It might seem strange, but there are so many abandoned buildings and places all over the world. It is weird to think about the fact that sometimes buildings just go untouched for decades. Abandoned places range from small houses to churches to airports to mansions, there are abandoned buildings of all sorts everywhere. There are also tons of abandoned cars and trucks, airplanes, trains, and so many more oddly abandoned structures waiting to be uncovered.

It is unusual to see these normally high-traffic places so empty and quiet. They raise questions pertaining to how the building got to be abandoned, what used to go on when it was not abandoned, and what might come of it in the future. Many times, there are no explanations as to why these places became abandoned. Houses and cars and such are just left in the wilderness, lost in time. Other places do have some backstory as to why they became this way, which is interesting to learn about.

Many people who go looking for these abandoned places to explore choose to share photos of them online for all to see. Here are 25 images of abandoned buildings, monuments, and other places that have been untouched for so many years.