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), A historic mansion an iconic Philippine tourist attraction in Talisay City, Negros Occidental, Philippines.
Arts, entertainment, and media Films Ruins, a 1967 independent film by Clarke Mackey Ruins (film), a 2004 Slovenian film The Ruins (film), a 2008 horror film based on the 2006 novel of the same name
Television "Ruin" (Gotham), an episode of Gotham Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Ruins, 18th season of The Challenge "The Ruins", an episode of Voltron: Legendary Defender
Literature Ruins (Card novel), a 2012 novel from the Pathfinder series by Orson Scott Card Ruins (Brooks-Dalton novel), a 2026 speculative fiction novel by Lily Brooks-Dalton Ruins, a 2014 novel by Dan Wells in the Partials Sequence series "The Ruin", an 8th-century Anglo-Saxon poem "The Ruin (Dafydd ap Gwilym poem)", a 14th-century Welsh 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 (First Aid Kit album), 2018
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 "Ruins", a track from the soundtrack of the 2015 video game Undertale by Toby Fox "Ruin", a song by Shawn Mendes from Illuminate "Ruin", a song by Squarepusher from Music Is Rotted One Note
Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media 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 Ruin, an expansion for the video game Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach
See also Runes, letters of the Runic alphabets