After the death of Stalin in 1953 and subsequent closure of the gulags, many of the former prisoners stayed on in the town to ...

It was once named the City of Joy by a former monarch and has witnessed the rise and fall of numerous dynasties.

These ghost towns are essentially snapshots ... entire neighborhoods emptied and left behind a city struggling to find new life. While parts of the town have been revitalized, many areas still ...

Take a step back in time while visiting these historic – and slightly spooky – ghost towns. While the term "ghost town" may sound like a village haunted by spirits, it actually refers to an ...

Very little is known about the original city's history and origins, only adding to the mystery and intrigue that surrounds this most famous Italian ghost town. Thousands of visitors come to the ...

Filmmaker Alexander Trowbridge reflects on nature taking over after discovering Doodletown, a secret ghost town just north of New York City. Alan Weisman, author of The World Without Us ...

Fatehpur Sikri is one of those abandoned ghost towns that carry the tag of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. This is a fortified city in Uttar Pradesh constructed by Mughal Emperor Akbar in the 16th ...