Last Updated on August 13, 2025 by Matt Staff
Liminal spaces are inherently eerie. They exist as these in-between places that at once feel both familiar and also weirdly unsettling. Liminal spaces will oftentimes feature hallways with no doors, abandoned malls, or empty parking garages at nighttime.
This collection of photos is able to capture the undeniable beauty of transitional spaces where time literally seems to stand still and reality itself feels just a tad bit off.
1. There’s something unmistakably uncomfortable about this
2. Taken at someone’s grandma’s house
3. Sweet steel dreams
4. It truly went on forever
5. That sky looks just a tad bit foreboding
6. Should just be a nice and calming blue sky, but alas
7. The word is that this theater’s always a ghost town
8. An eerie hotel out in Mexico
9. Under the boardwalk in Atlantic City, New Jersey
10. Just some lovely liminal indoor plants vibes for the day
11. Up, up, and away
12. It truly seems to never end
13. The real question is how far to the other side then?
14. Solid liminal space waterpark right here
15. Somewhere nowhere in France
16. Right behind a Target
17. Don’t come around after dark
18. Now that’s a scary dark passage if I’ve ever seen one
19. The real question is whether or not it’s a window or a hole
20. Just a tad bit profound for when it comes to liminal spaces
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Even in the strangest, most in-between places, there’s something fascinating about how they make us feel. These 20 photos of weirdly unsettling liminal spaces capture that eerie, dreamlike quality where the familiar feels unfamiliar. From empty hallways to desolate parking lots, each image invites you to pause and question why it feels so strange. For more striking visuals, check out our collections of 17 Hidden Rooms and Lost Buildings Found Around the World and 25 Photos of Nature Reclaiming Abandoned Places that tell their own stories.
