In pictures: 10 abandoned tech facilities that are surely haunted
Fact: the majority of people who have ever existed are dead. Therefore a large percentage of those reading this right now are probably ghosts — that's just basic math. And while we value the support of our spectoral readers, we would like to posit a simple request on behalf of the living: please stop being so spooky. We don't like it.
Now, we're not asking for a complete kibosh on your Beetlejuiceing. We just ask that you relocate your phantom business away from non-dead population centers to some decaying, uninhabited (i.e. "ghost friendly") structure. Abandoned buildings are ideal for ghosts — you can lurk around hassle-free for all eternity, but still enjoy the occasional visit from one of basic cable's many fine ghost investigation programs.
Now, you're probably asking yourself "there are so many scary abandoned buildings, which one is right for me?" Well, since you are reading DVICE, we assume that in addition to ghost stuff, you maintain an interest in the latest developments from the world of technology. That's why we've profiled some of the freakiest abandoned tech facilities from around the world that will satisfy both your ghostly and geekish leanings.
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10. Bevatron Another view: these shielding blocks were added after preliminary tests. [Credit: Lawrence Berkeley Nat'l Lab]
9. Abandoned microwave Another view: it's now covered in tons of graffiti. [Credit: Urban Exploration Resource]
9. Abandoned microwave Another view showing the welcoming interior. [Credit: Urban Exploration Resource]
8. Decommissioned Soviet shuttle facility (Kazakhstan desert) This vast mechanical graveyard is part of the Soviet Buran space shuttle program that was shuttered in the early 1990s. This decaying remnant of the Cold War space race is part of the larger once secret Baikonur Cosmodrome space launch facility in the Kazakh dessert. [Credit: Martin Trolle Mikkelsen]
10. Bevatron accelerator (Berkeley, California) You may want to check out this scientific landmark sooner than later as it is set to be demolished before the end of this year. The Bevatron in Berekely, California was an early particle accelerator that was commissioned in the 1950s. It was a significant contributor to our knowledge of atomic physics including the discovery of anti-matter. As it got left in the dust by the development of more powerful accelerators, it was decommissioned in the early 1990s and began a period of demolition beginning in 2009. [Credit: Lawrence Berkeley Nat'l Lab]
8. Soviet shuttle facility Another view. [Credit: Martin Trolle Mikkelsen]
8. Soviet shuttle facility Another view: the transporter-crawler designed to carry the Buran shuttle to the launchpad, much like the one NASA employs. [Credit: Martin Trolle Mikkelsen]
7. Abandoned Russian silicate plant (Moscow, Russia) The technology of today would be impossible without silicon production plants like this once-active plant in the Moscow countryside. Now, itâs the perfect place to creep around corners and make bumping noises. [Credit: Abandoned.ru]
7. Abandoned Russian silicate plant A few different angles. [Credit: Abandoned.ru]
6. Military vehicle graveyard (Ukraine) Haunting a "building" may be good for some. But if you like to be around decaying relics of civilization while still enjoying the great outdoors, then this "graveyard" of busted Soviet-era military vehicles growing in a Ukraine field may be the perfect fit. [Credit: Abandoned.ru]
5. Abandoned battery factory Another view of the interior. [Credit: AbandonedButNotForgotten]
4. Abandoned Sun Microsystems office (Palo Alto, California) What could be scarier than the death of a dream? Thusly, the dot-com bubble pop that welcomed in the new millennium was the scariest of them all. Here is an abandoned Sun Microsystems outpost in Palo Alto that remains a discarded shell of the â90s dot-com boom and bust. [Credit: AbandonedButNotForgotten]
4. Abandoned Sun Microsystems office The inside. [Credit: AbandonedButNotForgotten]
3. Unfinished Russian research complex (Moscow, Russia) We donât have a lot of information on this decaying complex outside Moscow other than it was never completedâthat means you can make it all your own. Apparently they did some kind of "research" — weâll just go right out in front and say it was something freaky. [Credit: Abandoned.ru]
3. Unfinished Russian research complex More shots of the site. [Credit: Abandoned.ru]
2. Devil's Mountain abandoned NSA "Listening Station" (Berlin, Germany) This Cold War-era NSA listening station was design to eavesdrop on the other side of the iron curtain. It was built on a man-made mountain known as Devilâs Mountain, which was built on top of the remnants of a subterranean Nazi technological college. Now it's a wasteland of spooky leftovers plus one bit of architecture that would make Freud proud. [Credit: Matt Biddulph]
2. Devil's Mountain NSA outpost Another spooky view of the inside. [Credit: Gregor Fischer]
9. Abandoned microwave relay station (San Jose, California) This tiny quaint abandoned microwave relay station overlooking picturesque San Jose is the perfect place for any sprit who enjoys sneaking up on unsuspecting teenagers who may come by to post graffiti and smoke cigarettes and play hacky sack and whatever else the youngâns are up to these days. [Credit: Urban Exploration Resource]
1. Former CIA radio site (Forestville, California) The exact details of this building in rural California remain somewhat murky. We know it was first opened in 1943 and closed in 1983. It seems to have something to do with the CIAâs monitoring of foreign radio broadcasts. The facilities, of course, became somewhat outdated in the digital age. [Credit: Urban Exploration Resource]
1. Former CIA radio site Another view of some odd abandoned leftovers. [Credit: Urban Exploration Resource]
2. Devil's Mountain NSA outpost Another view inside one of the ravaged domes. [Credit: Victor Bergmann]
4. Abandoned Sun Microsystems office (Palo Alto, California) This is what remains of the Thomas A. Edison battery factory in Essex, New Jersey. While an abandoned battery factory may not have the panache of some of the other haunting sites, keep in mind that whole Jersey thing is hot right now. Ba-da bing. [Credit: AbandonedButNotForgotten]
