The world’s creepiest abandoned houses

Weathered cottage in Utah

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This unsettling tiny abandoned cottage, which was formerly a part of a small settlement of shacks and cabins intended to house miners, has been left exposed to the elements. Rusted, bullet-riddled furniture, including a fridge, has been dumped outside the cabin in Utah, which is surrounded by untamed shrublands and mountains. Could a shootout have taken place here?

Russian mega-mansion in ruins

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This abandoned brick mansion’ damaged windows and deteriorating masonry indicate that no one has Lived there for many years. It was undoubtedly once a magnificent mansion in the distant past given its massive pedimented façade and tree-lined drive. The abandoned shell, now only a shadow of what it once was, protrudes between the branches, seeming more frightening than graceful.

Unsettling Chernobyl estate

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Few locations on earth are as chilling or painful as Chornobyl, the scene of the devastating nuclear accident in 1986. The city was evacuated as a result of the most tragic power plant catastrophe in history, and admission is now severely controlled by the Ukrainian government. One of the numerous decaying homes that are still standing in the poisonous town and serving as a constant reminder of the thousands of people who have perished since the calamity is this abandoned mansion.

The Mississippi mansion’s mystery-filled history

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This once-grand home in Natchez, Mississippi, is now abandoned and lonely despite being one of the most significant historical structures in the area. The first proprietors of the house, John Hampton White and his wife Jane, mysteriously died shortly after one another. John reportedly passed away in 1819, about the time the structure was finished. We were allowed to have a look inside the antebellum home by Leland Kent of Abandoned Southeast. Look at this…

Sweden’s eerie country cabin

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This creepy mansion was mysteriously abandoned by its owner and now lies empty and deserted in the middle of the Swedish countryside. The dilapidated wooden house in the lonely location, surrounded by forests, gives us the heebie-jeebies. Whatever the reason for its downfall, it’s clearly not a relaxing vacation spot!