Others, however, have remained untouched for years - reduced to a creepy spot to snap an Instagram photo. Keep reading for a look at 11 abandoned palaces around the world.

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eclipses even Buckingham Palace in its size but has fallen into disrepair after it was abandoned by its owner, with residents now claiming the "death trap" property is home to antisocial behaviour.

With no customers to keep them afloat, buildings designed to seat thousands, like the Metropolitan Opera House in Philadelphia and the Paramount Theater in Brooklyn, were abandoned. Read more ...

Some castles and palaces are still lived in. The Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh is the monarch's official residence in Scotland. Why did the Scottish nobles leave their castles to live in ...

That's just £627,300 ($778k)! The abandoned ruins of Castle Pottendorf can be found on scenic grounds in Lower Austria. The remarkable former palace is enclosed by a historic moat and is thought to ...

You might want to visit the Nymphenburg palace (a summer get-away residence for monarchs), Neuschwanstein Castle (the inspiration for Disney's Sleeping Beauty castle, and the world's most ...

From crumbling castles and faded forts, to abandoned mansions and decommissioned lighthouses, there are thousands of palatial structures out there in need of restoration. We've scoured the world to ...

With photographs by Nikolskaya and contributing essays by Heba Farid and Omar Nagati, the book is a stunning photographic compilation of Egypt’s abandoned palaces and grand buildings.