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jochen_ac, flickr Travelers looking for a getaway from the normal getaway should skip the sandy beaches to walk amid silent relics in Namibia, Chernobyl or an abandoned California gold mining town.
One of my favorite types of places to explore has always been abandoned sacred sites - churches, monasteries, and crypts - because of their unique religious atmosphere. Today, I'd like to present ...
Abandoned buildings and structures in the United States (4 C, 6 P) Urban exploration (3 C, 27 P) Pages in category "Abandoned buildings and structures"
And even in places where nature has reclaimed a landscape altered by humans, pieces of that past remain, from crumbling rock walls and abandoned cars to spring houses and quarry blast shelters.
Recently abandoned cities or cities whose location was never in question might be referred to as ruins or ghost towns. Smaller settlements may be referred to as abandoned villages . The search for such lost cities by European explorers and adventurers in Africa, the Americas, and Southeast Asia from the 15th century onward eventually led to the ...
Balestrino, a town and municipality in Liguria whose old town was abandoned in 1953. Bussana Vecchia is a town in Liguria that was abandoned following an earthquake in 1887. Campomaggiore Vecchio was a town in Potenza that was destroyed by an avalanche in 1885. The modern town of Campomaggiore has replaced it. [71] [72]
Marie Byrd Land (MBL) is an unclaimed region of Antarctica.With an area of 1,610,000 km 2 (620,000 sq mi), it is the largest unclaimed territory on Earth. It was named after the wife of American naval officer Richard E. Byrd, who explored the region in the early 20th century.
Located along old U.S. Route 66 in Tucumcari, New Mexico, the Ranch House Cafe fell to the wayside, despite a quirky slogan: "Good food always — Always good food." The old marquee and closed-up ...