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Resorts

Abandoned Tsar Boris the Third Sanatorium

An abandoned sanatorium building from the early 20th century sits in the forest of the Rila mountains.

Ciechocinek, Poland

Ciechocinek Salt Graduation Tower

For 200 years, people have flocked to this Polish town to experience the healing powers of salt.

Aguas de Busot Spa

Once a spa resort, then a tuberculosis sanatorium, and now a crumbling ruin.

Hòa Vang, Vietnam

Bà Nà Hills

Founded by French colonists in 1919, this mountain resort has been transformed into one-of-a-kind theme park.

Sulphur Springs

Sulphur Springs, New Mexico

Sulphur Springs

It’s hard to believe this hostile landscape was once a health resort.

Băile Herculane, Romania

Abandoned Baths of Băile Herculane

An old spa town in the mountains of Romania where, according to legend, the great hero Hercules once bathed.

Traverse City, Michigan

Bassett Island

This tiny island bears the name of Civil War veteran, fisherman, and local celebrity Richard Bassett.

A panorama view of the island with Greek inspired ornaments.

Nasugbu, Philippines

Fortune Island

This Philippine island is dotted with (fake) Grecian ruins.

Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin

Chateau Hutter

Built by an accountant with a dream of running a grand resort, this estate has sat vacant for over half a century.

Verzasca Dam

Gordola, Switzerland

Verzasca Dam

If James Bond bungee-jumped off the side of a 720-foot dam, would you do it too?

The mid-century architecture of Perlora Ciudad de Vacaciones is unusual in Northern Spain. “It really is a treasure,” says architect Adrián Cachán Vallina.

This Abandoned Spanish Resort Is Still a Popular Vacation Destination

Perlora Ciudad de Vacaciones was built by Spain's Fascist dictatorship to placate workers.

Alyssa McMurtry July 14, 2022

Perlora, Vacation City

Perlora Ciudad de Vacaciones, Spain

Perlora Ciudad de Vacaciones (Vacation City)

The closed and crumbling Francoist luxury resort for workers is still full of life—for now.

Sheffield Ski Village

Sheffield, England

Ruins Of Sheffield Ski Village

Once a training ground for Olympic athletes, this artificial ski slope has fallen into ruin after a fire in 2012.

"The Perfect Little Ladies" was a social club of single women in Rochester, New York, who chose friendship and careers over marriage and motherhood. They loved exploring the outdoors and several of them bought islands in Georgian Bay in the early 1900s.

A Paradise for Single Ladies

These adventurous turn-of-the-century women announced their independence by buying their own islands in Ontario's Georgian Bay.

Anya Jabour March 1, 2022

Hot Springs, North Carolina

Hot Springs

An idyllic mineral hot springs facility with a more-than checkered past.

Lake Morey Skate Trail

Fairlee, Vermont

Lake Morey Skate Trail

Tracing a path of more than four miles around a frozen lake, this is the longest skate trail in the United States.

Podcast: Abandoned Chacaltaya Ski Resort

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.

The Podcast Team December 1, 2021

Bedford Springs Resort

Bedford, Pennsylvania

Bedford Springs Resort

A dozen U.S. presidents have stayed at the historic resort, which was known as James Buchanan’s “Summer White House” from 1857-1861.