40 Creepy ‘Liminal Spaces’ That’ll Give You Anxiety Just Looking At Them
What’s a “liminal space?”
You know the week between Christmas and New Year’s, when it’s not really January and it’s not really Christmas and time doesn’t work, and nobody knows what day it is?
That is a liminal space.
Liminal spaces are places that feel exactly like this week—empty, transitional, like you’re not supposed to be there but you are anyway. Hallways that go nowhere. Empty parking garages.They’re unsettling because they exist in between, just like December 27th exists in between.
These are some of the best liminal space photos. They’ll make you uncomfortable in a way you can’t quite explain, which is perfect for right now.
1. “Train Station In Denmark”
2. “Old Water Reservoir”
3. “Proof It’s Not Flat”
4. “I Made It To The Very End Of My Neighborhood, What’s Next ?”
5. “An Apartment Building In My City”
6. “Starting To Look Like Christmas”
7. “Seattle Public Library – Love The Red Floor”
8. “A ‘Green Space’ Being Built In A Hospital”
9. “This Makes It Feel So Much Worse”
10. “End Of Life Care?”
11. “Found On A Camera Phone From 2009”
12. “My Sister Took This Picture, I Don’t Like This”
13. “Does This Count? I’m Currently Here. Airport. Alone”
14. “Everything Looks So Perfect And Beautiful, Which Is Not Normal”
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”
16. “My Hotel Room Feels Like It’s Straight Out Of The Backrooms”
17. “My Local Indoor Playground Is Really Creepy In My Opinion”
18. “A Hotel My Mom Worked In Growing Up, Closed In 2013ish”
19. “I Have A Liminal Space Outside My Window”
20. “Was Told This Would Fit Here. A Pic I Took From Our Hotel Balcony In Turkey On A Family Holiday”
21. “Is It Just Me, Or Does Barbieland Feel Liminal To You Too?”
22. “My Workplace Is Looking A Little Like A Liminal Space”
23. “Think I Captured The Liminal Feeling”
24. “Garden”
25. “Who Loves Nature?”
26. “The End Of Time”
27. “I Got To Pull An All Nighter In A Mall And This Was So Eery”
28. “Visited My Childhood Mall, It Always Had So Many People. I Can Still Hear Them But… I Don’t See Anybody”
29. “Bedroom With A Pool”
30. “Went To The Therapist. Greeted By This”
31. “Road To Nowhere”
32. “Liminal Neighborhood I Saw While Doordashing”
33. “Strawberry Fields Forever”
34. “Got Lost Visiting University Dorms… Should I Cut Through The Grass ?”
35. “Lights Went Out At Walmart”
36. “The Bathroom At A Campground I Was Recently At”
37. “The Inside Of A Pool Table”
38. “This Is From Ikimisho From A Suburb In Tokyo. Looks So Eerie But Calm”
39. “It’s No Use To Run In This Hallway. You Won’t Even Make It In A 100 Years”
40. “Found On Pinterest. It Reminds Me Of My Childhood”
h/t: r/LiminalSpace