What A Dive - Underwater Strip Club Provides Unbelievable Glimpse Into The Past (PHOTOS)

[The Bookie]

We'll probably always be enchanted by photographs of abandoned spaces, capturing the eerie beauty of modern day ruins. It's called "Abandoned Porn" for a reason. But there's something about these photos of a forgotten underwater strip club off the coast of Israel that has us more intrigued than usual.

The images come courtesy of Gil Koplovitz, a a marine biologist who found himself working underwater in the vicinity of the empty, subaquatic strip joint in Eilat, Israel. He explained the mystery behind the curious establishment in an email to The Huffington Post, revealing that it used to be an underwater restaurant before it re-opened as one of the most bizarre strip clubs we've ever heard of.

"The entrance [to the strip joint] is above water," Koplovitz said. "People just crossed a 230-foot bridge and went down a flight of stairs. No need to get wet."

The defunct club, named Nymphas Show Bar, still has an active website, and Koplovitz isn't sure exactly when the destination closed its doors. His photos -- taken through the windows of the rusted destination -- show a glossy, pristine interior, and though the tables and chairs have been removed, the stripper's pole remains.

Scroll through the images below and marvel at this strange, seemingly forgotten attraction.

[Crom!]

I think I saw this on TV or Reddit or something.

[Plum]

Cool.

[The Bookie]

forgot the link to the HuffPo article http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/02/underwater-strip-club_n_3696284.html

[Jordan Subban]

When you said (PHOTOS) I thought you meant of the strippers not the strip club

[The Bookie]

Ghost Strippers!?

[Kryten]

Bioshock 4

[:D]

Did they put the club under water for a more believable excuse for the rotten fish smell?

[Monty]

Did they put the club under water for a more believable excuse for the rotten fish smell?

[Batmania]

Did they put the club under water for a more believable excuse for the rotten fish smell?

[pimpcurtly]

Did they put the club under water for a more believable excuse for the rotten fish smell?

[kanucks25]

I was going to post a picture of the Little Mermaid but then I thought she may be a teenager in the movies and I don't wanna get banned again.

[nux4lyfe]

Where are the skrippers?

[î мцšт вяздк чфµ]

[Blame Obama]

Is it for rent? Nice place wish I was there when opened

[etsen3]

I demand pics of the strippers.

[Amish Rake Fighter]

Where are the skrippers?

[HTania]

Cooool...

[JoeyJoeJoeJr. Shabadoo]

Remember in Jaws 3 when they had an underwater restaurant and Jaws crashed through the glass in the control room? That was awesome.

[The Bookie]

I demand pics of the strippers.