The town was completely abandoned by 1956 and the desert began ... From a population high of 39,000, only 226 live there today. Plans to reopen the city to settlement by Turkish Cypriots announced ...

As the urban landscape shifts, some American cities are experiencing a dramatic rise in abandoned buildings, turning once-thriving areas into ghost towns in the making. These cities, scattered ...

But when the mines closed in 1998 there was no reason for people to live in Pyramiden, and the town was rapidly abandoned. Today there is just a skeleton staff of caretakers. Reindeer and arctic ...

Pennsylvania’s coal region ghost town, Centralia, continues to capture the imagination and attract tourists, even when ...

While the term "ghost town" may sound like a village haunted by ... During their visits, travelers can pan for gold, watch live reenactments of past events and embark on a 20-minute train ride ...

With the American Northeast settled so many centuries ago, it only makes sense that a vast number of towns and settlements ...

Here are expanded descriptions for all 20 ghost towns in Colorado: ...

Today visitors can expect to find abandoned mining equipment, forgotten buildings and tales of the lives of the locals who ventured to this remote area to live in small mining towns along Namibia ...

With that in mind, here are 25 of the most intriguing abandoned places around the world to visit. Dating to the late 19th century, the Beelitz-Heilstätten was built as a sanatorium, for people ...

Workers left to find other jobs, leaving ghost towns behind ... Mannequins depict what it would have been like to live and work in the towns. Sources for this story include "Amongst the Ruins ...