America is known for harboring some of the strangest locales in the world, like the backwoods hill towns of the Appalachian Mountains, or the entire state of Florida.

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But according to a new video released by BuzzFeed, places like Pripyat, Ukraine, a city of nearly 50,000 that was abandoned entirely in the wake of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, Earth is known for way more creepier spots. I mean, where else can your irradiated head blow up to the size of a melon just by taking a stroll through the local park?
With all this talk about abandoned cities, it’s odd that a certain desolate ghost town located on the East Coast was not mentioned. It’s called Washington, D.C. Shut. It. Down!
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