Ghost Towns

Forgotten German bunkers in China create a sharp cultural contrast.

A Marxist summer camp full of fantastical statues lies tucked away and forgotten in the forests of Moscow.

Ain't no party like a ghost town party.

Empty since 1989, now falling into ruin.

Once an unstoppable source of gold and silver, this town came to a grinding stop when the groundwater proved deadly.

Crumbling remnants of what was once a booming town full of silver.

A forgotten sea village stands silent after hurricanes deemed it obsolete.

The story of Two Guns, Arizona could easily be described as a Shakespearian tragedy on Route 66.

This WWII-era military installation once held an entire city within its walls - now, its walls are falling down.

Beneath the mossy overgrowth covering this once-sprawling campus lies decades of history and the secrets that come with it.

Where there's quartz, there must be gold. Thus is the story of the mines of Julian, and the titillating times of the Gold Rush.

Tour the original street level of Port Angeles, buried underground in 1914.

A fictional town that was briefly brought to life before fading once again out of existence.

An abandoned town of skeletal wooden homes.

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

A mining town once rife with murderous disputes over its copious treasures now creates income as a popular spot for photo shoots.

This attraction was abandoned after the Chornobyl disaster.

Cockatoo Island is a Heritage-listed island in the middle of Sydney Harbour.