Strangest Towns In The World

- The town is situated in Nebraska, USA.
- Area - 0.54 sq km.
- It is perhaps the only town in the world with a population of 1.
- The lone resident, 79 year old Elsie Eiler is the mayor and owner of a pub & a library in Monowi.
- The highest population in Monowi was in 1930, with 150 people.
- In the year 2000, the town had a population of 2, comprising of the married couple of Rudy and Elsi Eiler. Rudy Eiler, died in 2004, which halved the population.
- Monowi is the only incorporated municipality in the US with such population.

- Rennes-le-Cheateau is a tiny Catholic village in Languedoc, France.
- It has become a tourist spot because of the various conspiracy theories about a buried treasure dating back to the French Crown.
- Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code was inspired by this conspiracy that made the town popular.
- The history of the village became interesting when in 1885 a poor preacher Francois Berenger Sauniere came in and became a possessor of great wealth.
- He rebuilt an Old Church dedicated to Mary Magdalene in the 11th century.
- The statue of the devil holding holy water, commissioned by the priest, holds interest.
- The entrance of the church has an inscription that reads Terribilis Est Locus Iste that translates as "The Place is Terrible".
- Experts say that most of the history surrounding the town is made up and without proof.

- Also called as Gibtown or Showtown, the town is located in Florida, United States.
- The town was a refuge for various carnival and circus performers during break seasons.
- Gibsonton has unique circus zoning laws that allow people to park elephants, and circus trailers outside their houses.
- The famous residents of the town included Al Tomiani the giant & Jeanie Tomiani, his wife who was born without legs, Grady Stiles popular as the Lobster Boy.
- Gibtown's post office had a separate counter for the dwarves, the only one of its kind.

- The city is the capital of Republic of Kalmykia in Russia.
- Elista is also known as the Chess City.
- The entire city has various chess related installations commissioned by former president Kirsan Ilyumzhinov.
- The city held Chess Olympiad in 1998.
- Kirsan Illyumzhinov is now the president of FIDE and claims to have been in touch with aliens.

- Hashima is popularly known as Gunkanjima in Japanese, meaning Battleship Island.
- The island is a part of the Nagasaki prefecture and is completely uninhabited.
- It gets its name because of the shape and is notable for its abandoned apartments and the sea wall that surrounds it.
- The island was bought by Mitsubishi in 1890 for coal mining.
- The mine was closed in 1974 and the town has been deserted ever since.
- Due to safety reasons, the island isn't completely open for tourists.

- Setenil de las Bodegas is a small Spanish town.
- The town is famous for its houses that are carved into the rock walls and overhangs.
- It is believed that the town has been in existence much before 1st Century AD.
- Besides being a tourist destination, the town is famous for its meat products and Mediterranean produce.

- Cobber Pedy is a small mining town in South Australia.
- It is an aboriginal term for that means "white man's hole".
- People of this town live underground in "dugouts" to protect themselves from daytime heat.
- The dugouts usually are complete with 3 bedrooms, kitchen, and a lounge and protects the residents from extreme temperatures.
- The town is famous for its opal mines.

- Thames town is a part of Songjiang New City in China.
- It has been named after the river Thames and the houses has been constructed on the lines of British buildings.
- Most of the houses in the town are unoccupied and the shops are empty.
- The town is also called a Ghost Town.
- It is often used by newly married couples for photo shoots because of its ancient style.

- Damanhur is an ecovillage, and a spiritual community located at the foothill of Alps in Italy.
- It was founded by Oberto Airaudi with 24 followers in 1975.
- Currently Damanhur has about 1000 residents and the town is flourishing.
- The group began excavating the Temple of Humankind in 1978 and the work was completed by 1992.
- Citizens are free to choose their level of involvement in various activities of town and are divided in class A, B, C, and D.
- The constitution has 4 bodies: The school of meditation, Social, The game of life, and Technarcate.
- Most people live in houses with 10-20 people in each.

- Manshiyat Naser is a ward of Cairo, Egypt.
- It is called as the Garbage City as the economy of the place revolves around collection and recycling of trash.
- The place has no running water, sewers, or electricity.
- Most families specialize in the kind of garbage that they collect and recycle. ">
- Manshiyat Naser is a ward of Cairo, Egypt.
- It is called as the Garbage City as the economy of the place revolves around collection and recycling of trash.
- The place has no running water, sewers, or electricity.
- Most families specialize in the kind of garbage that they collect and recycle.