<p>Residents fled this house in Yampol, Ukraine, after the Chernobyl nuclear accident in 1986.</p>

Overgrown

Residents fled this house in Yampol, Ukraine, after the Chernobyl nuclear accident in 1986.

Photograph by Gerd Ludwig, Nat Geo Image Collection

15 spooky houses for Halloween

We're definitely creeped out by this photo gallery.

Published October 22, 2018
This story was updated on October 22, 2018.

Overgrown, derelict, and decaying, these are houses you don’t want to go to for trick-or-treat this Halloween. From a house hastily abandoned after a nuclear disaster to a deserted whaling station, these dwellings are definitely lacking in curb appeal.

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