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Gimli, Manitoba

New Iceland

Icelandic settlement in Manitoba established in 1875.
Antarctica

Southern Pole of Inaccessibility

Considered the most remote point in the entire world.
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Genghis Khan Statue Complex

Enormous statue of the Emperor of the Mongols.
Ordos, China

Kangbashi

It seems that the residents of of this megalopolis suddenly vanished, but they were never actually there.
Pyongyang, North Korea

Ryugyong Hotel

North Korea's massive "hotel of doom."
Thurmond, West Virginia

Thurmond, West Virginia

Once connected to the outside world by a single train track, this ghost town is looked after by the National Park Service.
California City, California

Lake Shore Inn

Abandoned hotel with adjacent lake and golf course.
Oradour-sur-Glane, France

Oradour

This French ghost town from World War II has been left as a memorial to German atrocities during World War II.
Marshall Islands

Cactus Dome

An enormous concrete structure built over a nuclear crater.
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

The Zaisan Memorial

A huge communist-era propaganda monument and mural that offers stunning views of the Mongolian capital.
Yagodninsky District, Russia

Kadykchan

Siberian ghost town built by gulag prisoners.
Tiraspol, Moldova

Transnistria

A forgotten remnant of the Soviet Union, Transnistria is an unrecognized country hidden behind a heavily militarized border between Moldova and Ukraine.
Moscow, Russia

Museum of Soviet Arcade Games

Immortal combat in a Moscow museum.
Olenivka, Crimea

Underwater Museum at Cape Tarkhankut

Submerged busts of communist and socialist figures from the USSR.
Pripyat, Ukraine

Abandoned City of Pripyat

The ghost town left by the worst nuclear disaster of all time is being taken over by nature and urban explorers.
Pripyat, Ukraine

Pripyat Amusement Park

This attraction was abandoned after the Chernobyl disaster.
Kyiv, Ukraine

Rodina-Mat : Mother Motherland

340-foot statue built to honour the Heroes of the Soviet Union.
Iceland

Bridge Between Continents

Walk in the footsteps of the gods and straddle two tectonic plates.