The town's residents were forced to evacuate after landslides, believed to have been triggered by infrastructure projects, ...
From empty mining towns and deserted military bases to ruined medieval hamlets and depopulated villages, we've rounded up the most haunting ghost towns in England, Scotland and Wales. Read on to ...
The medieval period was one of social upheaval, and there is a list of villages, once part of local landscapes across the country, that did not survive one particularly seismic event. The Black Death ...
One such place is the abandoned medieval town-fortress of Cherven in Bulgaria. Located about 30 kilometres south of Ruse within the national park of Rusenski Los, it is easy to access by car and ...
Perched dramatically on a hill in southern Italy, the medieval town of Craco must be one of the most picturesque ghost towns in the world, but it was only abandoned relatively recently.