Author: Bojan Ivanov

The ruins of Villers Abbey in Belgium: At its peak it looked like a small town

Stokes Castle in Nevada: built and abandoned in a period of just one year

Knaresborough Castle: Once a residence of English monarchs, now the ruins are guarded only by the royal ravens

Wellington Rooms, Liverpool: The emergency repairs were recently made, but the fine decoration is still decaying

Downhill House: The ruined mansion once was a home and a little museum of the eccentric Earl Bishop

Hawikuh in New Mexico: It was ruined during the Great Pueblo Revolt against the Spanish authorities

Abbey of Thelema in Cefalù, Sicily: The ruins of Aleister Crowley’s temple of Thelema

The ruins of Finlaggan Castle, Scotland: The two small islands once were an administrative center for whole region