It was once the most densely populated place in the world....

[alfreda89]

Now it is an example of why the great modern cities will be rubble while ancient monuments still stand. This city was abandoned in 1974. Slowly, steadily, the elements remove it from the Earth.

A new feature, Atlas Obscura, from Slate.

Comments

[sheilagh]

real company town, that one.

[alfreda89]

Indeed.