Part of the building is now restored into holiday flats retaining the original features, however, the rest of the hotel remains unused. 

Salton Sea in California used to be a bustling resort town in the 1950s. While its name might suggest a coastal spot, it's actually a lake located in the desert to the southeast of Palm Springs. 

In the coming decades the hotel was turned into a senior citizens’ home until it was closed in 1997. Now take a look at America's most eerie abandoned building.

Originally opened in 1953, this resort became extremely popular after it appeared in the 1961 Elvis Presley film Blue Hawaii. It was closed in 1992 when Hurricane Iniki swept across the island. However, the luxury resort reopened in 2018 under Hyatt ownership.

Since 1945, when the Soviet Army took over, the complex has been subject to various uses: one of the buildings has been repurposed as a residential development and four others are in the process of redevelopment, while another serves as a youth hostel. However, three still stand abandoned. Now discover the world's abandoned train stations.

However, its Moorish beauty remains, with colourful tiling and murals throughout. Now privately owned, it's off limits to visitors although you can read more about the property here. Now discover incredible pictures of tourist attractions that no longer exist.

Located just above the seashore, with views of Dubrovnik and the island of Lokrum, this sprawling resort has fallen victim to vandals. However, part of the hotel was used during the filming of season 4 of Game of Thrones. There are plans for the site's demolition and redevelopment. 

One of the first high-rise buildings in the city, the Divine Lorraine first served as a luxury apartment complex before it reopened as a hotel in 1900. In 1948 the hotel was bought by spiritual leader Reverend M. J. Divine (or Father Divine, as he was also known), who turned the hotel into the first fully racially integrated hotel in the USA. It closed in 1999 and was reduced to a hollow shell, with no windows, doors or floors remaining. The building has recently been renovated and now houses 101 luxury apartments.

Today, you can wander around the ghostly building, which is located on São Miguel island, just above the village of Sete Cidades. Now take a look at the world's most fascinating ghost towns.

Captured here by urban explorer and photographer Yannick Vandermolen, Villa Cannaert used to be a 4-star luxury hotel and restaurant. It was sold to private investors, who have since fled the country after being caught for tax evasion. “The place has been seized by the authorities and is now up for auction. While this beautiful place is waiting for a new owner, it makes the joy of urban explorers,” Yannick said.

This Belgian hotel was built in 1904 and could hold up to 80 guests in its once-luxurious rooms. When Yannick photographed the building, he met the owner too: “He told me that it closed because it went bankrupt, that no one volunteered to take over the hotel and that he wasn't able to afford the cost of maintenance. He seemed very sad about it. This hotel must have been a big part of his life.”

Built in 1868, this spa resort (once known as a thermal institute) closed when a new spa resort opened up nearby. Interestingly, the hotel never had a name, so it was given one. “Urban explorer (urbex) community loves to give strange nicknames to the abandoned places, so the guy who found it called it Alla Italia, probably due to the beautiful painted ceilings and the columns that somehow reminded him of Italian architecture,” Yannick explained.

Another urban explorer and photographer Brian, who runs the website preciousdecay.com, captured this dilapidated scene at a former boarding house in Germany. Little is known about the property, but Brian has given it the name Mold Hotel – and it's clear why.

Untouched for 20 years, this ski resort in Saxony was frozen in time as soon as it was abandoned. During Brian’s visit, he captured not only the deteriorating inside but also discovered a room still filled with old ski equipment.

Also photographed by Brian, this castle in Germany – known as Villa Woodstock thanks to its glorious wooden interior – used to be a hotel and spa built in 1883. From 1990 it was used as a home for the elderly until it closed in 2012 and was left abandoned.

The hollow shell of the once-thrumming Royal Hotel is all that remains of Linda, a ghost town in western Tasmania. The abandoned mining town had thrived in the late 19th century, but when the mines closed, the settlement fell into decline. 

Royal Hotel, which gained notoriety for its raucousness and one serious brawl in particular, eventually shuttered in the 1950s too. Now its crumbling carcass is a reminder of the town that once was. You can find more of Australia's abandoned buildings here too. 

Luckily, things are looking up for the ill-fated ghost airport. In 2015 a consortium of investors snapped up the site for £37 million ($50m) and plans are afoot at last to redevelop Ciudad Real Central for commercial use. Most recently it was used by cargo planes to transport medical equipment during the coronavirus pandemic in May 2020 and some airlines stored their parked planes here too. 

Now a complete wreck, the airport has been totally abandoned and proposals to rebuild the hub have been vetoed by the Israeli authorities.

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