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It was Alabama's political heart in 1819. Seven years later, a single political decision, apparently based on exaggerated claims, set Old Cahawba on the path to becoming a ghost townOld Cahawba, once the vibrant capital of Alabama, lost its status in 1826 but flourished as a commercial center, fueled by the cotton indus...- In 1973, a plane crash killed 14 people and a once idyllic French settlement slowly turned into a ghost town near one of the most populous part of EuropeGoussainville-Vieux Pays, near Paris, became a ghost town due to a 1973 aircraft disaster and airport expansion. The devastating crash kill...
- In 1948 US industrialist Henry J Kaise founded a town for about 4,000 people in California. Then it emptied almost overnight but still stands frozen in timeEagle Mountain was a company town built for a large iron mine in California's desert. The town housed thousands of residents and provided a...
- In 1862, a single gold discovery turned this remote valley into Montana's first capital; today, more than 50 buildings still stand frozen in timeMontana's first territorial capital, Bannack, was established in 1862 after gold discovery. This frontier town quickly grew and then declin...
- The Danube has fallen to one of its lowest levels in decades, exposing possible mammoth remains and a coal ship that sank in 1937As Europe's Danube River hits alarming low levels, it unveils treasures from the past such as ancient mammoth bones and historical wrecks, ...
- In 1991, the Soviets abandoned anthrax island, a bioweapon facility which still has over 90% chance of killing people decades after its creationVozrozhdeniye Island served as a Soviet biological weapons testing site for decades. Weaponized anthrax spores left behind remain a dangero...
- In 1928, Henry Ford carved a slice of small-town America into the Amazon rainforest to grow his own rubber, a jungle city called Fordlândia that the forest quietly swallowed wholeHenry Ford established Fordlândia in Brazil to secure rubber supplies for his company. He built an American-style town, imposing strict rul...
- A look at some of the deadliest fires in bars, nightclubs and music venuesA Bangkok music bar fire killed at least thirty people and injured dozens. This incident prompts investigations into the cause and contribu...
- Neither tongue-tied nor tongue hanging outThe Rolling Stones' new album, Foreign Tongues, delivers a fresh sound with blues and country influences. Mick Jagger's vocals show renewed...
- One house, no neighbors: Authorities demolished an entire Welsh town, leaving one home listed for £1A solitary three-bedroom house, the sole survivor of a Welsh village once home to 600 people, has been sold for £49,050. The ex-mining vill...
- Bhooth Bangla OTT release date confirmed: When and where to watch Akshay Kumar starrer hit horror comedy movieAkshay Kumar and Priyadarshan’s horror-comedy Bhooth Bangla is set to make its OTT debut after a successful theatrical run. The film, which...
- Ghayal hoon isiliye ghatak hoon! Why a global tech crash could be the right medicine for wounded Nifty bullsGlobal capital flows are shifting away from semiconductor-heavy markets like South Korea and Taiwan. This tech-led meltdown presents an opp...
- A giant lake vanished for 130 years, then returned and flooded 120,000 acres overnightA massive lake in California, Tulare Lake, vanished over a century ago. Recent extreme storms brought it back, submerging farmland. This ev...
- The Haunted Village: Why this abandoned ghost town in America is an illegal zone to visitDudleytown, an abandoned village in Connecticut's Dark Entry Forest, is steeped in eerie legends of curses, mysterious deaths, and ghostly ...
- Terry Hall, frontman of British ska band The Specials, dies aged 63No cause of death was given, and the band asked for respect for Hall's family.
- Ghost towns and old men in Afghanistan's Panjshir"There is no one left, except the elders, and the poor who cannot afford to leave," said Abdul Wajid, 30, who stayed behind to watch over t...
- Ghostbusting in Ghost TownA spectre is haunting Kolkata — and it’s not the ghost of communism or the ghoul of a colonial hangover. It’s actual spectres. The matter i...
- 'Living in a Ghost Town': Rolling Stones release new song for Covid-hit worldThe lyrics do certainly sound timely: ``I'm going nowhere/Shut up all alone/So much time to lose.''
- Chinese city turns into ghost town after Samsung shifts operation to India, VietnamHuizhou city has turned a "ghost town" after Samsung closed its last smartphone factory in China.
- View: What ghost cities tell us about India's economyIn India, deindustrialisation & lack of manufacturing is majorly responsible for the ghost city phenomenon.
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