Mirabel International Airport, in Montreal, Canada, was planned to be the largest travel hub in the world before it was left to rot.
The government planned for it to be a large airport with six runways and six terminals, the Telegraph reports.
In 1969, miles of farmland were cleared to make way for the center, and 10,000 locals were displaced in doing so.
In 1975, it officially opened to citizens and millions of people were expected to fly through it every year.
The project cost a staggering $500 million Canadian dollars at the time, The Guardian reports, but it failed to prove to be a success after a series of setbacks.
A high-speed train that was supposed to connect the center with the city was never built.
The airport is over 30 miles from Montreal and its location meant that many passengers chose to fly from closer hubs that had easier transport links.
The airport was so quiet that it was even used in the movie "The Terminal," starring Tom Hanks.
In 2003, the publication described how weeds were growing on the runway and the multi-storey car park had only a few vehicles parked inside.
At that time it was known that Mirabel International Airport would be close to passengers and would become a cargo terminal and maintenance base.
On October 31, 2004, commercial operations at the airport ceased and the last passenger flight departed.
An Air Transat plane flew to Paris, marking the end of the center's trading years.
After years of being empty, the passenger terminal was demolished in 2016, but the rest of the airport continues to operate as a cargo hub.
It is also used as an aircraft assembly site and a space testing facility.
According to The Guardian, Noit Labonte, president of the Montreal chamber of commerce, said in 2003: "It was a disaster for Montreal. It didn't make sense for any passenger to come to Canada to make a transfer in Montreal."
The Château de l'Aéroport-Mirabel was a 344-room hotel located next to the passenger terminal and was built in the 1970s at the same time as the center.
However, it closed in 2002 due to the declining number of holidaymakers using the airport.
Another 'ghost' location can be found in Forest City, which was built in 2016.
A staggering $100 billion was spent on community construction, with the aim of creating an environmentally friendly and modern landscape.
Despite the grand plans, only about 9,000 people have moved into Forest City since construction began several years ago. /Telegraph/
