All the cities on earth are special, but some of them are so
unusual that you won't believe they really exist. Here's a look at some of the
strangest cities in the world worth a visit if you get the chance ...
Alien City
In 1947, a UFO landed near the town of Roswell in New
Mexico. There was a great deal of debate about what the facility was about, but
Roswell nevertheless became known as an Alien City. The site hosts alien themed
festivals and even the local McDonald's is decorated as alien saucer.
City on the high seas
Neft Daslari or "Oil Rocks" is an industrial city
in Azerbaijan. It is located on metal platforms on the high seas above oil
fields. The city has no permanent residents. About 2,000 people come to work
here in shifts over several months.
City in the rock
The town of Sentil de las Bodegas in Spain attracts tourists
from all over the world because it is built on a huge basalt rock. There are
streets here where you can see stones above your heads instead of the sky. They
seem to fall off at any moment, but they are actually safe because they haven't
changed their position for centuries.
A city where the dead are more numerous than the living
There are 17 cemeteries in the town of Colma, California.
The death toll is more than 1,000. This happened because authorities had once
decided to move the cemetery from San Francisco and all the bodies were buried
here. The city's population was made up of gravediggers, florists and tile
makers, but in the 1980s people from other professions began to move. Today's motto
of the city is: "It's great to be alive in Colma!"
The last free city
Slab City is a California city populated by homeless people,
retirees and people who have nowhere to go. Here people live in trailers and
shacks without water, electricity and addresses. There are also no public
institutions and no taxes and rents. All of this may sound awkward to you, but
people who visit the site say it is a very comfortable town. Citizens call
their city "America's last free city."
Cave town
Matmata in southern Tunisia is a city where barbaric
underground dwellings are still populated. Houses were built on the surface in
the 1970s, but many residents prefer to live in their traditional homes. Fans
of the movie Star Wars will recognize this place as the home of Luke Skywalker.
A city under one roof
The entire city of Whittier in Alaska is housed in a
14-story building that used to be a military institution. There are shops, a
police station, a hospital and a church. The goal was to save on heating
because the weather is very cold and windy for almost a whole year. The city
has a population of only 220.
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