If you are a fan of mystery and places with an intricate past, this article is for you. We present 5 abandoned villages what you want to visit Do not miss it!
Meet these abandoned towns that will fascinate you
1. Kolmanskop, Namibia
The city of Kolmanskop, Namibia, It was once a booming mining town, full of diamonds and occupied by the Germans, but now it is a popular tourist attraction where you can tour the abandoned buildings, which have rooms full of sand and are a clear sign that nature always recovers what belongs to it.
It has a restaurant and a museum of the place to visit while touring the ghost town.
2. Craco, Italy
An aura of mystery surrounds the beautiful city of Craco in Italy . Located in the province of Materia, it is a city that has been abandoned for more than 50 years, specifically since 1963
This ancient medieval village is located in the countryside of southern Italy and offers excellent views and warnings to possible attackers. Craco was a flourishing city when plagues and famine punished her harshly, but it was the landslides because of an earthquake what froze the eviction of this now mysterious city.
3. North Brother Island, New York, United States
North Brother Island (Island of the Brother of the North) is an island of about 20 acres located in the East River in front of the Bronx, and has a somewhat dark history. Purchased in 1885 by the city of New York, it was used to build the Riverside Hospital, a medical center that treated people with diseases such as typhus, smallpox, tuberculosis and yellow fever. In 1905, more than 1,000 people lost their lives there when a steamship caught fire near the island.
The hospital reopened after World War II to house war veterans and then to treat heroin addicts. Finally, the hospital closed its doors in 1963, and everyone who lived on the island left. Nowadays it is not safe to visit it, because almost all its structures are in serious decline. That, without counting the thousands of horror stories that it contains.
4. Glenrio, New Mexico, United States
It used to be a town located on the border of Texas and New Mexico. This city experienced a boom from the 1930s to the 1950s, with gas stations and dining options for travelers. But that boom ended in 1975, after the opening of Interstate 40.
As a result, most of the buildings are abandoned and seriously deteriorating.
5. Oradour-Sur-Glane, France
The last of this list of abandoned village and surely the one who witnessed the most cruel acts. Oradour-sur-Glane was the place where the worst Nazi massacre carried out on French soil. A chilling total of 642 people, including 205 children, were injured or burned alive in this city about the year 1944, by the ideals of the Nazi party.
The city was completely destroyed after those events. The town was never rebuilt and still remains as it was after that fateful day in the history of mankind.
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