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St Kilda
Outer Hebrides, Scotland
Forty miles from the next inhabited piece of land, this
Unesco-protected archipelago is so remote it’s often cut off maps
of Britain. Catch a boat here from Harris or Oban and you’ll gawp
at cliffs that soar higher than the Empire State Building as
northwest Europe’s largest seabird colony flutters overhead. The
Gaelic-speaking population of Hirta, its main island, had dwindled
to 36 by 1930, when it was evacuated. Today, wander along “The
Street” to lock eyes with the wild Soay sheep that roam between
crumbling stone houses tufted with grass. For an abandoned village
with easier access, try Tyneham in Dorset.
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