1. Sanzhi UFO Houses - San Zhi, Taiwan
Source: picc.itThese homes were intended to be sold to U.S. military officers when construction began in 1978. In 1980, work was halted due to loss of investment.
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2. Pripyat, Ukraine
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Source: boredpanda.comPripyat, a city of nearly 50,000, was totally abandoned a few days after the nearby Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1986.Source: wikipedia.org
3. Ryugyong Hotel - Pyongyang, North Korea
Source: imgur.comThe Ryugyong Hotel is a true display of North Korea's madness. Work started on this 105 story hotel only a few years before a massive famine plagued the country. Abandoned for 16 years, work once again began in 2008, when it was coated in $150 million worth of glass.Source: dailymail.co.uk
4. Six Flags New Jazz Land - New Orleans, Louisiana
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Severely damaged by Hurricane Katrina, Six Flags New Jazz Land has been abandoned since.
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5. Mirny Diamond Mine - Eastern Siberia, Russia
Source: imgur.comThe world's second largest man-made hole, Mirny was constructed by Stalin to satisfy the Soviet Union's demand for industrial diamond. Further digging efforts were eventually abandoned.
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6. Aniva Rock Lighthouse - Sakhalinskaya Oblast, Russia
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A formal penal island used by the Russians, Aniva was once sought after by both the Russia and Japan. This now Russian controled territory sits unihabited in the seas between Japan and the eastern coast of Russia.
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7. Gulliver’s Travels Park - Kawaguchi, Japan
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Constructed in the shadow of Mt Fuji, this theme park opened in 1997. Despite financial help from the Japanese government, it lasted only 10 years before being abandoned.
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8. Bannerman Castle - Pollepel Island, New York
Source: snackish.comBannerman Castle's owner, Francis Bannerman VI, built the structure as storage space after buying the American military surplus from the war with the Spanish. After 200lbs of ammunition exploded in 1920, much of the castle was destroyed and the rest abandoned. 
