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Ghost Towns
San Francisco Bay's ghost town
Formerly Saline City, Drawbridge is a California ghost town that is centered around an abandoned railroad station at the southern end of the San Francisco Bay on Station Island.
Created by the... »
Intriguing Environs, Ghost Towns | Edited by dsjas297 and Nicholas Jackson
Elaborate series of tunnels where traces of mass suicide are still visible
During World War II, Japanese naval forces in Okinawa, led by Rear Admiral Minoru Ota, built an elaborate underground headquarters, with hundreds of meters of connecting tunnels under a hill in... »
Memento Mori, Ossuaries, Catacombs, Crypts, & Cemeteries, Ghost Towns, Disaster Areas, Subterranean Sites | Edited by spinkk, Dylan and 2 others
A New England ghost town features a trail of boulders etched with intriguing life lessons
The location unknown even by many locals, deserted Dogtown in Gloucester, Massachusetts has been the focus of many a ghost story and urban legend.
Dogtown has a long history, started in 1693.... »
Ghost Towns | Edited by remlee, Annetta and others
In the land of the Light Brigade stands a testament to the Cold War
Balaclava has occupied a place in military history for centuries. During the Crimean War the Battle of Balaclava, which was fought between British and Russian troops, was immortalized by Tennyson... »
Ghost Towns | Edited by Nathan_Risinger and Dylan
This derelict superstructure was a very important warning system for the Russian military
Chernobyl-2 was a station of the Russian overhorizon radar system Duga-3, better known as Woodpecker.
It was named "woodpecker" due to the sound of its signals, which jammed many shortwave... »
Ghost Towns | Edited by Alpha, Dylan and 3 others
Gold rush era ghost town in the Sierra Nevada hills
It was once the most lawless town in California, a place where the fire bell ringing out the ages of those being laid to rest seemed to never stop ringing. Today, what's left of Bodie is the... »
Ghost Towns | Edited by ogurantz, Dylan and 5 others
The most toxic town in America
Mountains of mining waste contaminated with lead and pocked with sink holes loom over the nearly empty town of Picher, Oklahoma. The Tar Creek that runs through the area is burned red by acidic... »
Intriguing Environs, Ghost Towns, Disaster Areas | Edited by allison, Dylan and others
A Mayan village preserved for centuries in volcanic ash
1400 years ago the residents of the Mayan village of Ceren abandoned their town as a volcano erupted in the distance. Within days the village was buried under 16-21 feet of wet volcanic ash.... »
Fiery Wonders, Ghost Towns, Lost Tribes, Incredible Ruins | Edited by Annetta
This church, buried halfway in lava rock, is all that remains of a Mexican village destroyed by a volcano
On February 20, 1943, a new volcano began to rise from a cornfield, erupting and slowly consuming two villages in lava and ash. It's said that, as Paricutin erupted, the San Juan Parangaricutiro... »
Ghost Towns | Edited by Tre, re_nakaba and 3 others
