20 Abandoned Cities 20 Abandoned Cities from Around the World: Deserted Deserted Towns and Other Derelict Towns and Other Derelict

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There are many reasons why cities are abandoned; some, like the ghost towns of the American West, have become tourist destinations while others have been condemned or simply forgotten.

These 20 abandoned cities of the world share an eerie, haunted quality that is part of what makes them so fascinating.

1. 1. The Kowloon Walled CityThe Kowloon Walled City, Hong Kong, China

2. 2. Oradour-sur-GlaneOradour-sur-Glane, France

3. 3. KolmanskopKolmanskop, small town located a few miles inland from the port of Lüderitz in

Namibia.

4. 4. HumberstoneHumberstone, Chile

5. 5. WittenoomWittenoom, Australia

6. 6. GaryGary, Indiana

7. 7. RubyRuby, Arizona

8. 8. The eerie city of AgdamAgdam, Azerbaijan

9. 9. Bodie State Bodie State Historic Park, Historic Park,

California

10. 10. PradeshPradesh, Mandu was once

the capital city of a northern Indian

Muslim

11. 11. KadykchanKadykchan was one of many small

Russian cities that fell into ruin when the

Soviet Union collapsed.

12. 12. The small town of CodyCody

was established in what has been

called the ‘Valley of the ‘Valley of the

Ghosts’ Ghosts’ in British Columbia

13. 13. BalestrinoBalestrino, Italy

14. 14. Times BeachTimes Beach, Missouri

15. 15. Deception Deception Island Island is located

in the South Shetland Islands

16. 16. TynehamTyneham is referred to as ‘the ‘the

village that Dorset village that Dorset lost’lost’. Isle of Purbeck in

south England

17. 17. KayakoyKayakoy, Turkey

18. 18. The medieval village of CracoCraco, Italy

19. 19. Village of KlominoKlomino, Poland

20. 20. PyramidenPyramiden, Norway