5 Truly Beautiful Abandoned Places

Here I list my top 10 truly beautiful abandoned places on the planet, complete with description and pictures. Hoping to bring some essence of real life to what many consider an extremely fictional occurrence. These are some of the world’s strangest places, spots where time appears to have stood still. Once thriving settlements that are now nothing more than ghost towns.
Fishing Hut in Lake of Berchtesgaden National Park. The Park is located in the southeast of Germany, in the Free State of Bavaria, adjoining the state of Salzburg in Austria. Founded in 1978, the park includes an area of 210 square kilometers and is owned by the state. Its high mountain landscapes are characterized by extensive forests and steep rock faces.

1. Dome houses, Southwest Florida
   
   The adventure behind the Dome House at Cape Romano, Florida, is as aberrant as the alone architecture itself. A continued appellation victim of decay, the abode was originally built in 1981 in Naples and sold to John Tosto in 2005. Since again it’s been at the centre of a longstanding redevelopment dispute, which reportedly could accept saddled Tosto with fines of over $185,000 on the property.

2. SS Ayrfield, Homebush Bay, Australia
   The SS Ayrfield – previously known as the SS Corrimal, is a rusty shipwreck with dense vegetation on the surface of the wreck, it is stuck in the calm waters of homebush bay, west of Sydney, Australia. It was a steel-hulled, single screw, steam collier of 1140 tonnes and 79.1m in length. It was built in the UK in 1911 and registered at Sydney in 1912. It was purchased by the Commonwealth Government and used to transport supplies to American troops stationed in the Pacific region during WWII.

3. Kolmanskop, Namib Desert

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Kolmanskop is a ghost town in the Namib desert in southern Namibia, a few kilometres inland from the port town of Lüderitz. It was named after a transport driver named Johnny Coleman who, during a sand storm, abandoned his ox wagon on a small incline opposite the settlement. Once a small but very rich mining village, it is now a popular tourist destination run by the joint firm NamDeb (Namibia-De Beers).

1. Kalavantin Durg near Panvel, India
   
   This fort is just opposite to Prabalgad. It is also visible from Mumbai-Pune Expressway. According to stories, the fort was built for a queen named Kalavantin. Steps leading up to the fort have been cut into the rock face of the hill. From the peak of this hill you can see Matheran, Chanderi, Peb, Ershal, and Karnala forts, and also the Mumbai city. The Adivasi People of Machi-Prabal village observe the custom of dancing on every Holi (Shimga) Festival at the top of Kalavantin Fort. These people have a long-standing relationship with this fort and it has become a part of their heritage.