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I hiked 8 miles to an eerie ghost town filled with crumbling homes and felt like I'd traveled back in time
The author hiked to an abandoned homestead outside of Estes Park, Colorado.Monica Humphries/Insider
Monica Humphries
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See inside the crumbling ghost town that was once home to one of America's most successful Black farming communities
An old chair inside OT Jackson's former home in Dearfield, Colorado.Monica Humphries/Insider
Monica Humphries
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Take a look inside an abandoned 'clown house,' an eerie home one photographer says he'll never forget
The room was painted with bright colors and bold patterns.Bryan Sansivero
Monica Humphries
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I toured an abandoned castle in an overgrown ghost town deep in the Australian rainforest. Take a look around the magical place.
The author at Paronella Park.Monica Humphries/Insider
Monica Humphries
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A Tesla owner says she made a 9-day rural road trip through a town without an EV charger by trickle charging from an outlet at an abandoned gas station
Kathleen Goforth said she took her Model Y on a 9-day road trip through a rural area and worked wit…
Grace Kay
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I explored an abandoned resort town in the Great Smoky Mountains where wealthy city dwellers vacationed 100 years ago. Take a look around.
Insider's reporter explored a 1900s resort town full of historic cabins that were abandoned by the …
Joey Hadden
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A small Connecticut town is reportedly buying a 60-acre private island for $100 million that comes with its own beach and stables. Take a look.
Great Island, a private island in Darien, Connecticut.Courtesy of Douglas Elliman
Armani Syed
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A California-based woman bought 3 abandoned houses in a Sicilian village for $3.30, cashing in on Italy's desperation to repopulate its fast-emptying ghost towns
Rubia Daniels is in the midst of renovating the abandoned homes, and said Italy's €1 housing scheme…
Amanda Goh,Cheryl Teh
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The world's highest ski resort was once in Bolivia. Now, it's a ghost town with abandoned buildings and a gloomy past.
An abandoned ski resort building sits on the cliffside of the Chacaltaya mountain.Matthew Williams-…
Monica Humphries
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I bought a California ghost town for $1.4 million. Living here gets lonely — but I've found my purpose.
Brent Underwood says restoring Cerro Gordo, an abandoned California mining town he purchased, has c…
Polly Thompson
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A photographer has been taking pictures of a 'cursed' ghost town in California for 10 years
"I find something intriguing about the place every time I go," he told Insider, describing a town s…
Sophie-Claire Hoeller
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Zelenskyy says Russia wired a hydroelectric dam to explode and flood 80 towns in region it may have to abandon
Zelenskyy said that Russia set mines at the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant on the massive Dnipr…
Mia Jankowicz
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A TikToker's viral video shows a Nevada ghost town with 'creepy men in white cloaks' that are actually statues in an art exhibit
A TikTok video showed cloaked figures in Rhyolite, Nevada, visible on Google Earth. The ghost-like …
Monica Humphries
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Photos show what it's like in one of the world's northernmost ghost towns, where an abandoned Russian mining outpost appears frozen in time
Left: A Pyramiden local stands watch over the town, keeping an eye out for polar bears. Right: The …
Melissa Wiley
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How to buy one of those cheap, abandoned houses in Japan, according to a Canadian dad of 2 who did it
"I spent I don't know how many hours just daydreaming of living in Japan and purchasing one of thes…
Amanda Goh
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A ghost town in Cyprus that was abandoned in the 1970s may soon open to the public again — take a look inside
Today, Varosha is marked by collapsing hotels and the eerie remnants left behind by those who lived…
Erin McDowell
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The true story of Empire, Nevada, the tiny desert town from 'Nomadland' that shut down in 2011, forcing all of its residents out
The small mining town of Empire, Nevada, was abandoned from 2011 until 2016. Now, 65 people and two…
Melissa Wiley
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A millennial dad of 2 bought an abandoned home in Japan for $23,600. He says restoring it is easier than expected.
Eric McAskill says he hasn't been to the grocery store in two weeks because his neighbors have been…
Amanda Goh
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The best wildlife photos of 2022 include a ball of bees, a snake eating a bat, and polar bears raiding an abandoned town
Photographers wait in silence, set up camera traps, fly drones, and dive into the ocean to capture …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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I hiked to an abandoned Colorado mine that once held dreams of gold. Today, it's a ghost town said to be worth millions of dollars.
An abandoned cabin at the Boston Mine ghost town.Monica Humphries/Insider