22 Creepiest Abandoned Places Around The World

7. Tomioka, Japan

Ridgeway Tunnel
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Thanks to the tragic Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant disaster, towns and cities within the 12 mile exclusion zone around the plant were left abandoned.

Problems with decontamination mean the area's future remains uncertain.

 
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