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🇬🇧 Mirror
National & Local

Inside the world's most poisonous 'ghost town' as residents abandoned toxic wasteland

Picher, Oklahoma, once a thriving mining town, is now a toxic wasteland, with residents having abandoned it due to dangerous contamination, although it briefly sees visitors during an annual event.

Feb 26 • 04:51 UTC
🇬🇧 Mirror
National & Local

Abandoned quarry village forgotten in time at the end of the world

Nant Gwrtheyrn, an isolated former quarry village in Wales, has transformed from a ghost town into a vibrant language center for Welsh culture.

Feb 22 • 06:00 UTC
🇬🇧 Mirror
National & Local

Abandoned UK village left a 'ghost town' with 33 unfinished new build homes boarded up

A Cornish village faces discontent as a housing development with 33 unfinished homes remains abandoned due to spiraling developer costs and planning disputes.

Feb 16 • 10:23 UTC
🇦🇺 ABC News AU
World

Australia's frozen ghost town leaves behind a toxic legacy

The abandoned Wilkes Station in Antarctica poses ongoing pollution challenges, with efforts to remediate the site yet to find adequate funding and timelines.

Feb 11 • 19:03 UTC
🇬🇧 Mirror
National & Local

Forgotten village of dream homes where nobody has ever lived

An eerie village built for homes remains uninhabited, leaving it to feel like a ghost town despite its recent construction.

Feb 8 • 05:37 UTC
🇭🇷 Večernji List
World

Mediterranean Paradise for the Rich, Today a 'Ghost Town': Everything Disappeared in Two Days

The former glamorous resort Varosha in Famagusta, Cyprus, popular among the wealthy including stars like Brigitte Bardot and Elizabeth Taylor, is now a decaying ghost town symbolizing war and neglect.

Feb 7 • 13:09 UTC
🇬🇧 Mirror
National & Local

The UK ghost town where homes sell for £1 and have 'fake windows and doors'

The article discusses a ghost town in the UK, specifically Hord, where homes sell for just £1 but are characterized by abandoned buildings and misleading architectural features.

Feb 7 • 06:30 UTC
🇫🇮 Iltalehti
National & Local

Julia, living under strict warnings, has never seen anything like it: "Like a ghost town"

Finnish residents on Spain's Costa del Sol are urged to exercise caution due to the approaching Storm Leonardo, with Julia noting the eerie stillness in her town.

Feb 4 • 21:03 UTC
🇭🇷 Index.hr
National & Local

Snow completely buried Split that morning. It looked like a ghost town

On February 3, 2012, Split was transformed into a ghost town due to heavy snowfall and strong winds, blocking the city and creating an arctic atmosphere.

Feb 3 • 07:19 UTC
🇩🇪 Die Welt
World

A completely shot-up ghost town

WELT correspondent Christoph Wanner reports from Eastern Ukraine on Ukrainian successes in the ghost town of Kupjansk and the increasing Russian pressure near Pokrowsk, highlighting the immense strategic significance of the ruined cities for both sides.

Jan 6 • 07:27 UTC
🇬🇧 Mirror
Life & Tech

I visited a ghostly Italian town — it was mind-blowing

The article reflects on the captivating and eerily beautiful experience of visiting an ancient Italian town that feels like a place frozen in time.

Jan 5 • 13:22 UTC
🇪🇸 El País
World

A UN team enters the Sudanese city of El Fasher after the paramilitary massacre: 'It is a ghost town'

A UN team successfully entered the Sudanese city of El Fasher, which has been left devastated and nearly deserted following a massacre by paramilitaries, with thousands reported dead or missing.

Jan 5 • 04:30 UTC

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