There’s something haunting and captivating about abandoned villages. These ghost towns, once full of life, now stand silent, their ruins telling stories of the past. From forgotten mining towns ...

Years of declining births, economic hardship and mass emigration have left huge swathes of Greece vacant, creating fresh ...

A derelict Spanish village was snapped up by a Dutch couple for just €350,000, and now it’s gearing up for a fresh start as ...

For more than 60 years, archaeologists and historians have pioneered new techniques in the town in an attempt to understand what life was like in the village, and why it was eventually abandoned.

Some of the abandoned houses in Perlora, including two with the characteristic shape of the Asturian granaries, in a photo taken on September 26, 2022 (Photo: www.viajeaeden.es ).

An abandoned UK village has become a "ghost town" with a dark side, according to locals. Llandysul in west Wales was once a thriving community, with two schools, four banks, a number of shops ...

In the towns and villages of southern Syria that Israel has occupied since the overthrow of longtime strongman Bashar al-Assad, soldiers and residents size each other up from a distance.

While Darlington and County Durham feature plenty of towns and villages in modern day, there are some locations that don't exist any more. As part of finding lost and abandoned villages ...

Greece's abandoned "ghost" towns and villages offer an eerie glimpse into the future of a country, whose prime minister has warned of "existential" population collapse. Years of decreasing ...