Sneha Singh
Located in the Sierra Nevada mountains, Bodie was a booming gold-mining town in the late 19th century. Today, it stands as one of the best-preserved ghost towns in America.
Pripyat, built for Chernobyl plant workers, now stands deserted, its empty buildings and amusement park iconic of nuclear disaster aftermath
Kolmanskop, once a bustling diamond mining town in Namibia's Namib Desert, was abandoned after World War I due to falling diamond prices. Now engulfed by sand, its grand buildings succumb to desertification.
Hashima Island, nicknamed Battleship Island for its shape, thrived as a coal mining facility until abandonment in the 1970s. Now a silent concrete jungle in the sea, it echoes Japan's industrial history.
Centralia, once thriving from coal mining, evacuated due to a 1962 underground mine fire. Today, surreal smoke and steam emerge from ground fissures, defining its eerie, nearly deserted landscape.