Ruins are the remains of man-made architecture.
Ruins or ruin may refer to:
History
- The Ruin (Ukrainian history), a period in Ukrainian history after the death of Bohdan Khmelnytsky in 1657
Geography
- Ruin, Iran, a village in North Khorasan Province, Iran
- Ruin Rural District, an administrative subdivision of North Khorasan Province, Iran
- The Ruins (mansion), an old mansion and tourist attraction in Talisay City, Negros Occidental, Philippines
Arts, entertainment, and media
Films
- Ruins, a 1967 independent film by Clarke Mackey
- The Ruins (film), a 2008 horror film based on the novel
Literature
- Ruins (novel), a 2012 novel from the Pathfinder series by Orson Scott Card
- "The Ruin", an 8th century Anglo-Saxon poem
- The Ruins (novel), a 2006 horror novel set in the Yucatán, by Scott Smith
Music
Groups and labels
- Ruin (American band), an American thrash metal band
- Ruins (Australian band), an Australian black metal band
- Ruins (Japanese band), a Japanese drum-bass duo
- Ruin (punk band), an American punk band
Albums
- Ruin (album), a 2007 album by British metal band Architects
- Ruins (Dread Zeppelin album), 1996
- Ruins (Grouper album), 2014
- Ruins, a 2016 album by British psychedelic rock band Wolf People
- Ruins, a 2018 album by Swedish country folk duo First Aid Kit
Songs
- "Ruins" (instrumental), by Henry Cow
- "Ruins", a song by English folk rock, singer-songwriter Cat Stevens
- "Ruins", a song by Australian singer Gabriella Cilmi
Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media
- "Ruin" (Gotham), an episode of Gotham
- Ruin (publishing house), a Swedish publishing house and magazine
- Ruin (video game), a video game from SCE and Idol Minds cancelled mid-development
- Ruin, a.k.a. Professor Hamilton, a DC supervillain in Superman comics
- Ruins (comics), a 1995 comic book published by Marvel, written by Warren Ellis
- Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Ruins, season 18 of the MTV reality TV game show
See also
- Runes, letters of the Runic alphabets