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we’re about to go places where no one
has lived for a very long time welcome
to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
creepiest abandoned places around the
world now the base is almost empty as
most of its equipment was looted in the
1990s opt it was deserted for this list
we’ve uncovered the strangest abandoned
spots on the planet located in China’s
far eastern j-john province divers are
busy exploring the underwater remains of
an ancient city number 10 Krakow Italy
though there are other examples of
abandoned Italian places like the old
center of ballet storino the medieval
settlement of Krakow founded around 540
ad is one of the most noteworthy
situated in southern Italy Krakow had
two separate districts and a population
of over 2,000 people at its height a
university was even established in the
late 13th century however Krakow’s
history is also littered with troubles
including a devastating plague in 1656
and civil upheaval throughout the 1800s
a series of natural disasters and
geological issues like a landslide in
1963 finally proved the final straw
after the Pina earthquake of 1980
was fully abandoned and now it’s most
known as a film set where scenes from
films like The Passion of the Christ and
Quantum of Solace were shot number 9 Oda
and deaths Alto Colombia what was once
one of Colombia’s most exclusive hotels
is now one of its spookiest spots the
mansion of teching dama Falls was
originally built by the architect carlos
arturo Tapia’s in 1923 and converted
into a luxury guest house in 1928 it
boasted immaculate views of the falls
and there were plans to extend it to a
hotel of 18 floors
however those plans were never realized
as water pollution problems in the
Bogota River turned the once serene
setting into an unsightly one ultimately
the building was abandoned in the 90s
furthermore as the Falls are a noted
suicide spot
yo jelly del salto also known as
tequendama Falls Hotel is said to be
haunted
it plays host to the teching Demma Falls
Museum now which shows the change from
deluxe to dilapidated number 8 the
mon-sol forts england built during world
war ii as a last line of defense against
germany the Mosel forts were never
intended to last the science fiction
like structures rising from the River
Thames & Mersey estuaries were
decommissioned in the 1950s but while
some succumbed to the sea or were
dismantled most remain intact some of
the technology used in the fort’s
construction was applied post-war to
build offshore drilling stations and
during the 1960s these structures were
home to pirate radio stations my aim is
not to offend it is Saturday the red
sand towers are perhaps the best known
of all the bases and today there is an
ongoing project to restore them in fact
one proposal even suggests converting
them into luxury apartments for now
however there are few more eerily
isolated places on the planet well the
interesting may is these were designed
to last that was it number 7 bori USA
this is the main street of Bodie
it used to be 2 miles long from stem to
stern with a racetrack at one end and
Chinatown at the other as a mining
boomtown built in the California Gold
Rush in the late 1850s
bodis best years were between 1877 and
1880 when the population peaked at
approximately 7,000 people
it was the archetypal Wild West town
it’s mile-long Main Street played host
to saloon brawls shootouts and
stagecoach holdups with a jail bank
railroad and Union Hall it was the model
of an Old West movie set miners began to
relocate in the 1880s however and by
1910 less than 700 people lived there
when the last gold mine was closed in
1942 Bodie essentially became a ghost
town today it’s preserved as a National
Historic Landmark the buildings remain
unchanged but the streets are deserted
number six the aral sea ship graveyard
Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan situated
between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan the
Aral Sea was once the fourth largest
lake in the world
now it’s the setting for an ultra eerie
graveyard of ships the sea has been
shrinking ever since the 1960s
when two major rivers flowing into the
lake were diverted as part of Soviet
irrigation schemes where we’re standing
right now used to be many meters
underwater today less than 10% of the
original lake remains the decaying boats
are a rusty reminder of the thriving
fishing industry that once existed on
aryl Shores there are tentative plans to
redevelop the Aral Sea but it seems all
but impossible for it to regain its
former vastness some people believe that
the sea will return others insist that
the tool notes either way these
particular vessels are definitely not
fit for action anymore number five
Coleman scope Namibia it almost looks
like a Hollywood fit but this is a real
ghost town set within the desolate
landscapes of the Namib Desert
Coleman scope was built when diamonds
were discovered there in 1908 it was one
of the most lucrative spots on the
planet at one point accounting for over
ten percent of the world’s total diamond
production while the money rolled in
they built grand houses live the
champagne lifestyle in the desert the
town itself was hurriedly built under
German administration as a result its
buildings all mimic European
architecture with the local pub and
skittle alley reportedly the busiest
spot however when even Richard diamond
deposits were discovered elsewhere in
1928 poleman scope quickly declined the
last families moved out in 1956 and the
desert has been steadily reclaiming the
settlement ever since the effect might
be described as an anti oasis there
really was a desert paradise here at one
time but not anymore
this house acts as a natural wind block
so the sand that comes in through the
windows and doors cumulates here
number four chichen china widely dubbed
china’s atlantis shi Chun is one of the
most inaccessible of today’s abandoned
places because it’s entirely submerged
in water thousand years ago the streets
were lit and our people did not have to
scavenge for food at the edge of a
crumbling city Chichen which translates
to Lion City was built between 1400 and
2000 years ago but was purposefully
flooded in 1959 to create tend a lake
when divers rediscovered the city
several decades later experts and
tourists marveled at how immaculately it
had been preserved
now undisturbed and up to 131 feet below
water it offers a unique diving
experience there are even plans to build
an inverted bridge for the city
otherwise known as a submerged floating
tunnel to give more people a chance to
get an underwater glimpse without the
need of a wetsuit an underwater city
fascinating isn’t it number three Gookin
Jima Japan officially known as Hashima
island Gookin Jima is commonly known as
battleship island thanks to its ominous
appearance located 10 miles from
Nagasaki Gookin Jima quickly became a
symbol for Japanese industrialization
due to its undersea coal mines but it
also gained notoriety before and during
World War two as a brutal labor camp
where Korean and Chinese workers endured
extremely harsh conditions population
peaked in 1959 when over 5,000 people
lived on the 16 acre stretch of land
before the mine was closed in 1974 the
sense of danger that gets gets you
because everything is crumbling and
falling down and then mixed in with the
curiosity of what life was was at this
place
travel to gook and Jima reopened in 2009
allowing tourists to visit the decrepit
site which had lain deserted for 35
years there’s now an otherworldly feel
to the place as one that it once housed
thousands of people and now hosts plenty
of ghosts number two billets high estate
in Germany here there was medical advice
in an
most upper-class atmosphere the 60
building sanatorium at billets house
Dayton was built in 1898 but was
converted into a German military
hospital during World War one the site’s
most infamous moment came in 1916 when a
young Adolf Hitler arrived having been
injured in the Battle of the Somme and
was treated for a wound to his leg the
Soviet Red Army took control of the
complex following World War two however
most of the site was abandoned by 2,000
left to rot and succumbed to the
surrounding foliage rusting hospital
beds discarded surgery tables and
decaying corridors combined for an
incredibly haunting atmosphere not least
because billets will always be the place
that helped Hitler get back on his feet
before we unveil our number one pick
here are some honorable mentions
[Music]
number one 3-pack Ukraine following a
massive explosion at reactor number four
of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant on
April 26 1986 the city of creep yet was
evacuated with many of its 49,000
population already experiencing
headaches nausea and dizziness the
largely unknown threat of radiation
poisoning created an 18-mile exclusion
zone which remains to this day the city
exists exactly as it was left down to
open textbooks in the classrooms and set
tables in the restaurants what’s left is
a city sized ghost town with a harrowing
past while iconic images of the ruined
ferris wheel serve as a constant
reminder of the dangers involved with
nuclear power there is no other
abandoned place quite like this one do
you agree with our list which abandoned
place have we yet to find four more
entirely unpopulated top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com because it isn’t simply
permanent change that’s central to the
arrow of time its decay
[Music]
you
we’re about to go places where no one
has lived for a very long time welcome
to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
creepiest abandoned places around the
world now the base is almost empty as
most of its equipment was looted in the
1990s opt it was deserted for this list
we’ve uncovered the strangest abandoned
spots on the planet located in China’s
far eastern j-john province divers are
busy exploring the underwater remains of
an ancient city number 10 Krakow Italy
though there are other examples of
abandoned Italian places like the old
center of ballet storino the medieval
settlement of Krakow founded around 540
ad is one of the most noteworthy
situated in southern Italy Krakow had
two separate districts and a population
of over 2,000 people at its height a
university was even established in the
late 13th century however Krakow’s
history is also littered with troubles
including a devastating plague in 1656
and civil upheaval throughout the 1800s
a series of natural disasters and
geological issues like a landslide in
1963 finally proved the final straw
after the Pina earthquake of 1980
was fully abandoned and now it’s most
known as a film set where scenes from
films like The Passion of the Christ and
Quantum of Solace were shot number 9 Oda
and deaths Alto Colombia what was once
one of Colombia’s most exclusive hotels
is now one of its spookiest spots the
mansion of teching dama Falls was
originally built by the architect carlos
arturo Tapia’s in 1923 and converted
into a luxury guest house in 1928 it
boasted immaculate views of the falls
and there were plans to extend it to a
hotel of 18 floors
however those plans were never realized
as water pollution problems in the
Bogota River turned the once serene
setting into an unsightly one ultimately
the building was abandoned in the 90s
furthermore as the Falls are a noted
suicide spot
yo jelly del salto also known as
tequendama Falls Hotel is said to be
haunted
it plays host to the teching Demma Falls
Museum now which shows the change from
deluxe to dilapidated number 8 the
mon-sol forts england built during world
war ii as a last line of defense against
germany the Mosel forts were never
intended to last the science fiction
like structures rising from the River
Thames & Mersey estuaries were
decommissioned in the 1950s but while
some succumbed to the sea or were
dismantled most remain intact some of
the technology used in the fort’s
construction was applied post-war to
build offshore drilling stations and
during the 1960s these structures were
home to pirate radio stations my aim is
not to offend it is Saturday the red
sand towers are perhaps the best known
of all the bases and today there is an
ongoing project to restore them in fact
one proposal even suggests converting
them into luxury apartments for now
however there are few more eerily
isolated places on the planet well the
interesting may is these were designed
to last that was it number 7 bori USA
this is the main street of Bodie
it used to be 2 miles long from stem to
stern with a racetrack at one end and
Chinatown at the other as a mining
boomtown built in the California Gold
Rush in the late 1850s
bodis best years were between 1877 and
1880 when the population peaked at
approximately 7,000 people
it was the archetypal Wild West town
it’s mile-long Main Street played host
to saloon brawls shootouts and
stagecoach holdups with a jail bank
railroad and Union Hall it was the model
of an Old West movie set miners began to
relocate in the 1880s however and by
1910 less than 700 people lived there
when the last gold mine was closed in
1942 Bodie essentially became a ghost
town today it’s preserved as a National
Historic Landmark the buildings remain
unchanged but the streets are deserted
number six the aral sea ship graveyard
Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan situated
between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan the
Aral Sea was once the fourth largest
lake in the world
now it’s the setting for an ultra eerie
graveyard of ships the sea has been
shrinking ever since the 1960s
when two major rivers flowing into the
lake were diverted as part of Soviet
irrigation schemes where we’re standing
right now used to be many meters
underwater today less than 10% of the
original lake remains the decaying boats
are a rusty reminder of the thriving
fishing industry that once existed on
aryl Shores there are tentative plans to
redevelop the Aral Sea but it seems all
but impossible for it to regain its
former vastness some people believe that
the sea will return others insist that
the tool notes either way these
particular vessels are definitely not
fit for action anymore number five
Coleman scope Namibia it almost looks
like a Hollywood fit but this is a real
ghost town set within the desolate
landscapes of the Namib Desert
Coleman scope was built when diamonds
were discovered there in 1908 it was one
of the most lucrative spots on the
planet at one point accounting for over
ten percent of the world’s total diamond
production while the money rolled in
they built grand houses live the
champagne lifestyle in the desert the
town itself was hurriedly built under
German administration as a result its
buildings all mimic European
architecture with the local pub and
skittle alley reportedly the busiest
spot however when even Richard diamond
deposits were discovered elsewhere in
1928 poleman scope quickly declined the
last families moved out in 1956 and the
desert has been steadily reclaiming the
settlement ever since the effect might
be described as an anti oasis there
really was a desert paradise here at one
time but not anymore
this house acts as a natural wind block
so the sand that comes in through the
windows and doors cumulates here
number four chichen china widely dubbed
china’s atlantis shi Chun is one of the
most inaccessible of today’s abandoned
places because it’s entirely submerged
in water thousand years ago the streets
were lit and our people did not have to
scavenge for food at the edge of a
crumbling city Chichen which translates
to Lion City was built between 1400 and
2000 years ago but was purposefully
flooded in 1959 to create tend a lake
when divers rediscovered the city
several decades later experts and
tourists marveled at how immaculately it
had been preserved
now undisturbed and up to 131 feet below
water it offers a unique diving
experience there are even plans to build
an inverted bridge for the city
otherwise known as a submerged floating
tunnel to give more people a chance to
get an underwater glimpse without the
need of a wetsuit an underwater city
fascinating isn’t it number three Gookin
Jima Japan officially known as Hashima
island Gookin Jima is commonly known as
battleship island thanks to its ominous
appearance located 10 miles from
Nagasaki Gookin Jima quickly became a
symbol for Japanese industrialization
due to its undersea coal mines but it
also gained notoriety before and during
World War two as a brutal labor camp
where Korean and Chinese workers endured
extremely harsh conditions population
peaked in 1959 when over 5,000 people
lived on the 16 acre stretch of land
before the mine was closed in 1974 the
sense of danger that gets gets you
because everything is crumbling and
falling down and then mixed in with the
curiosity of what life was was at this
place
travel to gook and Jima reopened in 2009
allowing tourists to visit the decrepit
site which had lain deserted for 35
years there’s now an otherworldly feel
to the place as one that it once housed
thousands of people and now hosts plenty
of ghosts number two billets high estate
in Germany here there was medical advice
in an
most upper-class atmosphere the 60
building sanatorium at billets house
Dayton was built in 1898 but was
converted into a German military
hospital during World War one the site’s
most infamous moment came in 1916 when a
young Adolf Hitler arrived having been
injured in the Battle of the Somme and
was treated for a wound to his leg the
Soviet Red Army took control of the
complex following World War two however
most of the site was abandoned by 2,000
left to rot and succumbed to the
surrounding foliage rusting hospital
beds discarded surgery tables and
decaying corridors combined for an
incredibly haunting atmosphere not least
because billets will always be the place
that helped Hitler get back on his feet
before we unveil our number one pick
here are some honorable mentions
[Music]
number one 3-pack Ukraine following a
massive explosion at reactor number four
of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant on
April 26 1986 the city of creep yet was
evacuated with many of its 49,000
population already experiencing
headaches nausea and dizziness the
largely unknown threat of radiation
poisoning created an 18-mile exclusion
zone which remains to this day the city
exists exactly as it was left down to
open textbooks in the classrooms and set
tables in the restaurants what’s left is
a city sized ghost town with a harrowing
past while iconic images of the ruined
ferris wheel serve as a constant
reminder of the dangers involved with
nuclear power there is no other
abandoned place quite like this one do
you agree with our list which abandoned
place have we yet to find four more
entirely unpopulated top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com because it isn’t simply
permanent change that’s central to the
arrow of time its decay
[Music]
you
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