The World's Most Lavish Deserted Structures

6. China's Tianducheng

Location: China's Hangzhou 2007 is the year Price: $30 billion Tianducheng, a ghost town in Hangzhou, China, was created to resemble a scaled-down version of Paris. It was sometimes referred to as Sky City, and its main attraction was a 354-foot-tall model of the well-known Eiffel Tower. Other elements of Parisian architecture, such as landscaping and fountains, can also be seen in Tianducheng.

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China's Tianducheng ©Colman, Dave/Shutterstock It could accommodate 10,000 people when it first opened in 2007. Unfortunately, barely 2,000 people attended, prompting the media to refer to Tianducheng as a "ghost town." Tianducheng had recovered by 2017, and the formerly abandoned town now has 30,000 or more residents. However, the $30 billion district has not fulfilled the expectations of the Chinese government.