the medieval town of Craco must be one of the most picturesque ghost towns in the world, but it was only abandoned relatively recently. The ancient town, which might have been originally settled ...

In 2015, Hashima received the designation of 'UNESCO World Heritage Site'. The most well-known ghost town in the world is Pripyat, which lies in Ukraine. When a portion of the Chernobyl Nuclear ...

The Ukrainian town of Pripyat has been left to decay for nearly four decades after it was abandoned overnight after the 1986 ...

As the diamond supply dwindled, so the townspeople left in droves with possessions and homes completely abandoned. By 1956, ...

Only around 200 people still live in and around the area, embracing the isolation of one of the most remote ghost towns in the world. Video by Matt Dworzańczyk Travel reporter Nick Qwek visits ...

Swedish police said on Wednesday there was no evidence of "ideological motives" behind a mass shooting at an adult education ...

After World War I, the industry began to crumble ... Workers left to find other jobs, leaving ghost towns behind. The saltpeter works became Historic Monuments in 1970, saving them from demolition.

For a vacation to Italy, Ramy Awad wanted an adventure. So he picked Fossa, a town deep in the middle of the country that was abandoned after a 2009 earthquake. But things quickly went sideways ...

The Israeli military launched a major offensive in the West Bank on January 21 aimed at rooting out Palestinian armed groups ...

War-displaced Gazans returning home after a cease-fire have been met with scenes resembling apocalyptic ghost towns in the aftermath of ...

Alex Sarha and his wife, Nicole, had passed through Shaniko, the ghost town in Oregon once known as the wool capital of the world. After the town’s hotel reopened in 2023, they returned for a ...