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 ...

Sure, you've heard of Bumble Bee and Tombstone, but Arizona has over 100 ghost towns. Here's what to know about seven ...

Arizona is home to many paranormal hotspots, but these four may be among the most haunted places you can still visit. Here's ...

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After the death of Stalin in 1953 and subsequent closure of the gulags, many of the former prisoners stayed on in the town to ...

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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 In a first-of-its-kind case ...

It is also the second overall driest in the world. It is here that travellers will find the starkly beautiful ghost town of Humberstone. The town became one of the centres for saltpetre mining in ...

During World War II, the government needed other ... Oatman was reduced to ghost town status. When Route 66 came alive again in the late 1980s, so did Oatman. Today, the main street is lined ...

Take a step back in time while visiting these historic – and slightly spooky – ghost towns. While the term "ghost town" may sound like a village haunted by spirits, it actually refers to an ...

Fatehpur Sikri is one of those abandoned ghost towns that carry the tag of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. This is a fortified city in Uttar Pradesh constructed by Mughal Emperor Akbar in the 16th ...