19 Magnificent Abandoned Places On Earth

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 29.25px; text-align: justify;">Nature reclaiming the mess we have left behind, there are very few things in the world that are as reassuring as the knowledge that no matter what we do as a race nature will always be there to reclaim what was once lost. Please enjoy some photo’s of the most beautiful abandoned places in the world.  On this random list you can see abandoned railroads, abandoned ships, as well as the abandoned houses, and so many other things, that are really amazing and magnificent.</span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 29.25px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span> <br /> <h4 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 2rem; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.6rem; text-align: -webkit-center;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">1. Abandoned railroad in France</span></h4> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 29.25px; margin-bottom: 2.6rem; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"> <img alt="rail road france 19 Magnificent Abandoned Places on Earth" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-361" height="667" src="http://nature-nest.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/rail-road-france.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto 2.4rem; max-width: 100%;" title="19 Magnificent Abandoned Places on Earth" width="999" /></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; line-height: 29.25px; margin-bottom: 2.6rem; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"> <span style="color: #333333; line-height: 17.600000381469727px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Extending around a circular loop within the fortified walls of Paris is an abandoned railway that once connected the city’s five main lines. Completed in 1852, the Chemin de fer de Petite Ceinture has been partially abandoned since 1934 and completely silent for the last few years. The tracks and several stations remain intact, though its future is the subject of ongoing debate.</span></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; line-height: 29.25px; margin-bottom: 2.6rem; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii5frPMRLI0_pyysG7C7-7bluEnKIBhqL6GVi5nDWokKXWq_dOUKtlh8uYs8DMW1020HifJs44Eayvd-1h-P0rTiMcZ3ycob8001K2-OK-IibnfNTAbgWw7Ugh9DSMklu0sQ7InJTGkYBE/s1600/abandoned-railroad-11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: transparent; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii5frPMRLI0_pyysG7C7-7bluEnKIBhqL6GVi5nDWokKXWq_dOUKtlh8uYs8DMW1020HifJs44Eayvd-1h-P0rTiMcZ3ycob8001K2-OK-IibnfNTAbgWw7Ugh9DSMklu0sQ7InJTGkYBE/s1600/abandoned-railroad-11.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; line-height: 29.25px; margin-bottom: 2.6rem; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"> <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; line-height: 17.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">Meaning “Little Belt Railway”, the Chemin de fer de Petite Ceinture was conceived in 1848 as a means of transporting and dispersing troops swifty around the city’s major fortifications. At a time of revolution in France and across Europe, the military became increasingly reliant on the expanding railway network.</span><br /> <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; line-height: 17.600000381469727px; text-align: center;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 17.600000381469727px; text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://goo.gl/WyMzla" target="_blank">More Read Click Here:-</a></b></span></div> <h4 left="" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 2rem; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.6rem; text-align: -webkit-center;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">2. Eilean Donan Castle, Scotland</span></h4> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTY9I_1CaYbVIfJo89TnbqIPOcg-HRQMPGf-SrIYyUjrUH-T0-5P2f5ihCPWATkeiuMgA1cJn-v8oKEtOKtlhOMpXmCJO9N8Y42rsM4pQ0tYFhOCgzn-urDBtzGkxeHkChai245to5LiNP/s1600/Eilean-Donan.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTY9I_1CaYbVIfJo89TnbqIPOcg-HRQMPGf-SrIYyUjrUH-T0-5P2f5ihCPWATkeiuMgA1cJn-v8oKEtOKtlhOMpXmCJO9N8Y42rsM4pQ0tYFhOCgzn-urDBtzGkxeHkChai245to5LiNP/s1600/Eilean-Donan.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div> <b style="color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"><br /></b></div> <div> <b style="color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">Eilean Donan</b><span style="color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"> (</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; line-height: 29.25px;">Scottish Gaelic</span><span style="color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">: </span><span lang="gd" style="color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;" xml:lang="gd"><i>Eilean Donnain</i></span><span style="color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">) is a small </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; line-height: 29.25px;">tidal island</span><span style="font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"><span style="color: #444444;"> </span><span style="color: #252525;">where three lochs meet, </span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; line-height: 29.25px;">Loch Duich<span style="font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">, </span>Loch Long</span><span style="color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"> and </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; line-height: 29.25px;">Loch Alsh</span><span style="color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">, in the western </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; line-height: 29.25px;">Highlands</span><span style="color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"> of </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; line-height: 29.25px;">Scotland</span><span style="color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">; since the castle's restoration in the early 20th Century, a footbridge has connected the island to the mainland. A picturesque castle that frequently appears in photographs, film and television dominates the island, which lies about 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) from the village of </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; line-height: 29.25px;">Dornie<span style="font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">.</span></span></div> <div class="productTeaser" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.35em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Pay a visit to this iconic Scottish monument which is one of the most photographed in the country.</div> <div class="productTeaser" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.35em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-size: large;">More Details <b><a href="http://goo.gl/y9djSA" target="_blank">Click Here:-</a></b></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <h4 left="" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 2rem; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.6rem; text-align: -webkit-center;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">3. El Hotel del Salto in Colombia</span></h4> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 29.25px; margin-bottom: 2.6rem; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"> <img alt="El Hotel Salto Colombia 19 Magnificent Abandoned Places on Earth" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-364" height="1129" src="http://nature-nest.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/El-Hotel-Salto-Colombia.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto 2.4rem; max-width: 100%;" title="19 Magnificent Abandoned Places on Earth" width="749" /></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; line-height: 29.25px; margin-bottom: 2.6rem; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"> <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">In 1924, the then-luxurious Hotel (Refugio d)el Salto opened on the cliff facing the waterfall to welcome wealthy travelers visiting the Tequendama Falls area. The hotel closed down in the early 90s, thought to be linked to contaminated river water. There has been talk of reopening it and restoring it to its former glory (but as a museum or even a police station) which might help rid the place of its apparent ghosts. They are said to haunt the hotel and according to the caretaker, are believed to be from the old days when bar fights on the second story would end up on its balcony, sometimes resulting in a drunk patron losing more than the fight. </span></div> <h4 left="" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 2rem; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.6rem; text-align: -webkit-center;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">4. Lawndale Theater in Chicago</span></h4> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 29.25px; margin-bottom: 2.6rem; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #e5554e;"><span style="-webkit-transition: 0.1s ease-in-out; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; height: auto; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; transition: 0.1s ease-in-out;"><img alt="Lawndale Theater Chicago 19 Magnificent Abandoned Places on Earth" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-366" height="666" src="http://nature-nest.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Lawndale-Theater-Chicago.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto 2.4rem; max-width: 100%;" title="19 Magnificent Abandoned Places on Earth" width="999" /></span></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 2.6rem; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"> </div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <b style="color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">North Lawndale</b><span style="color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"> (also known simply as "</span><b style="color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">Lawndale</b><span style="color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">") located on the west side of </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chicago, Illinois<span style="color: #252525; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">,</span></span><span style="color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"> is one of the well-defined </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">community areas</span><span style="color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"> in the city of Chicago.</span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">Once part of Cicero Township in 1869, the eastern section of North Lawndale to Pulaski Road was annexed to Chicago by an act of the state legislature. Thereafter, streets were platted and drainage ditches were installed between Western (2400 west) and Pulaski Road (4000 west). The name "Lawndale" was supplied by </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Millard and Decker</span><span style="color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">, a real estate firm which subdivided the area in 1870. In 1871, after the </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Great Chicago Fire<span style="color: #252525; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">,</span></span><span style="color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"> the McCormick Reaper Company (later </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">International Harvester<span style="color: #252525; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">)</span></span><span style="color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"> constructed and occupied a new large plant in the South Lawndale neighborhood. As a result, many plant workers moved to eastern North Lawndale. The remaining area west of Crawford Avenue was annexed in 1889 by a resolution of the </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cook County Commissioners<span style="color: #252525; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">.</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 2rem; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1.2;">5. Russian military rocket factory</span><br /> <br /> <img alt="Russian military rocket factory 19 Magnificent Abandoned Places on Earth" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-367" height="563" src="http://nature-nest.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Russian-military-rocket-factory.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; display: block; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; height: auto; line-height: 29.25px; margin: 0px auto 2.4rem; max-width: 100%; text-align: center;" title="19 Magnificent Abandoned Places on Earth" width="1001" /><br /> <h4 left="" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 2rem; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.6rem; text-align: -webkit-center;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">6. Chatillon Car Graveyard in Belgium</span></h4> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 29.25px; margin-bottom: 2.6rem; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"> <img alt="Chatillon Car Graveyard Belgium 19 Magnificent Abandoned Places on Earth" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-368" height="664" src="http://nature-nest.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Chatillon-Car-Graveyard-Belgium.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto 2.4rem; max-width: 100%;" title="19 Magnificent Abandoned Places on Earth" width="1001" /></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 22px;"> Right in the middle of a small forest near Chatillon, a little village in Southern Belgium, is a graveyard of abandoned and beautiful rusty cars. These cars once belonged to US soldiers who were stationed in this region. It’s not known how they managed to acquire these beauties in the middle of the war. When the World War II ended, all military troops were sent back to the US, but the cost of having all those cars shipped was way too expensive. The ranking officers decided to leave all the cars in Belgium. The cars were driven up a hill, one by one, nicely parked and somehow hidden from the outside world.</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 22px;"> Once back home in the US, the soldiers who wanted to retrieve their car had to take personal responsibility for all costs of the shipping. Not a single car was retrieved.</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 22px;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 22px;"> At one point there were four car graveyards around Chatillon, and as many as 500 vehicles. Only one remain today. Over time, corrosion and decay have worn down the vehicles and what little remained were stolen by the locals and car collectors.</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #111111; line-height: 22px;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Read More <a href="http://goo.gl/2dOSqQ" target="_blank">Click Here:-</a></b></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"> <br /></div> <h4 left="" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 2rem; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.6rem; text-align: -webkit-center;"> 7. <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Jiancing Historic Trail in Taipingshan National Forest in Taiwan</span></h4> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 29.25px; margin-bottom: 2.6rem; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"> <img alt="abandoned mining cart rails taiping 19 Magnificent Abandoned Places on Earth" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-370" height="667" src="http://nature-nest.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/abandoned-mining-cart-rails-taiping.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto 2.4rem; max-width: 100%;" title="19 Magnificent Abandoned Places on Earth" width="1001" /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQoMDBwLyMcpw-LFr6PX5qz1mj00hIMMxea-_LHXv5KX0RfT2vckgCwSgeJDeuNt_Ccxt9cL8Cel4jyWY9I5uylRShrE8eGNi20rDIWEd1ASFc_0oDrmtIk3n7eFN0Ntm1lDHcnBrzjPLa/s1600/Jiancing+Historic.jpg" /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 29.25px; margin-bottom: 2.6rem; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 2rem; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1.2;">8. The remains of the SS Ayrfield in Homebush Bay, Australia</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKdu2BR6_V5ATrAoMizZc0iYjuSnkCG7uj6ptTJQQx9RBg4m1K0555h6H0SgDe1twdWXdsA31YidIvDNTkyHlhYpqu1JgbJUFNoRr0SkssUh9Aeq6u6In_8yULUB-XevvpabnzWL_dsV68/s1600/The-remains-of-the-SS-Ayrfield-in-Homebush-Bay-Australia-Imgur.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKdu2BR6_V5ATrAoMizZc0iYjuSnkCG7uj6ptTJQQx9RBg4m1K0555h6H0SgDe1twdWXdsA31YidIvDNTkyHlhYpqu1JgbJUFNoRr0SkssUh9Aeq6u6In_8yULUB-XevvpabnzWL_dsV68/s1600/The-remains-of-the-SS-Ayrfield-in-Homebush-Bay-Australia-Imgur.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 2rem; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1.2;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">Homebush Bay</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"> is a </span>bay<span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"> on the south bank of the </span>Parramatta River<span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">, in the inner west of </span>Sydney<span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">, in the state of </span>New South Wales<span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">, </span>Australia<span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">. The name is also used to refer to an area to the west and south of the bay itself, which was formerly an official </span>suburb<span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"> of </span>Sydney<span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">, which has now become the suburbs of </span>Sydney Olympic Park<span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">, </span>Wentworth Point<span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"> and part of the neighbouring suburb of </span>Lidcombe<span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">. Homebush Bay is located 16 kilometres west of the </span>Sydney central business district<span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">, in the </span>local government area<span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"> of</span>City of Auburn<span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">. </span>Homebush<span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"> and </span>Homebush West<span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"> are separate suburbs.</span></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"><br /></span></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Read More <a href="http://goo.gl/s2K2s5" target="_blank">Click Here:-</a></b></span></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 2rem; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1.2;">9. Mirny Diamond Mine, Siberia</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 2rem; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1.2;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 29.25px; margin-bottom: 2.6rem; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"> <img alt=" 19 Magnificent Abandoned Places on Earth" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-373" height="625" src="http://nature-nest.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Mirny-Diamond-Mine%E2%80%93Siberia.jpeg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto 2.4rem; max-width: 100%;" title="19 Magnificent Abandoned Places on Earth" width="1000" /></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 29.25px; margin-bottom: 2.6rem; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #252525; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">The </span><b style="color: #252525; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">Mir mine</b><span style="color: #252525; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"> (</span><span style="color: #666666;">Russian</span><span style="color: #252525; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">: </span><span style="color: #252525; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"> </span><i style="color: #252525; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">Kimberlitovaya Almaznaya Trubka "Mir"</i><span style="color: #252525; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">; English: </span><span style="color: #444444;">kimberlite<span style="line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"> </span>diamond</span><span style="color: #252525; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"> pipe "World" or "Peace"), also called the </span><b style="color: #252525; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">Mirny mine</b><span style="color: #252525; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">, is a former </span><span style="color: #444444;">open pit<span style="line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"> </span>diamond</span><span style="color: #666666;"> </span><span style="color: #252525; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">mine, now inactive, located in </span><span style="color: #444444;">Mirny<span style="line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">, </span>Eastern Siberia<span style="line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">,</span>Russia</span><span style="color: #252525; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">. The mine is 525 meters (1,722 ft) deep (4th in the world) and has a diameter of 1,200 m (3,900 ft),</span><span style="color: #252525; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"> and is the second largest excavated hole in the world, after </span><span style="color: #444444;">Bingham Canyon Mine</span><span style="color: #252525; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">. The airspace above the mine is closed for helicopters because of alleged incidents in which they fell in due to air temperature differences and unexpected currents.</span></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 29.25px; margin-bottom: 2.6rem; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"> <b style="color: #252525; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"><a href="http://goo.gl/LM2ffv" target="_blank">Read More Click Here:-</a></b></div> <h4 left="" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 2rem; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.6rem; text-align: -webkit-center;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">10. Craco abandoned medieval village in Italy</span></h4> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 29.25px; margin-bottom: 2.6rem; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"> <img alt="Craco 19 Magnificent Abandoned Places on Earth" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-374" height="663" src="http://nature-nest.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Craco.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto 2.4rem; max-width: 100%;" title="19 Magnificent Abandoned Places on Earth" width="999" /></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Craco</b> is a ghost town and <i>comune</i> in the Province of Matera, in the southern Italian region of Basilicata.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The old town was abandoned due to natural disasters. The abandonment has made Craco a tourist attraction and a popular filming location. In 2010, Craco has been included in the watch list of the World Monuments Fund.</span><br /> <div style="font-family: sans-serif;"> <br /></div> <div style="font-family: sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://goo.gl/kovzTZ" target="_blank">Read More Click Here:-</a></b></span></div> <div style="font-family: sans-serif;"> <br /></div> </div> <h4 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 2rem; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.6rem; text-align: -webkit-center;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">11. Fishing hut on a lake in Germany</span></h4> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; line-height: 29.25px; margin-bottom: 2.6rem; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"> <div style="font-size: 18px;"> <img alt="Fishing hut lake Germany 19 Magnificent Abandoned Places on Earth" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-375" height="562" src="http://nature-nest.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Fishing-hut-lake-Germany.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto 2.4rem; max-width: 100%;" title="19 Magnificent Abandoned Places on Earth" width="1000" /></div> <div style="color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em; text-align: start;"> <b>Lake Toplitz</b> (German: <i>Toplitzsee</i>) is a lake situated in a dense mountain forest high up in the Austrian Alps, 98 km (61 mi) from Salzburg in western Austria. It is surrounded by cliffs and forests in the Salzkammergut lake district, within the Totes Gebirge (dead mountains). The Toplitzsee water contains no oxygen below a depth of 20m. Fish can survive only in the top 18m, as the water below 20m is salty, although bacteria and worms have been found below 20m that can live without oxygen.</div> <div style="color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em; text-align: start;"> During 1943-44, the shore of Lake Toplitz served as a Nazi naval testing station. Using copper diaphragms, scientists experimented with different explosives, detonating up to 4,000 kg charges at various depths. They also fired torpedoes from a launching pad in the lake into the Tote Mountains, producing vast holes in the canyon walls. Millions of counterfeit pound sterling notes (£100+ million) were dumped in the lake after Operation Bernhard, which was never fully put into action. There is speculation that there might be other valuables to be recovered from the bottom of the Toplitzsee. The speculation is due to there being a layer of sunken logs floating half way to the bottom of the lake, making diving beyond it hazardous or impossible. Gerhard Zauner, one of the divers on the 1959 expedition reports that he saw a sunken aircraft below this layer.</div> <div style="color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em; text-align: start;"> The area is accessible only on foot by a mile-long path, as the K-Mautner-Weg is a private road that serves the Fisherman's Hut restaurant at the western end.</div> </div> <h4 left="" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 2rem; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.6rem; text-align: -webkit-center;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">12. Curon Venosta, Italy</span></h4> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 29.25px; margin-bottom: 2.6rem; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"> <div style="color: #666666; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"> <img alt="Curon Venosta Italy 19 Magnificent Abandoned Places on Earth" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-377" height="664" src="http://nature-nest.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Curon-Venosta-Italy.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto 2.4rem; max-width: 100%;" title="19 Magnificent Abandoned Places on Earth" width="1000" /></div> <h2 class="teaser eightcol" style="border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 28px; margin: 0px 10px 18px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline; width: 580px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Curon in the tri-border region Italy-Austria-Switzerland comprises the Lago di Resia, Lago di S. Valentino and the Vallelunga valley.</span></h2> <div style="color: #666666; text-align: left;"> <div class="content_text eightcol" style="border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 580px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The steeple that soars from the waters of the Lago di Resia is considered the symbol of the upper Val Venosta. However, the municipality of Curon has got much more to offer than Lake Resia and Lago di S. Valentino farther south.</span></div> <div class="content_text eightcol" style="border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 580px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In summer this area is particularly popular with those who love cycling as the Via Claudia Augusta is one of the most frequented cycle tracks of Europe, stretching down towards Merano. If you love mountaineering, we recommend you the Vallelunga and the Val Roja, where hiking trails and Alpine routes stretch up the three-thousanderes at the border to Switzerland. This is also where the famous Palla Bianca glacier is located.</span></div> <div class="content_text eightcol" style="border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 580px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Also in winter Curon in Alta Val Venosta is worth a visit. With Maseben, Belpiano and Malga S. Valentino, the municipality offers three skiing areas and is in part also connected to Nauders farther north. Not yet satisfied? Ice sailing, snow kiting, ice surfing at Lago Resia and a horse-drawn sleigh ride across the fariytale winter landscape make your holidays in Alta Val Venosta a special experience.</span></div> </div> </div> <h4 left="" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 2rem; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.6rem; text-align: -webkit-center;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">13. The Kerry Way walking path between Sneem and Kenmare in Ireland</span></h4> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 29.25px; margin-bottom: 2.6rem; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"> <div style="color: #666666; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"> <img alt="The Kerry Way Sneem Kenmare Ireland 19 Magnificent Abandoned Places on Earth" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-379" height="750" src="http://nature-nest.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/The-Kerry-Way-Sneem-Kenmare-Ireland.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto 2.4rem; max-width: 100%;" title="19 Magnificent Abandoned Places on Earth" width="1000" /></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #252525; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">The </span><b style="color: #252525; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">Kerry Way</b><span style="color: #252525; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"> (</span><span style="color: #444444;">Irish</span><span style="line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"><span style="color: #444444;">:</span><span style="color: #252525;"> </span></span><span lang="ga" style="color: #252525; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;" xml:lang="ga"><i>Slí Uíbh Ráthaigh</i></span><span style="color: #252525; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">)</span><span style="line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"><span style="color: #252525;"> is a</span> </span>long-distance trail<span style="line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"> in </span>County Kerry<span style="line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"><span style="color: #252525;">, Ireland. It is a 214-kilometre (133-mile) long circular trail that begins and ends in</span> </span>Killarney<span style="line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">. It is typically completed in nine days.</span><span style="line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"> It is designated as a </span>National Waymarked Trail<span style="line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"> by the National Trails Office of the </span>Irish Sports Council<span style="line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"> and is managed by </span>Kerry County Council<span style="line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">, South Kerry Development Partnership and the Kerry Way Committee.</span><span style="line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"> The Way circles the </span>Iveragh Peninsula<span style="line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"> and forms a walkers' version of the </span>Ring of Kerry<span style="line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"> road tour.</span><span style="line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"> It is the longest of Ireland's National Waymarked Trails.</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"><br /></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>History:-</b></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"><br /></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #252525; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">The Kerry Way was first proposed in 1982 and developed by members of the Laune Mountaineering Club and the Kerry association of </span>An Taisce<span style="color: #252525; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">, under the chairmanship of Seán O Súilleabháin.</span><span style="color: #252525; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"> O Suilleabháin was inspired by a history lecture he had attended given by Father John Hayes on the subject of old roads and paths in the southwest of Ireland.</span><span style="color: #252525; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"> Realising that "there was a spider's web-like network of roads and paths that could be combined to form a route around Kerry", he began devising the trail that would become the Kerry Way.</span><span style="color: #252525; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"> The first section – from Killarney to </span>Glenbeigh<span style="color: #252525; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"> – was opened by </span>Tánaiste<span style="color: #252525; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"> </span>Dick Spring<span style="color: #252525; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"> in 1985.</span><span style="color: #252525; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"> It was the second long-distance trail to be opened in the Republic of Ireland, after the</span>Wicklow Way<span style="color: #252525; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">.</span><span style="color: #252525; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"> The full route was completed in 1989 and opened by </span>Frank Fahey<span style="color: #252525; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">, T. D., </span>Minister of State<span style="color: #252525; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"> for Youth and Sport.</span><span style="color: #252525; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"> The trail was constructed by workers on </span>FÁS<span style="color: #252525; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"> social employment schemes at a cost of </span>IEP<span style="color: #252525; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"> £60,000 and involved the provision of over 200 stiles and six footbridges as well as waymarkers.</span></span></div> </div> <h4 left="" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 2rem; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.6rem; text-align: -webkit-center;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">14. Gulliver’s Travels Park, Kawaguchi, Japan</span></h4> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 29.25px; margin-bottom: 2.6rem; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"> <div style="color: #666666; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"> <img alt="Gullivers Travels Park Kawaguchi Japan 19 Magnificent Abandoned Places on Earth" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-381" height="667" src="http://nature-nest.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Gullivers-Travels-Park-Kawaguchi-Japan.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto 2.4rem; max-width: 100%;" title="19 Magnificent Abandoned Places on Earth" width="1000" /></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="line-height: 19.600000381469727px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Japan’s abandoned theme park Gulliver’s Kingdom “…was located between Aokigarah and Kamikuishiki, two areas that have some of the most disturbing reputations in all of Japan. Aokigarah is better known to Westerners as “the suicide forest,” where around 100 people take their lives every year and annual searches are necessary to clear the area of all the corpses. Kamikuishiki was home to the Aum Shinriyko doomsday cult that was responsible for the 1995 Sarin gas attacks on the Tokyo subway that left 13 people dead. Aside from the ghastly reputation of Kamikuishiki, the village was plagued with the residual smell of the cult’s nerve gas factory  for up to five years after the factories were closed up—and the smell wafted all the way over to Gulliver’s Kingdom.” —Neatorama</span></span></div> </div> <h4 left="" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 2rem; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.6rem; text-align: -webkit-center;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">15. Angkor Wat in Cambodia</span></h4> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 29.25px; margin-bottom: 2.6rem; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"> <div style="color: #666666; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"> <img alt="Angkor Wat Cambodia 19 Magnificent Abandoned Places on Earth" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-382" height="750" src="http://nature-nest.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Angkor-Wat-Cambodia.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto 2.4rem; max-width: 100%;" title="19 Magnificent Abandoned Places on Earth" width="1000" /></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">Angkor Wat</b><span style="line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"> (</span>Khmer<span style="line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">) was first a </span>Hindu<span style="line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">, then subsequently a </span>Buddhist<span style="line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">, temple complex in </span>Cambodia<span style="line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"> and the largest religious monument in the world. The temple was built by the </span>Khmer<span style="line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"> King </span>Suryavarman II<span style="line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"> in the early 12th century in </span>Yaśodharapura<span style="line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"> (</span>Khmer<span style="line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">: </span><span style="line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">present-day </span>Angkor<span style="line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">), the capital of the </span>Khmer Empire<span style="line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">, as his state temple and eventual mausoleum. Breaking from the </span>Shaiva<span style="line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"> tradition of previous kings, Angkor Wat was instead dedicated to </span>Vishnu<span style="line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">. As the best-preserved temple at the site, it is the only one to have remained a significant religious center since its foundation. The temple is at the top of the high classical style of </span>Khmer architecture<span style="line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">. It has become a symbol of </span>Cambodia<span style="line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">,</span><span style="line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"> appearing on </span>its national flag<span style="line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">, and it is the country's prime attraction for visitors.</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"><br /></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"><b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="http://goo.gl/1xeLv9" target="_blank">Read More Click Here:-</a></span></b></span></div> </div> <h4 left="" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 2rem; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.6rem; text-align: -webkit-center;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">16. 1984 Winter Olympics bobsleigh track in Sarajevo</span></h4> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 29.25px; margin-bottom: 2.6rem; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"> <img alt="1984 Winter Olympics bobsleig track Sarajevo 19 Magnificent Abandoned Places on Earth" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-383" height="749" src="http://nature-nest.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/1984-Winter-Olympics-bobsleig-track-Sarajevo.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto 2.4rem; max-width: 100%;" title="19 Magnificent Abandoned Places on Earth" width="999" /></div> <h4 left="" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 2rem; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.6rem; text-align: -webkit-center;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">17. Hashima Island, Japan</span></h4> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 29.25px; margin-bottom: 2.6rem; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"> <img alt="Hashima Island 19 Magnificent Abandoned Places on Earth" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-384" height="750" src="http://nature-nest.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Hashima-Island.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto 2.4rem; max-width: 100%;" title="19 Magnificent Abandoned Places on Earth" width="1000" /></div> <h4 left="" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 2rem; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.6rem; text-align: -webkit-center;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">18. Sunken yacht in Antarctica</span></h4> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 29.25px; margin-bottom: 2.6rem; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"> <img alt="Sunken yacht Antarctica 19 Magnificent Abandoned Places on Earth" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-385" height="601" src="http://nature-nest.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Sunken-yacht-Antarctica.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto 2.4rem; max-width: 100%;" title="19 Magnificent Abandoned Places on Earth" width="999" /></div> <h4 left="" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 2rem; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.6rem; text-align: -webkit-center;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">19. Hafodunos Hall in Llangernyw, North Wales</span></h4> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 29.25px; margin-bottom: 2.6rem; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"> <div style="color: #666666; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"> <img alt="Hafodunos Hall Llangernyw North Wales 19 Magnificent Abandoned Places on Earth" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-387" height="750" src="http://nature-nest.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Hafodunos-Hall-Llangernyw-North-Wales.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto 2.4rem; max-width: 100%;" title="19 Magnificent Abandoned Places on Earth" width="1000" /></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">Hafodunos Hall</b><span style="line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"> is a </span>Gothic revival<span style="line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"> house located near the village of </span>Llangernyw<span style="line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"> in </span>Wales<span style="line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">. Designed by </span>Sir George Gilbert Scott<span style="line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">, it was built between 1861 and 1866 for Henry Robertson Sandbach, replacing a house that had been built in 1674.</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"><br /></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"><b>Read More <a href="http://goo.gl/tIQiHA" target="_blank">Click Here:- </a></b></span></span></div> </div> </div>

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Craco Abandoned Medieval Village In Italy

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <h2 style="background-color: white; font-size: 22px; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Craco, a Medieval Italian Ghost Town</span></h2> <div> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9EYRxdfdGN_xs0QZlfKtoLcmaW_3C6os2vN3ZreQy_gx0oj5bON_dAY3MsYMIL7ZMCgPLFigUk-bRiQbaAMsZ2hTcfAwTa_qd9jl36kf4iKcaXupPgpeosId-Uky4oxPZ4g-Q63futIqM/s1600/craco-italy-woe1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9EYRxdfdGN_xs0QZlfKtoLcmaW_3C6os2vN3ZreQy_gx0oj5bON_dAY3MsYMIL7ZMCgPLFigUk-bRiQbaAMsZ2hTcfAwTa_qd9jl36kf4iKcaXupPgpeosId-Uky4oxPZ4g-Q63futIqM/s1600/craco-italy-woe1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em;"> <b>Craco</b> is a ghost town and <i>comune</i> in the Province of Matera, in the southern Italian region of Basilicata.</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em;"> The old town was abandoned due to natural disasters. The abandonment has made Craco a tourist attraction and a popular filming location. In 2010, Craco has been included in the watch list of the World Monuments Fund.</div> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfd_8rurdkdzhxfZwe5o7v7klHxQTirtWhnuz_J3S7PdJ0Zy-JRPoicfthwJ6-pcEN6eLh_LZE5j0CAxKGMUkkl42Q3nmE64LhEySXYxW-Tjb9RMSw7OPCcRUKtWvACeIaGJNsmv_i4f2d/s1600/craco-italy-.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfd_8rurdkdzhxfZwe5o7v7klHxQTirtWhnuz_J3S7PdJ0Zy-JRPoicfthwJ6-pcEN6eLh_LZE5j0CAxKGMUkkl42Q3nmE64LhEySXYxW-Tjb9RMSw7OPCcRUKtWvACeIaGJNsmv_i4f2d/s1600/craco-italy-.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18.479999542236328px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #444444;">First inhabited by Greeks during the 6th century AD, <b>Craco </b>was built 40 km (25 miles) inland and on a very steep summit for defensive reasons. During the following centuries, the town went under feudal control. A university was established in 1276 and by 1561 it had reached a population of 2,590 people.</span></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18.479999542236328px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18.479999542236328px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #444444;">By 1799, the townspeople overthrew the feudal system and Craco became an independent municipality and later, part of the Kingdom of Italy.</span></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18.479999542236328px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18.479999542236328px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #444444;">Soon though, the town started facing geological problems. By the beginning of the 20th century, hundreds of inhabidants had emigrated to north America due to poor agricultural conditions. A series of earthquakes and landslides followed in the next decades and in 1963 the entire population of 1,800 residents moved to Craco Peschiera for safety reasons. </span></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18.479999542236328px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18.479999542236328px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #444444;">Today, the ghost town of Craco is visited by many tourists as well as many old residents who return back to the their hometown for annual religious festivals. The image of Craco has been used over the years in various films as a background setting; Quantum of Solace and The Passion of the Christ, being two of them. </span></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18.479999542236328px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;"><br /></span><span style="color: #666666; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;"></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;"><br /></span><span style="color: #666666; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;"></span><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3YkjJ11P3WlaSvWnUWei8vV6H_yOUhJbWUrk7UsgLDT_Y2JSC4s5ceUEHnXnZfFmU1sy86-VHot_kRfJPDoMR0gtGebWYzOEcNEv2iXFp08KG4i-AqXcAuCLAV0HfUPuSyA9K5GRMXS4j/s640/10.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; 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Mirny Diamond Mine-Siberia

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="background-color: #fbfaf6; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.5em; padding: 0px 0px 0.75em; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The second largest man-made hole in the world (surpassed only by the Bingham Copper Mine in Utah) is a diamond mine located on the outskirts of Mirny, a small town in eastern Siberia.</span></div> <div style="background-color: #fbfaf6; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5em; padding: 0.75em 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Excavation on the pit began in 1955, and today it is 1,722 feet (525 meters) deep, and 3,900 feet (1.25 kilometers) across. Stalin ordered construction of the mine to satisfy the Soviet Union's need for industrial-grade diamonds following the war.</span></div> <div style="background-color: #fbfaf6; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5em; padding: 0.75em 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The harsh, frozen Siberian landscape made working on the mine a difficult proposition at best. Jet engines were turned on the unyielding permafrost in order to melt it; when that failed, explosives were used. During its peak years of operation, the Mirny mine produced over 10 million carats of diamonds annually, a good percentage of which were gem-quality.</span></div> <div style="background-color: #fbfaf6; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5em; padding: 0.75em 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Although open pit mining has ceased in the pit, mining work is continuing by underground methods. The massive 20-foot (6 meter) tall rock-hauling trucks that service the Mirny mine travel along a road that spirals down from the lip of the hole to its basin.</span></div> <div style="background-color: #fbfaf6; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5em; padding: 0.75em 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Though it has been said that the airspace above the mine is off-limits to helicopters, after "a few accidents when they were 'sucked in' by downward air flow" there is no evidence to substantiate the claim.</span></div> </div>

Mirny Diamond Mine-Siberia

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The remains of the SS Ayrfield in Homebush Bay-Australia

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhatbrQj5z6R7OC3di7cfMGsLTovIqTbIooaYMzp7YPWWd43A40gHHlGwgknSR_wYv039ZZNeY0g9Lmf6GCfl7SU77vv1I8oobZ01z97jWDfA1fmM55_zImIDbOQP8DSRbFA_keE4u8K2P-/s1600/The+remains+of+the.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhatbrQj5z6R7OC3di7cfMGsLTovIqTbIooaYMzp7YPWWd43A40gHHlGwgknSR_wYv039ZZNeY0g9Lmf6GCfl7SU77vv1I8oobZ01z97jWDfA1fmM55_zImIDbOQP8DSRbFA_keE4u8K2P-/s1600/The+remains+of+the.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Homebush Bay</b> is a bay on the south bank of the Parramatta River, in the inner west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The name is also used to refer to an area to the west and south of the bay itself, which was formerly an official suburb of Sydney, which has now become the suburbs of Sydney Olympic Park, Wentworth Point and part of the neighbouring suburb of Lidcombe. Homebush Bay is located 16 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of City of Auburn.  Homebush and Homebush West are separate suburbs.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVZKor8lcLAw_dUOvETsQKfnlDSC_sf5U-1ywm05cRZPn5HJmjM509oF9dyCiQTMQ-z5CYQSmKirpsVAExIBI5X-_VLRexgD7w6Z6M5mXrJ2pmnQLLPie4xLUITUecUf7C-viDT_rfQ84W/s1600/boat-homebush.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVZKor8lcLAw_dUOvETsQKfnlDSC_sf5U-1ywm05cRZPn5HJmjM509oF9dyCiQTMQ-z5CYQSmKirpsVAExIBI5X-_VLRexgD7w6Z6M5mXrJ2pmnQLLPie4xLUITUecUf7C-viDT_rfQ84W/s1600/boat-homebush.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #252525; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">The bay has natural and artificial shoreline on the southern side of the Parramatta River between the former suburb of Homebush Bay and the suburb of Rhodes. The bay was contaminated with dioxin and other chemicals by Union Carbide group which led to commercial fishing bans in most of Sydney Harbour and health advisories about limiting the quantity of fish eaten from the Parramattta River. Fishing is prohibited in Homebush Bay for health reasons. Other contamination includes phthalates, lead, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, DDT and heavy metals.</span><span style="line-height: 11.666666030883789px;"> </span><span style="line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">The eastern shore of the bay was remediated starting in 2008 to remove about 75% of the dioxin from the bay. Remediation was completed in mid-2010.</span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"><br /></span></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLr8JurlSB4GXjF7uklMXGIYw02i9hvlYtrDbcMf1DsRCjbwYQ4KcWQEDQQuRDflM6fzc8yCjeoFZa0bnPCBP71-ciczCM0Uz-dkdcsJTF1_ztcxrUDvt7UHeCLunqJGoozrHHKkpA1mzC/s1600/boat.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLr8JurlSB4GXjF7uklMXGIYw02i9hvlYtrDbcMf1DsRCjbwYQ4KcWQEDQQuRDflM6fzc8yCjeoFZa0bnPCBP71-ciczCM0Uz-dkdcsJTF1_ztcxrUDvt7UHeCLunqJGoozrHHKkpA1mzC/s1600/boat.jpg" width="498" /></a></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em;"> <span style="line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em;"> <span style="line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"><b>History:-</b></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Homebush was established in the 1800s by the colony's then assistant surgeon D'arcy Wentworth. According to local government historian Michael Jones, "Wentworth is popularly credited with having called the area after his 'home in the bush', although Homebush is also a place in Kent.<span style="line-height: 1;"><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"></sup></span></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the 20th century Homebush Bay became a centre of heavy industry, with large scale land reclamations to accommodate industrial facilities. When industrail operations scaled down, the bay became a dumping ground for a large range of unwanted material - from waste to broken up ships, even toxic industrial waste. Union Carbide had manufactured chemicals, including Agent Orange, on the site and dioxins produced as a by product were buried in landfill or left in drums.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A drive to regenerate and rehabilitate the bay began in the 1980s. This led to the construction of Bicentennial Park, including a program to regenerate some of the mangrove wetlands and saltmarshes which existed around the bay pre-development. In preparation for the 2000 Sydney Olympics, it was decided to site Sydney Olympic Park at Homebush Bay, which spurred the further regeneration and rehabilitation of the bay. A range of residential and commercial developments also began around the bay, including the development of a large shopping centre and residential district on the eastern shore.</span></div> </div>

The remains of the SS Ayrfield in Homebush Bay-Australia

Homebush Bay  is a bay on the south bank of the Parramatta River, in the inner west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Austra...

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