Though places become abandoned for a variety of reasons, many are deserted when the primary (sometimes only) industry in the area—like mining or tourism—is no longer profitable.

Over the years, our community has shared a lot of amazing pictures taken in abandoned places. Today, to celebrate and look back at their work, we compiled a list of the most-voted pictures from ...

Colorado Springs native Blake Pfeil explores abandoned spaces around the world in his award-winning "Abandoned: The All-American Ruins Podcast." Over the course of two seasons he's taken listeners ...

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