While some may view these abandoned former towns as decaying eyesores, others will view them as beautiful locations that history has virtually forgotten.
Mandu, India
Abandoned
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Mandu has not prospered in the last 400 years, dating back to the Mughal Empire in India, which was once the second-largest empire in that region of the world.
In 1526, it was founded. One thing is certain, even though these buildings are empty:To have endured for this long, their construction was extremely sturdy.
Kayaköy, Turkey
Abandoned
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The ruins of Kayaköy, which are perched on a hillside, were constructed in the Greek style to accommodate the Greeks who once resided there.
During the Greco-Turkish War in 1922, the 2 million Greeks living in Turkey were forced to leave, and the town was reduced to almost nothing.These masonry structures are now the only things left.
Al’Ula, Saudi Arabia
Abandoned
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Al’Ula, 450 miles north of Mecca, was built in the 13th century.
In the 1980s, most of the people who lived there moved to a newer town nearby.The ancient Lihyanites used to call this their capital.
North Brother Island, New York
Abandoned
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Only herons call this 20-acre island in the Bronx, nestled between Rikers Island and the Bronx, home.
The island was home to Riverside Hospital and its patients, especially those who were highly contagious, up until 1964. Furthermore, albeit the New York City Parks Division regulates the property, it’s not possessed — yet.
Politicians and architects have made plans to use the space, but nothing has been implemented yet.
Humberstone, Chile
Abandoned
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Life in this community in the Atacama Desert, which was once home to 3,500 people and is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, came to a screeching halt in the middle of the last century when mining for potassium nitrate, also known as saltpeter and used to make gunpowder, stopped.
This was regarded as a significant export during the period from the late 1880s to 1930, when it supplied much of the world’s supply.
