22 Creepiest Abandoned Places Around The World

11. Hashima Island, Japan

Ridgeway Tunnel
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Once a Japanese mining town between 1887 and 1974 with the highest population density in the world (with 83,500 people per square kilometer), the island was abandoned when the coal mines closed.

 
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