10 Hauntingly Beautiful Ghost Towns To Explore

Pratidin Bureau

Bodie, California, USA

A quintessential Wild West ghost town, Bodie boomed during the gold rush of the 1850s and 1870s.

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Kolmanskop, Namibia

This desert ghost town was once a booming diamond mining settlement.

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Kennecott, Alaska, USA

Located near Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, Kennecott was a copper mining town that thrived in the early 20th century.

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Cahakron, Sonora, Mexico

This silver mining town in Mexico was abandoned in the early 1900s.

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Craco, Italy

This medieval town in southern Italy was gradually abandoned due to natural disasters and landslides.

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Kayaköy, Turkey

This abandoned village was once a multicultural community of Greeks and Turks.

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Pripyat, Ukraine

The Chernobyl disaster of 1986 turned this once-thriving city into a ghost town.

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Centralia, Pennsylvania, USA

An underground mine fire has been burning in Centralia since 1962, causing the town to be slowly abandoned.

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Gaudalupe Hidalgo, Mexico

Once a prosperous mining town, Gaudalupe Hidalgo was abandoned in the early 20th century.

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Mansfield, Ohio, USA

This former industrial center was hit hard by deindustrialization in the latter half of the 20th century.

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