15 Largest Abandoned Cities in the World

There are nearly four-thousand ghost towns in the United States alone, and many more dotted around the world. There’s a good chance that wherever you are, you can live rent-free in one of these dilapidated towns free of noisy neighbors. But while most of these places are small, there are some pretty big abandoned places. Here are the 15 largest abandoned cities in the world.
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[@meghancomo96]

Anyone else addicted to watching videos like this? 😂

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I m,

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Tottally

[@ayimmali2893]

Me 2

[@hannahenamorado7557]

Yup

[@thequietmanpaddynevin9091]

Yess

[@DrawingMagicBoy]

Ghost cities are so fascinating. It's so weird and haunting to see noone living in a entire town and city.

[@KhaoticDeterminism]

it’s a consequence of ignoring Demons Destruction is a Demon so Christians don’t really like to talk about it always about Creation and Preservation no difficult topics ya Destruction takes many forms it’s a force of nature to ppl in #indigenous bodies we don’t see the point in not planning for the entire life cycle 🔁 of everything *THIS* is alien to us for the most part especially the matriarchal clans cheers #2Spirit #philosophy #autism #ottawa

[@HassanMohamed-bk1qw]

Exactly 💯 this ghost 👻 cities

[@isabellind1292]

@@HassanMohamed-bk1qw Everyone lived in a ghost city during covid.

[@vialogan]

Given the world's homeless problem, it's disturbing to see these abandoned cities.

[@daitedve1984]

Problem is not "no home", problem is "no home at well developed place"!

[@Mia-ce1wj]

I thought the same thing.

[@queenjanee6290]

Alot of them have radioactive waste or exposure especially the army’s family housing bases abandoned

[@apeglizzo6782]

it’s a reason they abandon

[@m.williams4971]

The world’s homeless don’t live anywhere near these places and even if they did, where are they going to get running water and food from. You’re not making any sense.

[@TeacherNarja]

For 19 minutes, I was able to travel around the world. 😃 Thank you for taking us to different cities of the different countries. Though they all look scary, still, they are all amazingly beautiful! 😍

[@jameionsaveukraine1109]

When does Soviet Union collapsed in 19 89

[@middleclassic]

I live in Los Angeles and have traveled to the Salton Sea about 5 times. Bombay Beach no doubt is a bizarre place to visit with lots of people still living there. One house looks nice, the next one dilapidated, the next burnt out, truly bizarre. But you travel anywhere around the Salton Sea and it’s pretty jaw dropping. Instead of sandy shores the crunch of fish bones 2 feet deep greets you. Another area has lakeside houses with most abandoned with some inhabited but it’s difficult to tell which ones. If there is a car in the driveway someone probably lives there. If what you see looks like an abandoned boat it probably is abandoned. Everywhere you looks is very post nuclear and apocalyptic. It’s incredible. But then Palm Springs isn’t too far away so you can get back to a swanky good time surrounded by amazing mid century architecture.

[@jonathansmith7070]

You can buy a house there for 5k

[@hagerty1952]

In the Bombay Beach segment, you said that the "Colorado River was diverted to create the Salton Sea" as if it were deliberate. It was actually a natural breach of the riverbed into an ancient channel that ended in the low spot where the "Sea" formed. Geologically, this used to be the upper end of the Gulf of California before an upthrust cut it off and the water evaporated. There was an extensive salt mining operation there in the 19th Century, and most of the mining equipment is still there at the bottom. The water is evaporating again and will probably be gone in a couple hundred years if left alone. This is a cyclical phenomenon and has happened several times in the past.

[@notsure7899]

Fascinating, thanks. Hopefully, someone remembers the thing about the pesticides next time.

[@joejones9520]

@@notsure7899 before pesticides we had massive and regular famines....people forget the origins of things.

[@victorcontreras9138]

Well the one that "hit home" to me was Bombay Beach at the Salton Sea! My brother lives there and I still enjoy walking around the place and viewing the abandoned places. Much had been artistically altered.

[@diane4549]

Bombay Beach and the Salton Sea was destroyed by big Corporate Farmers who dumped farm chemicals into that body of water and diverted its water for their use!

[@sulucas67]

I use to go there as a kid back in the early 60's. The water was awesome, easy to float in, lots of fun!

[@devikamoktan8423]

I live in CA. I never knew we have abundant city around. Love to visit these ghost town. Thank you.

[@lindashackelford7585]

Videos like this fascinate me. Abandoned towns and house videos are my favorite types of videos to watch.

[@aspenrebel]

Another cool video to watch is private islands for sale around the world.

[@fatehmbhatti]

Yes 👍 same like it

[@billauthur]

Hi

[@JohnsonLee-gf9wd]

Hi

[@loganmalough2379]

I find it beautiful to see foliage grow over buildings. It’s like earth is taking back her land!

[@tylerlasarow]

It really is beautiful ♥️

[@g.m.5395]

GOD knows, mother nature is a BETTER architect !

[@sharonwashington8150]

IT is and will eventually.

[@toddball9473]

What u think happened to ancient civilizations

[@shadybacon3451]

Very surprised Pripyat in Ukraine is not in this list considering its probably larger than most of these

[@jebise1126]

nah... chinese are way bigger. i mean if you want to count them as such that is

[@Raino647]

Maybe part two over 10th

[@JoeDaddy4321]

@@jebise1126 Bodie CA is way smaller than Pripyat

[@greenghoul157]

Everyone knows about Pripyat and Chernobyl

[@shadybacon3451]

@Green Ghoul ahh yes, everyone knows about pripyat. That means it can't feature on a list of cities/towns/villages that have been measured based on the size. Pripyat is bigger than half of these on the list, but I guess it's shrunk in size because everyone knows about it.

[@ronmcgee6090]

Update on Centralia, Pa. The fire was suspected as having burned itself out after about 60 years. In April 2020, the area was thought to have been bought by a coal company. They started covering up the graffiti highway with dirt to keep people away from the area.

[@sweetbeep]

Why does a coal company want it? Are they going to mine coal out of the ground?

[@ronmcgee6090]

@@sweetbeep Probably. They might already have a mine really close to Centralia and want to keep going and not have to worry about the property lines. The satellite views look like Centralia has a strip mine at each end of town. Most of my info comes from other You tube videos. Also looks like the graffiti highway is almost all covered up.

[@sweetbeep]

@@ronmcgee6090 ..thanks. I had seen graffiti highway. I think they should let it be. There are much bigger risks elsewhere.

[@Suga29838]

it has not burned itself out.

[@toddball9473]

WRONG! THE FIRES ARE STILL BURNING

[@mr_robaato]

I lived in Nagasaki for around a year back in university and you can see Gunkanjima (battleship island) from the shore while you're just.. out at the mall or park haha. You can take a boat/tour there too, it's really quite haunting. Especially since it was manmade it's like...futuristic dystopian ruins vibes.

[@thetourminator]

It looks like a PERFECT place for a production company to film a horror movie.

[@16161Ricky16161]

So is the story accurate?

[@Hadasah777]

The castles look like really large tombstones.

[@christopheraaron8299]

Apparently, Ordos City is actually experiencing a boom right now because a bunch of good schools relocated their campuses there.

[@sutpremblair1438]

I have been to Bodie . It was actually a silver mining operation town. I visited Bodie in 2000 with a friend on our way exploring the Mono Lake areas.

[@jacekjanalbertkozowski1121]

Tianduchang is no longer abandoned. Quite popular nowadays and easy to reach by Hanzhou's subway. Supposedly around 30 000 people live there, so it's much more than 2000 reported here.

[@beautifulflorida]

Very nice, informative video! Thank you for sharing!

[@TheGeographyBible]

Top lists are so addictive! :P

[@stoicsage9989]

This video needs updating. According to a Bloomberg Businessweek report from September 1, 2021, Ordos City filling up.

[@johnpiers2786]

Amazing how cities where many people built up their lives and dreams quickly turn into ghost towns. Makes me love my hometown even more.

[@oraevalibby1890]

Abandoned cities solves the homeless problem. Send the homeless to these places to fix them up& live. Make the ones salvageable green cities. Doze the others that are to far gone over!

[@chiefusb465]

Yeah take homeless people and spend our tax money on them of which they don't contribute to, then we can raise our taxes even more. Fuck yeah, great idea!

[@andreyav]

Maybe this could be part of the answer.. Some homeless people would most likely need help with health and/or mental health first, support, maybe detox.. Some of these places seem to be toxic or worse and would need cleanup and fixing, top minds would need to work on this too.. Why doze the rest? As tourist attractions they can or could still bring in some money..

[@andreyav]

@Ev ita Digital nomads or such can live anywhere, even if there are no local 'jobs', as long as there are livable conditions.. Some people prefer to be around not so many people.. There would need to be not only ex homeless people, also others too, of course..

[@patwats8860]

There have to be a whole infrastructure and jobs, schools., etc .

[@jeffrobodine8579]

A lot of homeless people need mental and physical treatment and would not be able to adapt.

[@naarahjanemorris3121]

Thanks for the Informative Video.

[@thenewsilverwolf]

Many of these places destroyed by human greed. Entire ecosystems ruined. Crazy

[@aiccorp6001]

I accidently did stumble upon Bombay Beach. It looked beautiful from afar, when we jumped out of the car, we wondered where everyone was and then I saw the dead fish. That was about 20 years ago and I'll never return to that creepy place.

[@joenewcfd]

Ordos city has more than 2 million people now. Tianducheng has over 50000 people as well. So they are not abandoned anymore.

[@dm4859]

Hadn't seen most of these places before. Very cool.

[@pommydiva1]

what a shame No.15 No.4 and No.1 dont have residents. they all look lovely and livable, so makes no sense why people cant live in them. such a waste. thanks you for uploading this video - very entertaining

[@laylahayes7531]

Anyone else addicted to watching these videos?

[@sharonnewton1195]

Very interesting I didn’t know these places existed

[@andreabobbette825]

😅😅😅 I laughed so hard when I saw that city with the castles. Who would ever think thats a good idea?

[@thetradersam6157]

My thoughts, why built 300+ ? let start with five and see how it goes..

[@jeffrobodine8579]

@@thetradersam6157 Might be a good cheap Air B&B community if utilized correctly. A Middle Eastern Las Vegas? Then again it could be an operating and maintenance nightmare.

[@anil_gurses]

The whole idea behind that project was selling those only to rich arabs. That project is nowhere near any big city. Located in a village of Bolu, Mudurnu it's pretty much just forests and a few locals there

[@ShantaeEnglebert]

Wow, didn't know there were so many ghost towns! Fascinating to learn about their history and stories.

[@Diesel436]

The Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, I think you're thinking of the Berlin wall that was collapsed in 1989

[@jeffrobodine8579]

The Berlin Wall coming down in 1989 is the reason the U.S.S.R.collapsed in 1991.

[@joelbush1329]

Wife is from Kelso CA, There are still people living there. Mostly UP railroad workers maintaining the tracks to Barstow CA.

[@Abc-tx4zr]

Detroit

[@laquanlewis1590]

This is cool. I want to see all of these placed in person. Yeah this was interesting. I didn't know it was that many dead cities.

[@roswithakinzel-rieder6915]

Ein faszinierendes, aber auch gruseliges Video.

[@crunchyapples596]

Me looking for a new place to live after gas prices shot up $5:

[@MALICEofBALOR]

I went to Centralia this year and the Graffiti Highway was covered up 😢 but it was so cool to see everything still! The old graveyard is still there and you can still find the Graffiti Highway, it's just mounds if dirt, still walkable though.

[@droft5567]

I just went there like middle of July, it was cool seeing how Smokey the air was around there for being such a dead area, I was sad about them covering it up tho

[@studiosaray]

Unfortunately during the 2020 lock down people were out on graffiti highway gathering and partying vs adhering to social distance. It didn’t take long for it to be covered over with dirt. It was going to happen eventually, it was never advised or even permitted to be there to begin with.

[@tektako]

This is fantastic!

[@user-sf5jr6fh6n]

Really enjoy watching videos like this. Very educational and i can travel the world in just few minutes without passports and custom clearance😊

[@joeydepalmer4457]

Hashima Island would make a great casino and resort with docks for super yachts

[@josephinehendrick1533]

What I learned from this video is that most of these abandoned towns are because non-renewable resources dried up in the region. We need to focus more on sustainability... humans are leeches!

[@elfiedamaddara4281]

thanks for this vid.

[@nonder92]

I’ve been to Bodie, very interesting place! Definitely spooky too…

[@ngud_gaming267]

Whenever people say the world is overpopulated I remind them of the fact China has countless ghost towns despite having over a billion people. The issue isn't space the earth is so big it would take a huge number of us to actually run our of space the issue is supply of resources

[@teaoh4485]

If America didn’t consume so much we’d be ok.

[@ngud_gaming267]

@@Mataylor17 exactly. We don’t understand how massive earth truly is in comparison to us. There is enough habitable land for everyone to have a plot with housing and such. Humanities issues are self made.

[@GetGwapThisYear]

The issue with supply is manmade, especially in the West. Capitalism drives profit by restricting supply. All the while availability trails behind demand, prices can be artificially inflated. We are being exploited all the time.

[@briansmith1027]

@@ngud_gaming267 , of course this argument forgets that humans are not the only ones that live on the planet. Does it also mean you would happy with billions more people living on the planet? Given that the humans that we do have can’t look after the world, I would say that is way over populated. I know you will say that if we fix the problems then it’s fine and there’s plenty room but let’s be honest, nobody is fixing anything soon.

[@kgal1298]

Overconsumption is the real problem. We'll kill this planet with pollution before we ever start caring for it. Just look at the decline in biodiversity...how long until humans have an extinction level event? Probably far away enough for us not to be around, but not far away enough where someone's grand kids shouldn't start being concerned.

[@modmod392]

Great content. Thank you.

[@user-jr5wp2gm2b]

Your videos are the perfect way to be entertained.

[@colleenross8752]

I remember most of these places from Life After People

[@NelsonAnthony-xs7fd]

Hello Colleen how are you doing today

[@dudleyrosa20]

My ancestors created a settlement called Dudleytown in Dudleytown,CT... Its now a ghost town. Sad state of affairs.

[@PdZ2012]

I bet it's because they run out of tables.

[@Fr4ws]

@@PdZ2012 lmao

[@zadegetslaid]

Can I buy the town off ur family for cheap?

[@Dovietail]

NATURE ALWAYS WINS.

[@tariqkhan3735]

Wow So Amazing video 👍👍👍

[@re90652]

Back in 1957 my family came to live in Sunnyvale, California. The area wasn’t called Silicon Valley yet. But the guys at Microsoft & other tech companies grew & Microsoft started its main office across the street from my university . I left the area in 1971, & live in beautiful quiet New England. I wouldn’t move back to California for anything. California had so much to offer & everyone came. I will say the freeway system is quite easy to maneuver. Compared to driving through Boston.

[@hunterivey]

I love to travel to the places, because I'm an urban explorer.

[@priceton8416]

11:41 So they built a city but forgot about the roads 💀

[@RodneyThornton-tv4rd]

I can't get enough of it 😊

[@user-ld4yr2wu8m]

i've been to bodie, it's so creepy but I love these kind of videos

[@spritual-1731]

80% Elderly are homeless in the united States ❗️ build a Community without all the red tape, for people 60 and Over or 50 and older 🤷🏾‍♀️

[@davidkapitancik1164]

One thing you forgot to mention about Burj Al Babas is that the castles were actually poorly built along with not very quality material

[@UNusualKe]

Nice video and soo educative

[@jonathansmith7070]

Kelso is neat, got to be careful though, there’s a huge homeless camp there. Im going to the salton sea this weekend and probably Joshua tree after 😅

[@kellykerr5225]

Does anyone realize that where I live in Florida we have a ton of people with jobs living in homeless shelters because there’s no affordable place to live. It’s sad and it’s scary. If my rent goes up much more I don’t know what I can do. But as long as people will pay it, they will raise it. I used to manage apartments and that’s what I did. But we were not in a housing crisis like now.

[@inlangford]

Where I live houses went up like 30% from last year alone... over a million for an average house!

[@christophercooper5843]

Bless yunz..that would be terrifying

[@thedarkemissary]

No state tax means high property tax.

[@Hal_T]

Oh well, in another 50 years most of the state will be under water. Then you can have any property you want.

[@wgvwgv579]

Welcome to my world, Amsterdam Netherlands

[@j3rseyboi]

All these abandoned cities yet the homelessness is at an all time high make it make sense.

[@josephgreen1557]

I would love to live in that 1st city,No traffic,less people, perfect

[@diamondreid7311]

I love these types of videos

[@jfritz3873]

10:30 this is just sad. they really tried their hardest on the Paris project and did everything right. And failed miserably

[@leftlovers9137]

To literally create an entire city for $1 billion and call it a failure is fucking hilarious

[@alexli5279]

Tiandu city is actually now just a large “park” in hangzhou and it’s really not that rural. Pretty developed surroundings and is located in hangzhou city and I’ve been there a few times to do photo shoots which is mainly what it is used for now.

[@JoyFreeman-zb4dz]

Amazing surrounding all these places just standing there?

[@brandonwood7132]

Pesticides is not what caused the Salton Sea to die they redirected to Colorado River and it started to dry up bodies of water that don't have fresh water coming into them as they dry up become saltier and saltier

[@brandonwood7132]

The creation of the Salton Sea was by an accidental diversion of the Colorado River

[@jeffrobodine8579]

You still have Slab City. 😁

[@liarspeaksthetruth]

Most of Ashgabat was destroyed in a 1948 earthquake and rebuilt in soviet style. It has 1 million+ residents. How does it qualify as an abandoned city?

[@NelsonAnthony-xs7fd]

Hello Liar how are you doing today

[@adammc2339]

There's some cool bits between those commercials....

[@mariakelly90210]

I think that part of the James Bond movie Skyfall was filmed on Hashima Island.

[@MichaelDonald-po5cf]

Hello how are you doing today nice comment…hope you don’t mind me being friend with you I’m new here

[@NelsonAnthony-xs7fd]

Hello Maria

[@Hal_T]

A lot of people in this video left "in droves".

[@BoyWhoIzRich]

I'm definitely going to one of these in the future

[@captainnidatory9111]

When I went to cali in 2020 I went to the salton sea and saw this abandoned city and I remember seeing a bunch of fish bones and dead fish in the water and on shore

[@TheNotoriousKID]

Why homelessness is still an issue is beyond me..

[@nicoletambasco9210]

Orodos city would be my dream place. The parks, views, water, without being packed in? Where do I sign up? There has to be some people there. To maintain at least? The sculptures are beautiful

[@JrobAlmighty]

That's what I'm saying! I'd hate to live in a newly developed but fairly empty city where I get to enjoy everything without being packed in like a sardine.

[@irishfun1980]

Yes, I ALWAYS do. I'd love to visit these places

[@JohnsonLee-gf9wd]

Hi

[@stevensmith743]

Superb!

[@garybartow6853]

Would love to visit some of these places

[@tedschmitt178]

Pripyat, Ukraine is missing?

[@gensdm]

That abandoned building in Hashima Japan is like a movie from Drifting Home

[@silenceboy1stamendment]

We need an update 1 please

[@mlovejlp51]

I don’t understand why don’t they just give abandoned cities to the homeless

[@relocatetoItaly]

Its obvious.... Even homeless people need water, electricity, shops and services. There is none of that

[@tianyizhang4255]

Actually Ordos city is now populated by 2.15 million people as of 2020

[@mdsohan6820]

Nice video

[@MichaelBradley1967]

"turn over a new leaf" Mork: Humor...Ar-Ar!!!

[@jeanaerowley7150]

I thought China was waaaayyyyy OVER populated?! What is the reason for people not living in that city? Also, how is Chernobyl NOT on this list?!

[@arkletv5697]

????? China is comparatively empty.

[@busybuzz8122]

China has huge land.

[@MUSTANG-FANNY]

Waiting for the rest of the world to fall!

[@aspenrebel]

@@busybuzz8122 China same size as the continental United States.

[@jeffrobodine8579]

@@aspenrebel The Himilayan Mountain Range takes up a lot of China's usable land.

[@theshadowsovereign8914]

Kitsault, British Columbia. THEE most iconic Ghost Town in Canada. And you completely missed it. Good job though. ;)

[@jamiehatcher9785]

All them castles together don't look right 🤣

[@NelsonAnthony-xs7fd]

Hello Jamie how are you doing today

[@adenbrett8183]

I love how this channel is called top fives yet only makes top 15 videos

[@carloberruti178]

I’ve been to Ordos (first city in the video) and I do not agree at all with the definition of “abandoned city”: as a matter of fact it is the opposite, it is a “not yet filled city”! It was built to host one million people, and only 1/10 (i.e., 100,000 people) have moved in so far. An abandoned city is one that WAS inhabited and later (that is) abandoned. Ordos is filling is more slowly than expected, and it does give you an eerie feeling (which is the reason why I went there), but it is obviously the opposite of a town that has been abandoned.

[@karentladi7498]

Bombay Beach is the saddest one for me. Goes to show how humans just destroy everything. We don't deserve this earth.

[@jonathansmith7070]

I’ve been to Bodie California, it’s pretty cool

[@Learning2test]

Video like this are for the people who like to be alone....

[@sonnylatchstring]

17:58 Number1: Ashgabat is the capital of Turkmenistan and is a political-administrative and cultural center. For example, it has a university (founded in 1950) and an Academy of Sciences (since 1951), various colleges, theaters and museums, a botanical garden and a zoo and a total population of 773,400. Not bad for an abandoned city I'd say.

[@gulsahkara]

He does seem to hate that and the Disney-ass castles.

[@natalialomovtseva4205]

Yes, I visited Ashabad, 10 years ago, beautiful!

[@casey4602]

Kinda creepy and intriguing. Russian City Akamara looks like scene from The Walking Dead.😳

[@allenmay3617]

Home 🏠 that no one wants to live in and have been abandoned for years except for the possibility of repair and love of people

[@tobiesoftstudio823]

Wow. Perfect to film a movie

[@stevenhunt3113]

Just think that marble city will be dug up in 4300 years; ah the mystery of it!! Lol