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Abandoned amusement park outside New OrleansHurricane Katrina closed Six Flags New Orleans in 2005, and its rides stood abandoned for nearly 20 years. Demolition finally began in late 2024.
Craco Vecchia (old Craco), the "ghost town" of BasilicataCraco sat on a clifftop in southern Italy for nearly a thousand years. Then the clay beneath it began to slide, and by 1980 the old town was abandoned.
Mallows Bay: The Ghost Fleet of World War I Ships in the PotomacIn a quiet bay of the Potomac, more than 100 burned World War I steamships still rise from the water, now overgrown with trees and full of wildlife.
Big Pit: The Welsh Coal Mine Where Ex-Miners Take You 300 Feet DownBig Pit mined coal in South Wales for over a century. Now former miners lead visitors 300 feet underground, while nature reclaims the land above.
Kolmanskop: The Diamond Town the Namib Desert Is SwallowingKolmanskop boomed after a diamond was found in 1908. Abandoned by 1956, its German-style houses now stand deep in the drifting sands of the Namib Desert.
Old Cahawba: Alabama's First Capital Lost to the WoodsCahawba was Alabama's first permanent capital, where the Alabama and Cahaba rivers meet. Floods and lost status emptied it, and the woods took it back.
Houtouwan: The Chinese Fishing Village Swallowed by GreenHoutouwan, a fishing village on China's Shengshan Island, emptied out through the 1990s. Today climbing vines cover its abandoned houses from wall to roof.
North Brother Island: NYC’s Forbidden IslandNorth Brother Island in NYC’s East River once held Riverside Hospital and Typhoid Mary. Abandoned in 1963, it is now a forested, off-limits bird sanctuary.
City Methodist Church: Gary’s Cathedral RuinCity Methodist Church in Gary, Indiana, opened in 1926 with U.S. Steel’s help and closed in 1975. The decaying Gothic ruin is now slated for demolition.