The Mystique Behind ‘Ghost Towns’: 3 Abandoned Towns You Need To Know About
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There’s a certain fascination about abandoned places. That uncanny feeling of wandering through abandoned villages has made for its own niche tourist appeal, with roundups and best-of lists curated specifically for those who love exploring the spooky vestiges of such areas.
In this edition of AD's Weekly Digest, we revisit three abandoned towns that you need to know about.
Al Madam Ghost Town: Your Guide to This Abandoned Village in Sharjah
Words by Fatma Hassan
Nestled between the borders of Sharjah and Oman, the Al Madam Village is known as the ‘Ghost Village’ of the UAE.
Sand dunes pile over the vacant homes of this abandoned town, cracked walls and peeling wallpapers serve as an eerie backdrop to the life its residents left behind. Some say it was abandoned because of supernatural occurrences, others blame modernisation… Whatever the real reason may be, the Al Madam Village has become a hotspot for thrill-seekers and a burgeoning cultural destination.
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Abandoned Mansions in China Have Transformed This Development Into a Ghost Town
Words by Katherine McLaughlin
Located around the hills of Shenyang (about 400 miles northeast of Beijing), the development was originally planned by Greenland Group, a Shanghai-based real estate developer, and broke ground in 2010.
But as AFP reports, within two years the project had come to grinding halt, leaving the half-formed skeletons of imitative royalty in its wake. Today the crumbling estates are still abandoned, left in an eerie series of rows appearing like an architectural cornfield.
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Burj Al Babas: The Abandoned Town in Turkey That Looks Like a Ghostly Disneyland
Words by bianca Felicori
It is called Burj Al Babas Villa and is a planned residential village in northwestern Turkey… and now, a ghostly abandoned town in the provincial district of Bolu, about three hours away from Istanbul.
The village, known as one of Turkey's largest and most catastrophic real estate failures in recent years, consists of more than five hundred buildings inspired by that of French and British castles: the result is an awkward reproduction of the historical archetype that is sometimes kitschy and sometimes eerie.
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