20 Abandoned Cities from Around the World : Deserted Towns and Other Derelict Places

There are many reasons why cities are abandoned; some, like the ghost towns of the American West, have become tourist destinations while others have been condemned or simply forgotten. These 20 abandoned cities of the world share an eerie, haunted quality that is part of what makes them so fascinating.

1. The Kowloon Walled City , Hong Kong, China

2. Oradour-sur-Glane , France

3. Kolmanskop , small town located a few miles inland from the port of Lüderitz in Namibia .

4. Humberstone , Chile

5. Wittenoom , Australia

6. Gary , Indiana

7. Ruby , Arizona

8. The eerie city of Agdam , Azerbaijan

9. Bodie State Historic Park, California

10. Pradesh , Mandu was once the capital city of a northern Indian Muslim

11. Kadykchan was one of many small Russian cities that fell into ruin when the Soviet Union collapsed.

12. The small town of Cody was established in what has been called the ‘Valley of the Ghosts’ in British Columbia

13. Balestrino , Italy

14. Times Beach , Missouri

15. Deception Island is located in the South Shetland Islands

16. Tyneham is referred to as ‘the village that Dorset lost’ . Isle of Purbeck in south England

17. Kayakoy , Turkey

18. The medieval village of Craco , Italy

19. Village of Klomino , Poland

20. Pyramiden , Norway