The only constant in the world is change.

Buildings and architectures that are witnesses of the past are well maintained and protected, but even those partially or completely in ruins are often very interesting and provide evocative photos.

Here is a selection of abandoned villas, abandoned buildings, ghost towns around the world: beneath the dust, rust, and cracks, each image takes on a special aura of nostalgia.

Buzludža

Nicknamed the UFO of Bulgaria, or of Communism, this monument was erected by the Bulgarian army between 1974 and 1981. The dome structure contained an area that served as a venue for celebrations and state functions. After the fall of the communist party led by Todor Zhivkov in 1989, the building is currently abandoned.

Burj Al Babas

In Turkey, there are 700 castles, all identical, in the ghost village of Burj al Babas. In short, the story of this, which could almost seem like a Disney fairy tale, does not have a happy ending.

Started in 2014, the hundreds of houses have been abandoned since the dramatic collapse of the Turkish economy led the president of the Sarot Group, the company responsible for the construction, to file for bankruptcy.

Pripyat

The town of Pripyat was founded in 1970 in Ukraine, near the border with Belarus, to house the workers and builders of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant with their families. Abandoned following the dramatic events we all know, in 1986 it became a paradise for wild animals that can roam freely: wolves, bears, and foxes have been spotted.

Michigan Central Station

Michigan Central Station was built in 1913 in Detroit to create a new railway hub. However, several oversights and planning errors led to its gradual decline and closure in 1988.

The fate of the building is still hanging in the balance, but in the meantime, the station has appeared in several films and videos, including 8 Mile by Eminem.

Experimental House – The Tree House

The tree house designed by Giuseppe Perugini, Raynaldo Perugini, and Uga De Plaisant was built in Fregene at the end of the 1960s.

This family of architects used their vacation home as an opportunity to experiment with different living space techniques and forms. Among the pines, the Experimental House is a unique building made up of different geometric shapes: entirely modular, it was designed to be expanded at will.

We understand well how urbex, as the practice of visiting abandoned ruins is called, a kind of industrial archaeology, is experiencing a golden moment: it is fascinating to see how some “things,” which belonged to people, are slowly reclaimed by nature.