The Most Haunting Abandoned Places On Earth

The world second largest man made hole, Mirny was built by Stalin to fulfill the Soviet Union interest in commercial diamond. Further digging efforts were ultimately abandoned when it became also hard to continue digging this massive hole.

The Ryugyong Hotel is a true show of North Korea madness. Work began on this 105 story hotel only a couple of years before an enormous famine plagued the country. Abandoned for 16 years, working once more began in 2008, when it was coated in $150 million worth of glass. Foreign guests have reported that even though the framework now appears complete on the outside, many of the interior continues to be abandoned and imperfect.

Bannerman Castle owner, Francis Bannerman VI, built the framework as space for storage after purchasing the American military surplus from the war with the Spanish. After 200lbs of ammo exploded in 1920, much of the castle was destroyed and the rest abandoned. The castle was initially constructed by French aristocrats fleeing the revolution. During and after World War II, Miranda Castle was utilized as an orphanage. It had been abandoned in 1980, with the family declining to permit regulators to care for the framework. Due to its past, this haunting castle remains a popular among ghost hunters. In the previous Hashima Island was full of coal, with over 5000 miners when living on the island.

When petrol replaced coal as Japan primary supply of fuel, the arrangement was left abandoned. Now the once thriving city is creepily abandoned, with only shadows outstanding. The Wreck of the SS America - Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, several say the ship is haunted. Pripyat, a town of nearly 50, 000, was completely abandoned after the nearby Chernobyl nuclear catastrophe in 1986. Due to radiation, it's been left untouched ever since the incident and will be for all 1000's of years in the future. Nature now rules the city in what resembles an apocalyptic film.