▲In 2015, staff from Bangkok Metropolitan Administration were seen catching fish in the abandoned building.

▲The New World department store in Bangkok was closed down in 1997, and later flooded with rainwater.

▲Thousands of fish, including catfish, fancy carp and black and red tilapia, were reportedly released into the flooded ground floor of the building.

▲A disused four-storey shopping center in northern Lebanon housed around 1,000 Syrian refugees who fled the civil war next door, and the conflict led to the emergence of more than 1,400 informal settlements like this across the country.

▲A department store in Minnesota got rid of everything, one way or another.

▲This New Jersey shopping center looks like a scene after an apocalypse.

▲The painted-on view in the fake windows is a stark contrast to the dilapidated environment.

▲Also known as a ghost mall, Wayne Hills was built in 1974 and is reportedly facing imminent demolition.

▲Even the wall paper is trying to abandon the building.

▲Wayne Hills Mall took up an area of 103,800 sq ft (9,643 sq m).

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The point of view of this photograph only highlights how creepy this abandoned mall is.

▲Though this isn't a place you'd want to get stuck in at night, it does have a kind of ghostly beauty.

▲Modern wreckage lays waste to what was once a happier place where checks were cashed.

▲It would take Mother Nature quite a long time to reclaim an abandoned space like this.

▲Though not one that will put you at ease.

▲Yell "hello" as loud as you can and see if you hear anything in return...

▲People continue to walk through a mall in Zhuhai, China, next to demolished piles of rubble.

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All of these free parking spots wasted!

▲Inside the dilapidated Zhoekvara mall, safety hazards abound.

▲Will this shopping cart ever be put to its destined use again?

▲This Ohio mall was actually once the largest shopping center in the United States, with approximately 120 shops that employed about 5,000 people.

▲This mall in Jakarta is only near-abandoned, due to low economic growth, which almost makes it even stranger to walk around in.

▲This abandoned shopping mall in the country of Georgia has been reduced to a marking spot for a few parked cars.

▲A thick, ominous fog adds a nice touch.

▲Even crisp morning light can't enliven this dilapidated space.

▲A mall is stripped down so dramatically it looks like it belongs in an action film.

▲A Zhoekvara shopping center sits undisturbed in the country of Georgia.

▲You can almost hear the hair-raising buzz of the flickering neon lights...

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A couple of cats take advantage of the undisturbed space.

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This stair-climbing machine comes with the added boost of being terrified out of your mind!

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Shopping malls are built with the intention of hosting thousands of people every day, which makes it especially creepy when the vast structures are abandoned and left to rubble and silence. Check out some fascinating remains of buildings that were once meant to be lively and welcoming places.