Creepy Wikipedia

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Centralia, Pennsylvania - ghost town (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by Boozilla@lemmy.world to c/creepywikipedia@lemmy.world

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[–] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 10 points 7 months ago (1 children)

When I was a kid we used to drive through there every year on the way to Knoebels. Back when the houses were still standing and the hell smoke was still coming out of the ground next to the highway. It was damn trippy.

[–] Awesomematter@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

I love a good Knoebels name-drop