35 Stunning Abandoned Places Around the World You Can Still Visit

26. Teufelsberg Listening Station, Germany: Echoes of Espionage

Perched atop an artificial hill made of WWII rubble outside Berlin, Teufelsberg (Devil's Mountain) is a haunting relic of the Cold War. This former US National Security Agency listening station, with its iconic geodesic domes now tattered and torn, was used to intercept Soviet communications. Abandoned after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the sprawling complex has become a canvas for graffiti artists and a magnet for urban explorers. Its eerie silence, punctuated by the wind whistling through broken structures, offers panoramic city views juxtaposed with a tangible sense of clandestine history and forgotten secrets.