Nominated by locals

Centralia Ghost Town

A hidden gem in Pennsylvania

A coal town smoldering since 1962, where an underground mine fire burned the place into near-oblivion, leaving cracked streets, venting steam, and a few holdouts in the eastern anthracite region.

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