But Lai Chi Wo was not entirely forgotten. “Elsewhere in Hong Kong, many abandoned villages had houses collapsed beyond recognition and vegetation invaded the whole village,” says Chiu Ying ...

but its still hard to think of them as “abandoned cities,” just underutilized ones. It’s safe to say though, that with the possible exception of Varosha, Cyprus, the rest of the towns and ...

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Many residents of Rafi, Shiroro and Munya local government areas of Niger State have abandoned their villages due to renewed bandits’ attacks attributed to the arrival of a bandits’ kingpin ...

While rumours say rolling farmland and abandoned stone houses sit at the bottom of the water. But is there any truth to the myths that the artificial lake has its very own Atlantis-like villages?

The roots of banyan trees twined around open doorways, and wild boar or lost hikers were the only foot traffic through the decaying village. But Lai Chi Wo was not entirely forgotten. “Elsewhere in ...

Though the village has been abandoned in recent decades as its inhabitants went in search of better economic opportunities, Kuk Po has, starting in 2021, been revitalised as part of a government ...

It is a myth that refuses to go away - the story that there are long-lost villages lying beneath Kielder Water. Folklore suggests a church spire with a bell can be seen emerging when water levels fall ...