Spent the day yesterday exploring my first abandoned place, Beelitz-Heilstätten in Beelitz Germany. First it was a sanatorium then turned into a military hospital. Really awesome place, didn’t have enough time to explore every building though so will have to go back.
First buildings went up in 1848, Hitler recuperated here after being wounded in WWI, then it was taken over by the Soviets in 1945 after the war. It was finally fully abandoned in 2000. There are still a couple occupied buildings on site, a neurological rehabilitation center and as a center for research and care for victims of Parkinson’s disease.
Wiki Entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beelitz
Below is the first set of pictures. These were taken with my Canon 5D and a Canon 24-105 f4.