22 Creepiest Abandoned Places Around The World

2. Kolmanskop, Namibia

Ridgeway Tunnel
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Kolmanskop in Namibia was once was a diamond mining town built in 1908 and deserted in 1956, at which point the desert started to reclaim its territory replacing the more than 1000 former inhabitants.

 
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