Hotel that took 25 Years to Build: The Ryugyong
North Korea has not historically been known for progress or leading the world in anything. In the mid-1980s they wanted to change that perception...
Abandoned coal mining town in Siberia: Kadykchan, Russia
Deep in the Magadan region in remote Siberia, a coal mining town known as Kadykchan was built by Gulag prisoners during World War II. At...
Electronic Waste Dump of the World: Guiyu, China
Ever wonder where those old used computers end up? How about all those old CRT monitors, cell phones, keyboards, and PDAs? We’re told when...
Abandoned Resort: Sanzhi, Taiwan
Sanzhi might look like an outcropping of structures from an episode of Star Trek, but the site is actually home to the remains of...
The Island Shaped Like a Battleship: Hashima
Populated from 1887 to 1974, Hashima was originally purchased by Mitsubishi to be run as a coal mining facility. Just off the coast of...
Diamond in the Desert: Kolmanskop, Namibia
Once a thriving diamond-mining town, Kolmanskop is now abandoned, fighting a constant battle against the sandstorms and Mother Nature in the Namibian desert. Founded in...
