as give a new life to a cultural heritage site, by participating in the “1 ruble per 1 square meter” program. The city is putting up for auction emergency homesteads and buildings that investors can take on a preferential lease for 49 years. However, for this, they need to be restored within a few years. In five years, the investor must completely put the building in order, and only after that the benefits come into force.

Manor of the Matveevs

The main house of the Matveevs' city estate of the first half of the 19th century, located in the Basmanny District, will be put in order at the expense of the investor. Then he will be able to rent the building on preferential terms.

The estate is located in Volkhovskiy lane, house 21/5, building 1. The building was built in 1830. Now it is a one-story building with an area of ​​more than 662 square meters.

“Despite the current technical condition, business interest in this facility should be high. First of all, this is the area of ​​​​the object at a fairly low price. The initial cost of the annual lease of the estate is 6.8 million rubles. Another factor is that the estate is located in the center of the capital and has a free functional purpose. Such an object may be of interest to credit institutions and insurance companies or companies that want to open an office or representative office in the historical part of the city,” said Gennady Degtev, head of the Competition Policy Department.

No more than three and a half years are allotted for the restoration of the estate. At the same time, the investor must preserve the stucco ceiling cornices, wooden stairs with a mezzanine, walls, ceilings, foundation and roof of the building.

It is still not known who exactly the Matveevs owned the estate, since the name and patronymic of the first owner are not indicated in official documents. It is possible that the estate belonged to the descendants of the Moscow merchant, manufacturer and benefactor Kuzma Matveyevich Matveev, who owned cloth and dye factories.

The building in Volkhovskiy Lane was rebuilt in 1908-1910 by the architect I.S. Kuznetsov. After the revolution, the estate was given over to the settlement of workers.

Manor of the Sokolov-Sibiryakovs

Another building that will be given a second life will be a residential building in Voznesensky Lane. It is part of the city (XIX-XX centuries). Work will be completed by November next year.

Previously, a profitable house built in 1908 was recognized as emergency and handed over to the investor for reconstruction, and residents were temporarily provided with other housing. After the work is completed, the area of ​​the building will increase to almost 2.5 thousand square meters, and 16 cars can be parked in the underground parking.

What else will be restored under the program "1 ruble per 1 square meter"

More will also be restored in the center of the capital. We are talking about the estate of A.P. Sytin, residential building E.A. Berens and an outbuilding of the estate of the Rakhmanov family.

The Sytin estate, the residential building of Eduard Andreevich von Behrens and the wing of the estate of the Rakhmanov family will be restored under the program “1 ruble per 1 square meter”. All buildings will be adapted for modern use, they will also have a preferential rental rate.

Everything can be placed in them, except for production and warehouses. It is also forbidden to store flammable and toxic substances there.

Preferential lease program for renovated buildings

The program "1 ruble per 1 square meter" was adopted in 2012. Its goal is to attract investors to the restoration of monuments in Moscow. For companies that have restored emergency monuments, a minimum rental rate has been set - 1 ruble per 1 square meter per year.

To participate in this program, the entrepreneur must first win the auction for the right to rent. After that, the investor signs security obligations. In five years, he must carry out a full range of repair and restoration work. The discounted recruitment cost will only take effect after the quest has been restored to its historical appearance.

In 2012, under the new program, seven cultural heritage sites were rented out, in 2013 and 2014, five more monuments each. In total, 19 cultural heritage sites became participants in the program. Work has now been completed on four of them:

— residential building, 2nd half of the 19th century (Pechatnikov lane, building 7);

- city estate, XVIII-XIX centuries, architect K.F. Busse (Podsosensky lane, house 23, building 1);

- - the barracks of the 2nd Moscow Cadet Corps - a residential building for students of the Moscow military medical school, 1789-1792, 1847-1849, 1860s, architects S.A. Volkov, G. Quarenghi (Hospital Square, building 1/10);

- administrative building, 1927, 1974 (Bolshoi Kozlovsky lane, building 11, building 4).

Over many centuries of history, Europeans managed to build millions and millions of buildings - small and huge, elegant and ugly, typical and unique. The fate of some of them turned out to be not quite ordinary: their existence lost all meaning, and they turned into "haunted houses", "ghost castles", became ruins that attract attention and inspire a variety of feelings...

Belitz: a giant hospital in Germany

The medical complex in Belitz-Heilstetten (Belitz) near Berlin was built in the 19th century. At first, tuberculosis patients were treated there, the number of which in the German capital was growing rapidly, writes The Daily Mail. During the Second World War, the hospital was turned into a military hospital, and Adolf Hitler, who was wounded in the battle on the Somme, managed to receive treatment there.

In fact, a huge hospital (60 buildings in total) was a city-forming enterprise - it had its own post office, restaurant, bakery and power station. During the Second World War, the hospital was also used by the German army, and when Germany was divided into zones of influence, Belitsa housed the largest Soviet military hospital outside the USSR.

After the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Germany, the hospital fell into disrepair. Several unsuccessful attempts were made to privatize it, for some time a neurological clinic worked in Belitsa, but by 2000 the entire complex was closed.

Today the hospital is in disrepair. The walls are covered with graffiti, and rusty beds can still be found here and there. Tourists can easily enter its territory - there is no protection here. By the way, some episodes of the Oscar-winning film "The Pianist" and "The Valkyries" with Tom Cruise were filmed in Belitsa.

Medieval ghost town in Italy

Craco is an abandoned medieval town in southern Italy, 55 km from the city of Matera (Basilicata region). People have lived here for several millennia. In the 13th century, Krako was an important, well-fortified city, whose towers on top of the mountain still inspire respect.

However, in the period from 1892 to 1922, the city experienced a powerful wave of emigration - 1,300 people left for the United States. The reason was the deterioration of conditions for agriculture.

Since then, the city has remained empty - but not for tourists. This is a popular place, especially among those who are interested in ghosts. True, there are no official tours in Krako, so you can explore the city only at your own peril and risk.

Cracko is popular in the film world, with films such as She-Wolf (1953), The Passion of the Christ (2004) and Quantum of Solace (2008) filmed here.

Spreepark: the legendary "Disneyland" in the GDR

The Spreepark amusement park opened in Berlin in 1969. At that time it was the only amusement park in East Germany, and in its best years it received 1.5 million visitors.

The fate of the park was also predetermined by the unification of Germany. In Germany, there were plenty of opportunities for entertainment, the flow of visitors declined sharply, and by 2001 the Spreepark was closed.

Six of the most popular rides were moved to Lima, but not the happiest fate awaited them there. The fact is that, according to The Telegraph, the owner of the park, Norbert White, hid cocaine in the cargo and was detained by the Peruvian authorities.

Until 2014, the Spreepark was open to the public, now the Berlin authorities have surrounded the territory with a fence.

Abandoned Romance: Miranda Castle in Belgium

Miranda Castle (Chateau Miranda) near the current French border was built in the middle of the 19th century by a family of French aristocrats who fled from the revolution. The luxurious neo-Gothic building, surrounded by a park, was designed by British architect Edward Milner.

The castle was used as a summer residence until the Second World War, and the castle fell into the epicenter of fierce fighting between the German army and the Allies. The building was taken over by the Belgian government, until 1980 summer camps for children were held here. The owners of the castle tried to find investors and set up a hotel in the chateau, but this idea was not successful. As a result, in 1990 the castle was left in the hands of vandals and hooligans.

It is possible that Miranda Castle will soon disappear from the face of the earth. Today it attracts not only vandals, but also thrill-seekers, including Satanists. The owners have already signed a demolition permit, but activists are collecting signatures in an attempt to save this strange and gloomy structure.

Lake Resia and the flooded city

Not far from Italy's border with Austria and Switzerland, there is Lake Resia, which would not stand out from those around it if it were not for the lonely bell tower in the middle of the reservoir.

This bell tower is the only visible evidence that a city once existed on this site - Graun - which went under water more than 60 years ago. The residents of the city actively protested, but the desire of the electric power company to connect two natural reservoirs into one artificial one and build a hydroelectric power station on this site was so great that they did not listen to the voices of the residents. The city was blown up and flooded.

Only Graun's bell tower survived this destruction, which was specially left as a monument to the city. Nowadays, in the summer, you can ride a boat around the building here, and in the winter, you can walk to it on ice when the lake freezes over.

The legend says that if you listen carefully, in winter you can hear the ringing of church bells. However, this is just a legend without any basis - the bells were removed from the tower a week before the flood.

The abandoned forts of Maunsell

In the shallow waters of the North Sea off the coast of Great Britain, near Essex, the abandoned sea forts of the British air defense system, The Maunsell Forts, rise above the water. They are reminiscent of the famous Martian tripods from HG Wells' novel The War of the Worlds.

It was originally planned to build 38 towers at the mouth of the Mersey and 49 towers at the mouth of the Thames. However, in the end, only 21 towers were built as part of three forts. During the Second World War, anti-aircraft batteries of the forts shot down 22 German aircraft and 30 cruise missiles.

The military ceased to be interested in the fate of the fortifications 10 years after the end of the war. No use was found for the forts. Some of them belong to private owners, rumors periodically arise that hotels can be equipped in the forts. But for now, all you can do with them is take a boat tour around them.

Symbol of the power of socialist Bulgaria

Mount Buzludzha (height - 1441 m) played a big role in the fate of Bulgaria. In 1868, a detachment of the Bulgarian military leader Hadji Dimitar died here in a battle with the Turks, and in 1891, the founding congress of the party was held on Buzludzha, which later turned into the Bulgarian Communist Party.

It is not surprising that it was here in 1981 that a huge memorial house in honor of the Bulgarian Communist Party was opened, which became the center for holding solemn mass events.

It is not surprising that after the collapse of the socialist camp, the complex in Buzludzha turned out to be useless. Now the memorial house has been completely plundered, and the surrounding infrastructure facilities - dachas, camp sites, etc. - privatized.

Due to its strange architecture and proportions, the memorial house in Buzludzha is regularly included in the lists of the strangest buildings in Europe. Today its frequent guests are photographers, tourists and vandals.

Huge abandoned train station in Spain

Canfranc is a small Spanish town near the French border. The only attraction it boasts is the fantastic, luxurious, huge train station. Which has been closed for 45 years and has fallen into complete disrepair.

The station, opened in 1928, has become a gem on the Pau-Canfranc railway route. The Art Nouveau building was 240 meters long and had 300 windows and 156 doors. A luxurious hotel was also built here, which was very popular in the 30s.

The Second World War spared the station, but the new Europe did not really need it. In 1970, a railway bridge on the French side was destroyed in an accident and France decided not to rebuild it. The station was closed, and today it is of interest only to vandals and tourists who like non-trivial sights.