CULTURE/SOCIETY - Haunting Photos Of Abandoned Cities Around The World

There are more abandoned cities than you’d think. But they’re also probably at least as creepy as you would imagine in your nightmares.

Pripyat, Ukraine

Site of the infamous Chernobyl incident, the entire city had to abandoned in 1986 due to nuclear radiation.

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http://witness-this.com/tag/pripyat/

Craco, Italy

Craco was a medieval village built high up on a steep summit for defensive reasons, but recurring earthquakes eventually made it impossible to sustain. Today, less than 800 people live there in a commune, while the majority remains eerily uninhabited.

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Kolmanskop, Namibia

Formerly a bustling diamond mining town, after the market declined, inhabitants began leaving the town after WWI; by 1954, it was completely deserted. As it was an enclave for German colonialists for many years, the architecture is not only out of place, but its abandonment enhances it even more.

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http://www.buzzfeed.com/chernobyldiaries/haunting-photos-of-abandoned-cities-around-the-wor-5ydt