There are plenty of things that can make a ghost town, from dam projects, to nuclear disaster. The folks over at BuzzFeedVideo put together a rundown of some of America’s finest — and most unsettling — from a town built on a hellish inferno, to a city buried beneath Seattle.
So take a look, and appreciate the ruinous beauty. But the next time you run into your neighbours, maybe take a second to appreciate living around other human beings, too.