Ghost Towns

losthorizon · 26-10-2013 12:32PM #1

Interesting Set of Pictures. The Town in France Ive read about before - the Nazis shot all the inhabitants and torched the place I think. The French have left it like that as a reminder of the sheer madness of the nazi regime. I think the town in Namibia was a mining town and of course the Great Blasket Islands were evacuated (wrongly?). Most of these places can be visited.

http://www.themysteryworld.com/2013/10/ghost-towns-around-world-85-pics.html

mrDerek · 26-10-2013 01:01PM

there should be some backstory to all these pics

losthorizon · 26-10-2013 01:32PM

OK heres the first four

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallol,_Ethiopia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolmanskop

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tawergha

http://stories.namibiatourism.com.na/blog/bid/307846/Namibia-s-Forgotten-Ghost-Town

Darkglasses · 26-10-2013 01:41PM

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanzhi_UFO_houses

There's the Taiwan one.

losthorizon · 26-10-2013 03:03PM

Darkglasses wrote: »

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanzhi_UFO_houses

There's the Taiwan one.

Its a pity they were demolished - it would have been a great tourist attraction. Crazy looking place.

Red Kev · 26-10-2013 03:17PM

There's also Hashima Island off Japan, a former coal mine and was an inspiration for a scene in Skyfall.

byhookorbycrook · 26-10-2013 07:50PM

Interesting to see the Great Basket on the list ,no mention of the village in Achill or Ballinskelligs though.

M5 · 26-10-2013 08:12PM

There are several in the West, this one is in Achill (complete with ghostly lighting

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byhookorbycrook · 26-10-2013 08:20PM

M5 wrote: »

There are several in the West, this one is in Achill

Can't see them on the page above. Nice shot there btw.

M5 · 26-10-2013 08:34PM

byhookorbycrook wrote: »

Can't see them on the page above. Nice shot there btw.

My m8 owns a few acres in kildare, near Moyvalley, there is one there too. Its not standing any more. The famine left loads of them behind

M5 · 27-10-2013 09:49PM

Came across this blog a while ago. It covers many of the sites listed above and goes into the history of the towns. Some really creepy stuff. Well worth a read and a follow

http://sometimes-interesting.com/

losthorizon · 28-10-2013 07:18PM

M5 wrote: »

Came across this blog a while ago. It covers many of the sites listed above and goes into the history of the towns. Some really creepy stuff. Well worth a read and a follow

http://sometimes-interesting.com/

Thanks, just my kind of site!

krudler · 28-10-2013 09:18PM

Pripryat is fascinating, would love to go there.

Centralia too, it's one of the inspirations for Silent Hill, a town built over a coal mine that caught fire in 1962 and is still burning:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjtmaCI9_wM

Google Streetview it, creepy stuff

returnNull · 28-10-2013 09:52PM

krudler wrote: »

Pripryat is fascinating, would love to go there.

A boardsie posted up loads of pics a few years ago from when he visited pripryat.Seriously creepy and a bit disturbing.Will see if I can find them again

Andrewf20 · 28-10-2013 11:37PM

krudler wrote: »

Pripryat is fascinating, would love to go there.

Centralia too, it's one of the inspirations for Silent Hill, a town built over a coal mine that caught fire in 1962 and is still burning:

Google Streetview it, creepy stuff

Heres a pic of Centralia main street in 1983 vs now. Kinda shocking.

Access · 29-10-2013 12:20AM

M5 wrote: »

Came across this blog a while ago. It covers many of the sites listed above and goes into the history of the towns. Some really creepy stuff. Well worth a read and a follow

http://sometimes-interesting.com/

+1 on that... Its a brilliant site with fascinating stories.

jill_valentine · 29-10-2013 12:22AM

Centralia is very dramatic.

Kolmanskopp featured highly in Brian Cox's enormous Debbie Downer of an episode about entropy. It's pretty spectacular.

HalloweenJack · 29-10-2013 01:03AM

I read a really good book about the Fordlandia story.

Too tired to type it all up but here's a quick go and a link to read up on it.

Henry Ford wanted more rubber for his factory so bought a crop of land in Brazil to grow it and build a town in his name.

Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fordl%C3%A2ndia

The book is Fordlandia - The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City by Greg Grandin.

AllthingsCP · 29-10-2013 01:34AM

Red Kev wrote: »

There's also Hashima Island off Japan, a former coal mine and was an inspiration for a scene in Skyfall.

Is that guy really siting on that edge. I feel like i am falling even looking at him

Julez · 29-10-2013 03:11PM

They all look like Call of Duty maps.

GreeBo · 29-10-2013 04:01PM

Kilambia in Namibia actually isnt empty

Despite the slow start, legislation signed into law by President Dos Santos has resulted in a massive boom in demand.[2] [3] The current population now sits at 40,000 residents as of September 2013 and continues to grow. Officials expect the population to reach 70,000 by January 2014.

RobertFoster · 29-10-2013 04:04PM

Julez wrote: »

They all look like Call of Duty maps.

The Svalbard ones look like City 17 in Half-Life 2 to me

That, or something from STALKER.

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