Buildings become abandoned for many reasons, both before and after they're built. Tall skyscrapers can be especially pricey ...

A humongous 1,957-feet-tall skycraper is thought to be the tallest abandoned building in the world. Construction began on Goldin Finance 117, in the business district of Tianjin in the country's ...

The previous Guinness World Record holder for the tallest abandoned building in the world was the Ryugyong Hotel in neighbouring North Korea - where construction was put on hold in 1992.