Villages

The "Versailles of the Jungle" built by a dictator is now a decaying shadow of its hubristic grandeur.

A Chinese mining company has created the world's first cloned village in this perfect recreation of an Austrian town.

As the aging humans of this Japanese village die off one local artisan is replacing them with eerie homonculi.

This uber-quaint Polish village is known for its habit of painting elaborate floral motifs on just about everything.

Right up until the 20th century this network of man-made caves was the biggest village in Eastern Armenia.

This reclusive Hopi village in Arizona has been continuously populated longer than anywhere else in America.

The tiny Spanish village that long refused to change its outrageously anti-Semitic name.

A railroad magnate's replica village has become home to a genetic seed bank for rare breeds of livestock.

America's smallest town is run by its single citizen/mayor/librarian/bartender.

This quaint Spanish village agreed to be painted blue as a marketing stunt but found that they preferred it that way.

One of only two civilian settlements in the desolate lands of chilly Antarctica.

A glimpse into the lives of the the Miwok and Paiute people in Yosemite National Park.

French commune at the heart of conspiracies.