Long-Abandoned Space Observatories

Light pollution and new technologies made lead to the closure of many space observatories. These abandoned buildings have a distinctive shape that makes them eerily interesting artifacts.

Warner & Swasey Observatory in Cleveland, Ohio, constructed in 1919 by
Worchester R. Warner and Ambrose Swasey.

An abandoned observatory in Odorheiu Secuiesc, Romania.
Construction started in 1989, but stopped a year later.

Cointe Observatory, Liège, Belgium, designed by Lambert Noppius
 and built in 1881-1882.

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