Top 10 Creepiest Abandoned Places Around the World

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 after 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 ballast RINO 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 two thousand people at its height a university was even established in the late 13th century however Franco'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 Athenian 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 tequendama Falls was originally built by the architect catalano's Arturo Tapia's in 1923 and converted into a luxury guesthouse 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-chan del salto also known as ticking dam of Falls Hotel is said to be haunted it plays host to the teching dama Falls Museum now which shows the change from deluxe to dilapidated number 8 the mon-sol forts England built during World War Two 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 1960's these structures were home to pirate radio stations 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 the interesting maze these were designed to NAS number seven Bodie USA this is the main street of Bodie it used to be two 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 goldmine 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 metres 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 two knots 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 Pullman 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 came lights here number four she Chen China widely dubbed China's Atlantis she 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 underwater city fascinating isn't it number three Buchan Jima Japan officially known as Hashima island gokhan 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 goukan 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 2 being its high estate in Germany here there was medical advice in an almost upper-class atmosphere this Steve building sanatorium at Biltz 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 2000 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's 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 it's decaying

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Length: 10min 40sec (640 seconds)

Published: Wed Oct 26 2016