25 Interesting Facts About Abandoned Places
1. There exists a massive abandoned supercollider in Texas. Its construction was approved in 1987 and it was supposed to be the largest particle collider in the world when completed (3x the Large Hadron Collider at CERN in Switzerland). It was abandoned in 1993 due to escalating estimated cost. When the project was cancelled, 14 miles of tunnels and 17 shafts had already been dug, as well as all surface structures completed. 2. Hashima Island of Japan at its peak in 1959 was the most densely-populated place on Earth with a population density of 139,100 people/km 2 . It was abandoned 1974 after its coal mines were shut down. It is now a ghost island filled with abandoned high rise concrete complexes. Google sent a lone employee to map the entire island last year. 3. In 2005, US Supreme Court ruled in favor of the application of Eminent Domain to kick homeowners off of their property so private developers could build hotels, health clubs, and condos in New London, Connecticut...