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Visit Craco, Italy
Craco is a medieval village located in the Region of Basilicata and the Province of Matera in Italy. During the mid-twentieth century, recurring earthquakes began to take a toll on the viability of the town. Between 1959 and 1972, portions of the village were severely damaged and rendered uninhabitable by a series of frana, or landslides. The geological threat to the ... -
Explore Crystal Ghost Town, Colorado
Crystal is a ghost town in a valley on the upper Crystal River in Gunnison County, Colorado, United States, on a four-wheel-drive road between Marble and Crested Butte. Many buildings still stand in Crystal, but its few residents live there only in the summer. Crystal is surrounded by excellent fly fishing (trout), hunting (deer and elk), hiking, mountain biking and 4... -
Visit Crystal Springs, Nevada
Crystal Springs is a ghost town in the Pahranagat Valley region of Lincoln County, Nevada in the United States. The ghost town is located at the junction of State Route 318 and State Route 375 (Extraterrestrial Highway), just northwest of U.S. Route 93. It is a popular destination for passersby who want to visit the towns of Hiko and Rachel. The namesake of the ghost ... -
Visit Curral Velho, Boa Vista, Cape Verde
Curral Velho is a deserted village in the southern part of the island of Boa Vista, Cape Verde. The village is situated on the south coast, around 25 km southeast of the island capital of Sal Rei. The nearby islet Ilhéu de Curral Velho and the adjacent coast are an important area for birds, designated a Ramsar wetland of international importance on July 18, 200... -
Visit Custer, Idaho
Custer is a ghost town in Custer County, Idaho, United States. Established in 1877 at an elevation of 6,470 feet (1,972 m). It lies along Yankee Fork Road southwest of the city of Challis, within the Challis National Forest. In 1981, the community was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a historic district. Although the district covers 29 acres (12 h... -
Visit Cyanide Springs Ghost Town, Chloride, Arizona
The Immortal Gunfighters of Chloride, a re-enactor group, built Cyanide Springs in 1997, a ramshackle replica of an Old West town smack in the middle of Chloride. Using only hand tools, either because they strove for authenticity or because they were drinking, depending on who tells the story, they peeled aged lumber from nearby mines and slapped together the rustic t... -
Visit Dallol Volcano & Ghost Town, Ethiopia
Dallol is a ghost town in northern Ethiopia with an elevation of about 130 meters below sea level. Dallol currently holds the record high average temperature for an inhabited location on Earth, where an average annual temperature of 35°C (96°F) was recorded between the years 1960 and 1966. Dallol is also one of the most remote places on Earth. There are no roa... -
Visit Darwin (California)
Darwin is a mining town in Inyo County, California, United States. It is located 22 miles (35 km) southeast of Keeler, at an elevation of 4,790 ft (1,460 m). The population was 43 at the 2010 census, down from 54 at the 2000 census. It is named after Dr. Darwin French. According to Erwin Gudde, Dr French of Fort Tejon was with a party of prospectors in the area during... -
Visit Deception Island, Antarctica
Deception Island is an island in South Shetland off the Antarctic Peninsula, which has one of the safest harbours in Antarctica. The island is the caldera of an active volcano, which caused serious damage to the local scientific stations in 1967 and 1969. The island previously held a whaling station; it is now a tourist destination and scientific outpost, with researc... -
Visit Delamar Ghost Town, Nevada
Delamar, Nevada, nicknamedThe Widowmaker,is a ghost town in central eastern Nevada, USA along the east side of the Delamar Valley. During its heyday, primarily between 1895 and 1900, it produced $13.5 million in gold. In 1889, prospectors John Ferguson and Joseph Sharp discovered gold around Monkeywrench Wash. A mining camp was established west of the Monkeywrench Min... -
Visit Dhanushkodi, India
Dhanushkodi or Danushkodi is a ghost town at the south-eastern tip of Pamban Island of the Tamil Nadu state of India. Dhanushkodi is situated to the South-East of Pamban. Danushkodi is about 18 miles (29 km) West of Talaimannar in Sri Lanka. The Dhanushkodi railway line running from Pamban Station was destroyed in the 1964 cyclone and a passenger train with over 100 p... -
Off-road to Dolly Varden Mine, Mojave National Preserve, California
Dolly Varden Mine is an adandoned mine southwest of Cima in Mojave National Preserve. Take Kelso Cima Road to just north of Cima and turn east on Cina Road. Drive 2.7 miles on the dirt road to the mine. -
Hike to Drave (The Magic Village), Arouca Geopark, Portugal
Drave, the "Magic Village" (A Aldeia Mágica) is lost in the mountain, without inhabitants. Everything here is close to the pure and untouchable state. -
Visit Drawbridge, California
Drawbridge (formerly, Saline City) is a ghost town with an abandoned railroad station located at the southern end of the San Francisco Bay on Station Island, now a part of the city of Fremont, California, United States. It is located on the Union Pacific Railroad 6 miles (10 km) south of downtown Fremont, at an elevation of 7 feet (2 m). Formerly used as a hunting vil... -
Visit Dunmovin, California
Dunmovin is a small ghost town along California's Scenic Highway 395 in Inyo County, California. It is located 4.8 km (3 mi) north of Coso Junction and 21.6 km (13.5 mi) south-southeast of Olancha, at an elevation of 3507 feet (1069 m). Dunmovin was first called Cowan's Station in the early 1900's after homesteader, James Cowan. It first served as a freight station fo...
