40 Creepy ‘Liminal Spaces’ That’ll Give You Anxiety Just Looking At Them

Liminal spaces are more than just a fleeting trend; they’ve captivated the internet’s eerie-loving audience for a while now. These images, which often depict places caught between two realities, are the epitome of creepy.

Some say it’s the unsettling stillness, and others believe it’s the eeriness of recognizing something in these pictures that feels just out of reach. But what’s undeniable is the feeling these liminal space images evoke: a sense of being neither here nor there.

So, if you’re drawn to the creepy allure of liminal spaces and you’ve got a penchant for haunting pictures, brace yourself. These images will pull you into a world where the line between the familiar and the unknown is blurred, where every corner of these liminal spaces seems to whisper secrets hidden within their creepy confines. Don’t say we didn’t warn you when you find yourself scrolling through these pictures long into the night.


1. “Train Station In Denmark”

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2. “Old Water Reservoir”

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3. “Proof It’s Not Flat”

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4. “I Made It To The Very End Of My Neighborhood, What’s Next ?”

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5. “An Apartment Building In My City”

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6. “Starting To Look Like Christmas”

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7. “Seattle Public Library – Love The Red Floor”

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8. “A ‘Green Space’ Being Built In A Hospital”

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9. “This Makes It Feel So Much Worse”

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10. “End Of Life Care?”

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11. “Found On A Camera Phone From 2009”

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12. “My Sister Took This Picture, I Don’t Like This”

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13. “Does This Count? I’m Currently Here. Airport. Alone”

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14. “Everything Looks So Perfect And Beautiful, Which Is Not Normal”

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15. “If You Wander Through A Khazakstani Exclusion Zone, You’ll Eventually Be Surrounded By Irradiated Alien-Like Metal Structures. These Are Known As The Geese And Sit On The Site Of The Most Nuclear-Bombed Site In The World. Semipalatinsk”

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16. “My Hotel Room Feels Like It’s Straight Out Of The Backrooms”

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17. “My Local Indoor Playground Is Really Creepy In My Opinion”

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18. “A Hotel My Mom Worked In Growing Up, Closed In 2013ish”

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19. “I Have A Liminal Space Outside My Window”

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20. “Was Told This Would Fit Here. A Pic I Took From Our Hotel Balcony In Turkey On A Family Holiday”

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21. “Is It Just Me, Or Does Barbieland Feel Liminal To You Too?”

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22. “My Workplace Is Looking A Little Like A Liminal Space”

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23. “Think I Captured The Liminal Feeling”

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24. “Garden”

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25. “Who Loves Nature?”

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26. “The End Of Time”

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27. “I Got To Pull An All Nighter In A Mall And This Was So Eery”

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28. “Visited My Childhood Mall, It Always Had So Many People. I Can Still Hear Them But… I Don’t See Anybody”

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29. “Bedroom With A Pool”

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30. “Went To The Therapist. Greeted By This”

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31. “Road To Nowhere”

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32. “Liminal Neighborhood I Saw While Doordashing”

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33. “Strawberry Fields Forever”

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34. “Got Lost Visiting University Dorms… Should I Cut Through The Grass ?”

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35. “Lights Went Out At Walmart”

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36. “The Bathroom At A Campground I Was Recently At”

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37. “The Inside Of A Pool Table”

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38. “This Is From Ikimisho From A Suburb In Tokyo. Looks So Eerie But Calm”

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39. “It’s No Use To Run In This Hallway. You Won’t Even Make It In A 100 Years”

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40. “Found On Pinterest. It Reminds Me Of My Childhood”

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h/t: r/LiminalSpace

Stefanie

Stefanie Mustian

Stefanie is an architect with 15+ years of working both independently as well as on teams of some of the top Architectural Firms in the country located in Atlanta, Washington D.C. and New York. She currently runs BoardBatten.com a coastal architecture and design service in Port Aransas, Texas. She is also the wife of the dude who runs Pleated-Jeans.