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Abandoned Churches

Malo Grablje, Croatia

Abandoned Village of Malo Grablje

This deserted town in the hills of Croatia’s "party island" may have a scandalous connection to King Henry VIII.

Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church in Duquesne, Pennsylvania.

Why Are There So Many Abandoned Churches?

Changing neighborhoods, loss of faith, even heating bills make places of worship among the most common types of forgotten places.

Matthew Christopher February 29, 2024

Port Pirie, Australia

Port Pirie Barnacle Bill

Worship at the altar of seafood at this fish-and-chip shop housed inside the town's oldest stone church.

Ruins of Camerata and the road that leads down to Camerata Nuova.

Camerata Nuova, Italy

Camerata Vecchia

The ruins of a medieval village that was abandoned after a 19th-century inferno.

The ruins of the Pentecostal Holiness Church in Daniels, Maryland.

Ellicott City, Maryland

Daniels

An eerie, decaying ghost town destined to fade into the forest.

St Dominic's at twilight.

Ruins of St Dominic's Catholic Church

On a dusty county road sit the ruins of a ghost town's abandoned church.

Collégiale Sainte-Croix in Liège.

Liège, Belgium

Collégiale Sainte-Croix de Liège

A once-magnificent collegiate church is falling into ruin.

Manětín, Czechia

Kostel Svatého Jiří Ghost Church

Thirty creepy ghosts now inhabit this decaying 14th-century church.

Village as seen from the road

Sigüés, Spain

Abandoned Village of Esco

A Franco-era dam flooded (almost) everyone out of this centuries-old Aragonese town.

Niurkoniai Chapel

Pušaloto seniūnija, Lithuania

Niurkoniai Chapel

This lonely Lithuanian chapel looks more beautiful and haunting in decline than it ever did in life.

The façade of St. George's today

New York, New York

St. George's Syrian Catholic Church

This vacant church in the Financial District was once the heart of New York's first Syrian immigrant community.

Pielpajärvi Wilderness Church as it appears today

Pielpajärvi Wilderness Church

This disused church, left to the elements of the Arctic Circle's forests is open for exploration.