14 Deserted Wonders of the World

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  • mgoblue
    Go Wings!
    • Jul 2002
    • 25477

    #1

    14 Deserted Wonders of the World

    I saw the original 7 on Digg, and then they added 7 more I just saw. I figured I'd post them here, just fascinating to me to look through and learn why these places are abandoned...Crazy to see such formerly thriving places dead to the world.

    From small towns to entire cities, here are some of the most amazing, strange and surreal urban abandonments of the post-modern world.


    These towns and cities have fallen victim to everything from natural disasters to man-made wars, in many cases causing their complete abandonment.
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  • BunnyHardaway
    Banned
    • Nov 2004
    • 15195

    #2
    Re: 14 Deserted Wonders of the World

    I figured Centralia would be on the list. It's like 20 minutes from my house, pretty creepy place. 2 or 3 families are still making the dumb decision of living there though, and it's only (unfortunately) a matter of time before those houses collapse.

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    • mgoblue
      Go Wings!
      • Jul 2002
      • 25477

      #3
      Re: 14 Deserted Wonders of the World

      Originally posted by JJLinn
      I figured Centralia would be on the list. It's like 20 minutes from my house, pretty creepy place. 2 or 3 families are still making the dumb decision of living there though, and it's only (unfortunately) a matter of time before those houses collapse.
      Yeah, that entire situation is just nuts...why would they live there?
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      • BunnyHardaway
        Banned
        • Nov 2004
        • 15195

        #4
        Re: 14 Deserted Wonders of the World

        Originally posted by mgoblue
        Yeah, that entire situation is just nuts...why would they live there?
        No clue...apparently the families have been there their whole lives and don't want to move. I'm sure the state is giving them a generous offer to leave and build/buy a house somewhere else too. They're crazy.

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        • bjf1377
          Lurker
          • Jul 2002
          • 6620

          #5
          Re: 14 Deserted Wonders of the World

          Some of those places just look downright creepy, especially that one city that people can't even take pictures of. Kinda makes you wonder exactly why that's the case.

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          • Sandman42
            Hall Of Fame
            • Aug 2004
            • 15186

            #6
            Re: 14 Deserted Wonders of the World

            Originally posted by bjf1377
            Some of those places just look downright creepy, especially that one city that people can't even take pictures of. Kinda makes you wonder exactly why that's the case.
            I've actually been to that place in Cyprus. My mother lived by that area in Cyprus before the Turks invaded during the war back in the 1970s. I was just there 2 years ago, and most of the area that is fenced off is Turkish military zone. On the other side of that metal fence you see in the picture, there actually is a beach that people go to. It's very weird that people go to the beach because they are only like 100 feet from those bombed out hotels and buldings.

            It's definitely a very odd country. The left side of the country is still inhabited by the Greeks/Cypriots and is actually a very nice place, with beautiful towns and beaches. But once you cross the border into the Turkish zone, it is completely the opposite. The blown out buildings are still there from 30+ years ago and it doesn't seem like they've done any renovations to improve the area at all.
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            • Dispatch
              MVP
              • Jan 2006
              • 2339

              #7
              Re: 14 Deserted Wonders of the World

              All of those seem pretty creepy. I think the one near Genoa, Italy is probably the creepiest one if you ask me.

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              • MassNole
                Banned
                • Mar 2006
                • 18848

                #8
                Re: 14 Deserted Wonders of the World

                I wonder how much that insane asylum in NJ would cost......

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