Doel is not far from the Belgian port of Antwerp, which gobbled up many similar small towns as it expanded over the decades. More than a thousand people lived there at one point, but now, the abandonedroads of Doelare empty, despite the dozen or so people still clinging to life in the...
and in Kentucky,Louisville saw its second-worst drought in the 20th century, experiencing dryness so severe that most of the state's vegetation was forced into dormancy and many towns suffered water shortages.
Virtually all of the state's largest and most significant towns and cities were served by the B&M. Today the B&M is still officially on the books (the oldest railroad still on paper in North America), although it survives now mostly in name only....