20 Places That Were Once Teeming With Life and Are Now Abandoned

Daniel Bonfiglio Published 03/15/2025 in wow

Despite the world's population growing every year, not every town or city has retained its former glory. Some places that were one teeming with life are now abandoned and left in ruins.

Here are 20 formerly populated places that are modern day ghost towns.

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1. Gumball Machines
In a mall, abandoned for 20 years.
2. Picher, Oklahoma
Abandoned due to toxic waste from mining. Labeled “America’s most toxic town.”
3. A Diner
Closed since 2015.
4. Varosha
A ghost city in Cyprus.
5. The Town of Oradour-sur-Glane
A French town, massacred by Germany in 1944.
6. A Hotel
The mezzanine.
7. Doel
A fully abandoned city in Belgium.
8. Sunrise
The city of Pripyat. (Chernobyl's home.)
9. This $8 Million Mansion
In New York.
10. Entrance Gate
An abandoned Polish mansion.
11. Abandoned Train Yard
In Bucharest, Romania.
12. A Street in Kadychan
The largest abandoned city in Russia.
13. Abandoned City
The mountains of Italy.
14. Ordos
A Chinese city that has yet to attract a significant population.
15. I Don’t Think It Is
An abandoned town in Nebraska.
16. Abandoned Mill
The abandoned town of Corwin, Indiana.
17. Johor
Called the “Forrest City,” This Chinese-built city in Malaysia was supposed to be a green city of the future. Instead, it remains mostly uninhabited.
18. Beach Shacks
Left deserted.
19. Latvian Town
Left in ruins since the Soviet Union.
20. The Abandoned Eagle Mine
Toxic, in Colorado.