The Haunting Remnants of These Abandoned Cities are a Sight to See

There's something to be said about the stillness of abandoned locations. There's a sort of morbid beauty in seeing things frozen in time; dropped by the people using them in a moment of fear or desperation. It's incredible to see places that used to be ridden with smiling faces, wonderfully polluted by laughter and the sound of children, to end up in a state of abandonment and to be replaced with rust and silence. Here are the haunting remnants of a few abandoned cities around the world:

Pripyat, Ukraine

The Chernobyl incident occurred in this city, causing it's residents to evacuate and abandon their homes in 1986 because of nuclear radiation. 

Nothing sends shivers down your spine like an abandoned carnival.

Sanzhi District, Taiwan

This area is speckled with “Sanzhi UFO houses” which were an attempt to bring tourism and attraction to the Sanzhi District through odd-looking vacation homes. The development was unfinished and abandoned in 1978. It is now being redeveloped

Craco, Italy

Craco is a village where less than 800 people reside in. It used to be a thriving village, though with unstoppable earthquakes, it started becoming inhabitable. The majority of this area is uninhabited and is quite eerie!

Kolmanskop, Namibia

Prior to its abandonment in 1954, this area was a thriving diamond mining town until the market steadily declined. 

Oradour-sur-Glane, France

This village was essentially killed off by the Germans in 1944 where they killed 642 of the inhabitants. It is now a memorial to commemorate those who have been killed.

Centralia, Pennsylvania

Another mining town that was abandoned, however this one was abandoned due to safety reasons. A mining fire broke out causing its residents to flee back in 1962. The fascinating thing is that the fire is still burning the coal to this day. The current population of the city stands at ten people in 2010.