Abandoned cities

Here's a selection of some of the most ghostly abandoned places around the worl every single one of which has its own special charm. There is nothing more haunting than a once-thriving town that has been abandoned and consumed by the elements. Pripyat, a city of nearly 500 was totally abandoned after the nearby Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1986.

Due to radiation, it has been left . Abandoned cities are haunting sights: Entire populations uproot, move on and leave behind ghost towns. Read about abandoned cities and their demises. Witness the most ghostly desolate places in the world….

It couldn't get scarier than this! Abandoned in 192 it featured in Russell Crowe's recent film, The Water Diviner. It's an eerie spot, but in 20plans to redevelop it were . There are many reasons why cities are abandoned; some, like the ghost towns of the American West, have become tourist destinations while . The most eerily abandone and freakishly deserte formerly thriving towns in the US. Take a visual tour of seven creepy abandoned cities that are a stark living reminder of times and history long since past.

The most strange and surreal abandoned places around the worl from hotels and hospitals to prisons and military bases.