The Welsh migrants of the now-abandoned village of Llanelly arrived in Australia during the 1850s and the 1860s, amidst a population boom in the south-eastern state of Victoria. News of gold discoveries in the region brought thousands of newcomers eager to strike it rich as Victoria and neigh...
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...
Oradour-sur-Glane was a rural village at the heart of France next to the commune towns of Javerdat, Peyrilhac, and Cieux. Unfortunately, on June 10, 1944, German troops carried out a heinous massacre that claimed hundreds of civilian lives in this small village in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine re...
It can be hard to picture what ghost towns used to look like, but here are some reasons why they might have been evacuated. The reason for people moving there no longer exists. For example, once the resources are tapped out in mining towns, the residents shift. There might have been a...
The Floating Forest, Australia The SS Ayrfield was built in 1911 and retired in 1972 in the Homebush Bay, which is west of Sydney and basically a ship graveyard. But it's unique to the other abandoned vessels, because it's since sprouted majestic mangrove trees and greenery. ...
6. Helensburgh Railway Tunnel, Australia Originally this railway was one of the main passageways that connected Waterfall and Otford in Australia. After that was no longer the case, this railroad was abandoned in 1920. Visitors used to come across this mysterious and muddy tunnel by themselves, ...
Many mines have short economic life spans, yet their post-closureimpact can endure for generations. The closed facilities may continue to pollute local water supplies, release airborne toxins, and leave slag piles, pits and dumps that contaminate the soil and deface the landscape. Ghost towns are...
The Berlin Historic District was founded in 1897 as part of the mining boom, but never saw the success of other nearby towns and was largely abandoned by 1911. It's now part of a Nevada State Park. Mint Images RF//Getty Images 14 Kolmanskop, Namibia This town was founded in the Namib...
all imply that this branch was active and operational during the construction phase of these pyramids. This waterway would have connected important locations in ancient Egypt, including cities and towns, and therefore, played an important role in the cultural landscape of the region. The eastward mi...
Abandoned: Created by Alex Craig, Jason Ford, David Galloway. With Rick McCrank, Leon Parsons, Raymond Wrightsman, Bryan Beard. Skateboarder Rick McCrank explores abandoned places with the people who love them long after the lights have gone out.