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From Hot Spot To Ghost Town: 33 Photos Of California’s Abandoned Salton Sea

These photos reveal how the Salton Sea went from vacation to ghost town and now remains a forgotten piece of Americana.

By Joel Stice • Jun 4, 2017

From Hot Spot To Ghost Town: 33 Photos Of California’s Abandoned Salton Sea

These photos reveal how the Salton Sea went from vacation to ghost town and now remains a forgotten piece of Americana.

By Joel Stice • June 4, 2017

The Chernobyl Exclusion Zone Stretches 1,600 Miles And Won’t Be Safe For Humans For Another 20,000 Years

After the nuclear meltdown in 1986, some 350,000 people evacuated what is now known as the Chernobyl exclusion zone. Most residents have never returned.

By Leah Silverman • May 30, 2017

The Chernobyl Exclusion Zone Stretches 1,600 Miles And Won’t Be Safe For Humans For Another 20,000 Years

After the nuclear meltdown in 1986, some 350,000 people evacuated what is now known as the Chernobyl exclusion zone. Most residents have never returned.

By Leah Silverman • May 30, 2017

This Indian Village Was Abandoned Overnight And No One Knows Why

Why did all of the residents of Kuldhara flee one night under the cover of darkness?

By Krissy Howard • May 10, 2017

This Indian Village Was Abandoned Overnight And No One Knows Why

Why did all of the residents of Kuldhara flee one night under the cover of darkness?

By Krissy Howard • May 10, 2017

What The World’s Former Olympic Sites Looked Like After We Abandoned Them

A great deal of preparation and construction go into hosting the Olympic Games — but in many instances, the structures built only await dilapidation following the events’ close. Given the competition, cost, and sacrifices involved in creating and preparing spaces for the elite athletic ritual, the sight of since-abandoned Olympic...

By Erin Kelly • Apr 17, 2017

What The World’s Former Olympic Sites Looked Like After We Abandoned Them

A great deal of preparation and construction go into hosting the Olympic Games — but in many instances, the structures built only await dilapidation following the events’ close. Given the competition, cost, and sacrifices involved in creating and preparing spaces for the elite athletic ritual, the sight of since-abandoned Olympic...

By Erin Kelly • April 17, 2017

Inside Colma, California’s City Of The Dead

Just south of San Francisco, there lies a little town called Colma where the dead outnumber the living 1,000 to 1.

By Richard Stockton • Mar 26, 2017

Inside Colma, California’s City Of The Dead

Just south of San Francisco, there lies a little town called Colma where the dead outnumber the living 1,000 to 1.

By Richard Stockton • March 26, 2017

Polluted Ghost Towns Created By Appalling Environmental Disasters

Step inside the eerie remnants of America's worst coal fires, toxic waste dumps, nuclear meltdowns, and more.

By All That's Interesting • Mar 1, 2017

Polluted Ghost Towns Created By Appalling Environmental Disasters

Step inside the eerie remnants of America's worst coal fires, toxic waste dumps, nuclear meltdowns, and more.

By All That's Interesting • March 1, 2017

What We Loved This Week, Nov. 27 – Dec. 3

Rare Photos Of Legendary Artists And Entertainers As Young Children So carefully conceived and maintained are the images of the world’s most famous artists and entertainers that it’s truly disarming to see them as children, long before they invented their trademark visual brand. Indeed, to see David Bowie, John Lennon,...

By All That's Interesting • Dec 2, 2016

What We Loved This Week, Nov. 27 – Dec. 3

Rare Photos Of Legendary Artists And Entertainers As Young Children So carefully conceived and maintained are the images of the world’s most famous artists and entertainers that it’s truly disarming to see them as children, long before they invented their trademark visual brand. Indeed, to see David Bowie, John Lennon,...

By All That's Interesting • December 2, 2016

22 Stunning Photos Of Abandoned Factories Given New Life

Factories, grain elevators, warehouses, power plants — reminders of our industrial inheritance are all around us. But what happens to those buildings after the final shift ends and the lights go out for the last time? Sometimes the buildings remain abandoned, left to crumble and sink back into the Earth....

By All That's Interesting • Oct 26, 2016

22 Stunning Photos Of Abandoned Factories Given New Life

Factories, grain elevators, warehouses, power plants — reminders of our industrial inheritance are all around us. But what happens to those buildings after the final shift ends and the lights go out for the last time? Sometimes the buildings remain abandoned, left to crumble and sink back into the Earth....

By All That's Interesting • October 26, 2016

See What Life Is Like For Residents Of Thailand’s Airplane Graveyard

In recent years, impoverished families in Bangkok, Thailand have turned disused, deteriorating airplanes into makeshift homes. Families like these often gather trash and recycling, which they can sell for a couple dollars a day, in order to get by. But that’s certainly not enough to pay rent, so they remain...

By All That's Interesting • Sep 28, 2016

See What Life Is Like For Residents Of Thailand’s Airplane Graveyard

In recent years, impoverished families in Bangkok, Thailand have turned disused, deteriorating airplanes into makeshift homes. Families like these often gather trash and recycling, which they can sell for a couple dollars a day, in order to get by. But that’s certainly not enough to pay rent, so they remain...

By All That's Interesting • September 28, 2016

4 Abandoned Nuclear Testing Sites Humans Destroyed Worse Than Chernobyl

Some of history’s most cataclysmic nuclear incidents are the ones you’ve never even heard about. When we think of nuclear disasters, our minds typically jump right to the horrific incidents at Chernobyl or Hiroshima and Nagasaki. As devastating as those incidents were, during the Cold War competing global powers conducted...

By Elisabeth Sherman • Aug 28, 2016

4 Abandoned Nuclear Testing Sites Humans Destroyed Worse Than Chernobyl

Some of history’s most cataclysmic nuclear incidents are the ones you’ve never even heard about. When we think of nuclear disasters, our minds typically jump right to the horrific incidents at Chernobyl or Hiroshima and Nagasaki. As devastating as those incidents were, during the Cold War competing global powers conducted...

By Elisabeth Sherman • August 28, 2016

37 Eerie Scenes Of Abandoned Places Across The UK

These eerie scenes of abandoned places around the UK reveal the ghosts of its industrial past and the looming specter of its uncertain future.

By John Kuroski • Aug 16, 2016

37 Eerie Scenes Of Abandoned Places Across The UK

These eerie scenes of abandoned places around the UK reveal the ghosts of its industrial past and the looming specter of its uncertain future.

By John Kuroski • August 16, 2016

33 Haunting Photos Of The Abandoned Baltimore Ghetto

These haunting photos of the largely abandoned Baltimore ghetto provide a harrowing glimpse of one of the most beleaguered cities in all of America.

By John Kuroski • Jul 18, 2016

33 Haunting Photos Of The Abandoned Baltimore Ghetto

These haunting photos of the largely abandoned Baltimore ghetto provide a harrowing glimpse of one of the most beleaguered cities in all of America.

By John Kuroski • July 18, 2016