Nagasaki, Japan
Gunkanjima Island
Once the most densely populated place in the world, this island is now a ghost town.
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Nagasaki, Japan
Once the most densely populated place in the world, this island is now a ghost town.
El Salvador
A Mayan village preserved for centuries in volcanic ash.
Guadalupe, California
Coastal dunes, site of buried Egyptian movie set and former utopian colony.
Tamarugal, Chile
Towns with a resource known as "white gold," valuable enough to fight a war over, now stand ghostly and empty.
Mito, Japan
The ruin of a Japanese love hotel almost completely overgrown with brambles.
Petra District, Jordan
An ancient capital city that dates back 3,000 years and harbors many surprises.
England
Surreal riveted sea forts once protected the Kent shores from German attack.
Dresden, Germany
Slaughterhouse Five opens its dank doors to fans of Kurt Vonnegut.
Prypiat, Ukraine
The ghost town left by the worst nuclear disaster of all time is being taken over by nature and urban explorers.
Marshall Islands
An enormous concrete structure built over a nuclear crater.
Kalkar, Germany
An amusement park on the grounds of an unused nuclear power plant, with a swing ride inside the cooling tower.
Port Royal, Jamaica
Nature took her revenge on the "Wickedest City in the World."
Summerville, South Carolina
First established in 1696, this settlement was abandoned after the Revolutionary War.
Balestrino, Italy
Abandoned medieval hill town.
Prypiat, Ukraine
This attraction was abandoned after the Chornobyl disaster.
Mellieħa, Malta
An abandoned set from the 1980 film "Popeye," claimed and repurposed as a theme park by creative locals.
Løkken, Denmark
An abandoned lighthouse awaits its destiny: being buried under shifting sand.
Charmouth, England
Cliffs full of fossils at the portal to England's Jurassic Coast.
Diligent River, Nova Scotia
Commemoration of a sea voyage gone mysteriously wrong.
St. Marys, Georgia
Ruins of a Carnegie family mansion on Cumberland Island.
Venice, Italy
A small island less than half a mile from Venice is a forbidden island with a dark and twisted past.
New York, New York
A dilapidated dock tells the story of Titanic’s missed arrival.
Antarctica
An abandoned whaling station on an active volcano offers hot springs in Antarctica, surrounded by ruined giants of industry.
Bamyan, Afghanistan
Once an impressive link to Afghanistan’s Buddhist past, now a sad reminder of intolerance towards other cultures.