Category: Towns

Background: Columns located at the side of the Western Agora. Foreground: Bronze statue of Trajan located at the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, 2011.

The Remnants of the Ancient City of Laodicea on the Lycus in Turkey

Boarded-up houses along a street in Eagle Mountain

Mystery Buyer Spends $22.5 Million to Purchase Ghost Town In the California Desert

A ruined building on top of rubble, two tower tips in the background.

Suakin, Sudan – Once the Height of Luxury, This Coral-Built Settlement Has Been Left in Ruin

A statue of Paddy Hannan, left, and operations At KCGM's Super Pit Gold Mine in Kalgoorlie, right

This Australian City Was Accidentally Paved With Real Gold

Inside of a house with a wooden door, with the floor covered in a pile of sand.

Kolmanskop Was Once a Thriving Town, But Is Now Drowned By Sand

A row of buildings as part of the abandoned village of San Severino di Centola.

San Severino di Centola, the Italian Town Locals Want to Remain Ghostly

The sun begins to set on the chapel at Fort Ross

Fort Ross: The Southernmost Russian Settlement in North America

Pennsylvania, Lancaster County, Intercourse, Welcome Sign

10 American Towns and Cities With Very Unusual Names