Some of the most abandoned places in the world are mining towns that tapped out the resources and moved on, towns hit by natural disasters, and ones in the most extreme climates. Here are some examples of what Alaska has left behind, beautiful and sometimes quite mysterious!
In 1943, allied forces landed on an island off of Alaska which the Japanese had held since 1942. When they landed, they found the Japanese had abandoned it two weeks earlier.
Now the island remains abandoned -
Ukivok (King's Island)
This island was once important to the Native people to fish and gather food, but in the mid 1900s, the government forced the children to go to the mainland to school. Without the extra help, the elders were forced to relocate to the mainland too.
The village of Naukan was abandoned in 1958 when the Yupik people were relocated. This was once the most easterly settledment in Eurasia.