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The Most Beautiful Abandoned Hotel

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The Hotel del Salto is located near Tequendama Falls, Bogotá River, Colombia. It was opened in 1924 and closed down in 1990′s. Some people say that the hotel was haunted and no one wanted to stay there. Others say that the river was very polluted, and this was the reason to shut down the hotel.

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Thousands of People Live in Abandoned Skyscraper

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The Centro Financiero Confinanzas is also known as the David Tower named after its investor David Brillembourg. David Tower stands in downton Caracas, Venezuela and it’s the country’s third tallest skyscraper. It was half-completed when the construction was halted in 1994 after the Venezuelan banking crisis of 1994. The house was reverted to the government. Now it’s occupied by 2,500 squatters. They have built their own ecosystem – sanitations, electricity, retail, recreation centres and building security.

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Abandoned Cruise Ship World Discoverer

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World Discoverer was built in 1974. After more than 25 years of duty it collided with reefs near Solomon Islands in Pacific Ocean. There were no causalities. The ship was left there and became a popular tourist attraction.

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The Abandoned Island That’s A Real Life Bond Villain Lair

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Abandoned since 1974, this small island off the coast of Japan was once a coal mining facility and home for it’s workers. Hashima, also known as Gunkanjima (Battleship Island) plays host to the the villainous Raoul Silva (played by Javier Bardem) in the newest Bond film Skyfall.

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Abandoned Town of Humberstone

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Humberstone is an abandoned saltpeter refinery located in the Atacama Desert in the Region of Tarapacá in northern Chile. In 1970, after becoming ghost town, it was declared national monument and opened to tourism. In 2005 it was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.

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Abandoned Islands of Colombian Drug Lords

Hundreds of gunmen were protecting these islands from the rival cartels and government troops. One of these island belonged to Pablo Escobar. But nowadays, when the largest Colombian drug cartels are history and Pablo Escobar is dead, these islands are the property of the state.

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