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  • 10 Most Amazing Ghost Towns - Oddee.com (ghost towns, best ghost towns)

    Ghost Towns CRACO (Italy): a fascinating medieval town Craco is located in the Region of Basilicata and the Province of Matera. About 25 miles inland from the Gulf of Taranto at the instep of the "boot" of Italy. This medieval town is typical of those in the area, built up with... more

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  • Rated by glseecann on Aug 10, 8:10am

    10 Amazing Ghost Towns -- Some great photos and descriptions + Interesting history in this article plus others on this Oddee.com Site! Noticed this on a SU listing of ghost towns tagged pages. -- Photo: Abandoned apartment building on Gunkan-jima or Battleship Island -- now an uninhabited island about 15 kilometers from Nagasaki, Japan. This building was built in 1916 -- abandoned shortly after 1974 when the coal mine here shut down. This island was used in a 2003 Movie - Battle Royale II . . . As petroleum replaced coal in Japan in the 1960s, coal mines began shutting down all over the country, and Hashimas mines were no exception. In 1974 Mitsubishi officially announced the closing of the mine, and today it is empty and bare, with travel currently prohibited.(*) The island was the location for the 2003 film Battle Royale II and inspired the final level of popular Asian videogame Killer7. (* Note: apparently travel to the island has now been allowed again.)

  • Rated by Barrie501 on Jun 24, 4:30am

    10 Most Amazing Ghost Towns. Thanks to katierica for this.

  • Rated by katierica on Jun 24, 12:54am

    Ghost towns...

  • Rated by HauntedPlaces on Apr 21 2009, 4:47pm

    10 Most Amazing Ghost Towns Published on 7/19/2008 under Places TAGS: ghost towns, best ghost towns KOLMANSKOP (Namibia): Buried in sand Kolmanskop is a ghost town in southern Namibia, a few kilometres inland from the port of Lüderitz. In 1908, Luederitz was plunged into diamond fever and people rushed into the Namib desert hoping to make an easy fortune. Within two years, a town, complete with a casino, school, hospital and exclusive residential buildings, was established in the barren sandy desert. But shortly after the drop in diamond sales after the First World War, the beginning of the end started. During the 1950's the town was deserted and the dunes began to reclaim what was always theirs.

  • Rated by Ashecroft on Mar 31 2009, 4:57am

    Awesome :) 10 new travel-destinations >=3

  • Rated by Moviegasm on Mar 17 2009, 2:26am

    Wow.

  • Rated by joshwright33 on Jan 29 2009, 5:20am

    I'd like to go and visit some of them. I think it would be interesting

  • Reviewed by utulitas on Jan 23 2009, 2:31am

    ºu zipe bak

  • Rated by roslyn217 on Jan 03 2009, 10:52am

    Ghost Towns CRACO (Italy): a fascinating medieval town Craco is located in the Region of Basilicata and the Province of Matera. About 25 miles inland from the Gulf of Taranto at the instep of the "boot" of Italy. This medieval town is typical of those in the area, built up with long undulating hills all around that allow for the farming of wheat and other crops. Craco can be dated back to 1060 when the land was in the ownership of Archbishop Arnaldo, Bishop of Tricarico. This long-standing relationshop with the Church had much influence over the inhabitants throughout the ages. In 1891, the population of Craco stood at well over 2,000 people. Though there had been many problems, with poor agricultural conditions creating desperate times. Between 1892 and 1922 over 1,300 people moved from the town to North America. Poor farming was added to by earthquakes, landslides, and War - all of which contributed to this mass migration. Between 1959 and 1972 Craco was plagued by these landslides and quakes. In 1963 the remaining 1,800 inhabitants were transferred to a nearby valley called Craco Peschiera, and the original Craco remains in a state of crumbling decay to this day. GUNKANJIMA (Japan): the forbidden island This island is one among 505 uninhabited islands in the Nagasaki Prefecture of Japan about 15 kilometers from Nagasaki itself. It is also known as "Gunkan-jima" or Battleship Island thanks to its high sea walls. It began in 1890 when a company called Mitsubishi bought the island and began a project to retrieve coal from the bottom of the sea. This attracted much attention, and in 1916 they were forced to build Japan's first large concrete building on the island. A block of apartments that would both accommodate the seas of workers and protect them from hurricanes. In 1959, population had swelled, and boasted a density of 835 people per hectare for the whole island (1,391 per hectare for the residential district) - one of the highest population densities ever recorded worldwide. As petroleum replaced coal in Japan in the 1960's, coal mines began shutting down all over the country, and Hashima's mines were no exception. In 1974 Mitsubishi officially announced the closing of the mine, and today it is empty and bare, with travel currently prohibited. The island was the location for the 2003 film `Battle Royale II' and inspired the final level of popular Asian videogame "Killer7". http://www.oddee.com/item_96462.aspx