verticalzero Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 Weird looking living-in pods which did not get finished: http://www.craigfergusonimages.com/2007/05/26/sanzhi-%e4%b8%89%e8%8a%9d-taiwan-abandoned-housinghotel-development/ http://www.thingsasian.com/stories-photos/all/28653 As you travel east from Danshui along the number 2 highway that runs along the north coast of Taiwan, you come to the small town of Sanzhi Just before arriving in Sanzhi there’s an interesting site hugging the shoreline - an abandoned hotel/apartment complex that looks like somewhere ET might call home. Accounts vary on the origins of this complex, and indeed, as to whether it was meant to be a hotel development or a housing development. Apparently, it was constructed in the 1960s and included/was to include a dam to protect it against sea surges, floors and stairs made of marble and a small amusement park. The site was commissioned by the government and local firms and there is no named architect. Local papers at the time reported that there were numerous accidents during construction which caused the death of some workers. As news of these accidents spread, no one wanted to go there, even to visit, and the project was subsequently abandoned. The ghosts of those who died in vain are said to still linger there, unremembered and unable to pass on. The complex was left in its unfinished state because no amount of redevelopment will bring people to the area due to superstitions about ghosts, and it can’t be demolished because destroying the homes of spirits and lost souls is taboo in Asian culture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USCoaster Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 Those are pretty cool. I want a yellow one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterdude5 Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 Looks like a good place for a horror movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gisco Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 That is pretty cool. I like seeing pictures like this. I wonder what it looked like when it was new. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dandaman Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 I believe the aliens are of the Monsanto clan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy524 Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 I've seen this place on the Urban Exploration Resource site. Go here: http://www.uer.ca/locations/show.asp?locid=26092 It's a really creepy looking place. No wonder they think ghosts live there. If you haven't been to the UER site before, it's really interesting. Check the database in Japan; there are several abandoned amusement parks there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astroworldfan1 Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 Those kinda look like the "House of the Future". -Tatum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odie Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 Looks like a good place for a horror movie. Agreed. I wonder what the amusement park was going to look like. I mean, if homes look like that, imagine what their rides would look like? Haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBru Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 Whoa, that's unreal. The pics/story totally creep me out... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kennyweird Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 Looks like these "houses of the future" are history. How ironic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calaway Park Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 When things go bump in the night... -Sean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sccoasterfan Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 I went on a fishing boat this week and seen a house near where I live that looks just like these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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