Kolmanskop, Namibia
Family homes that were abandoned are now filled with sand in Kolmanskop, a once prosperous mining town deep in the Namib Desert
The German-style village flourished after diamonds were discovered in 1908, but its decaying homes have been left to rot
Port Arthur, Tasmania
The former convict settlement at Port Arthur is now a World Heritage Site and Tasmania’s most popular tourist attraction
Even though Port Arthur's prison closed in 1877, a new community grew around it and thrived over the next century
Fordlandia, Brazil
Fordlandia, in the Brazilian rainforest, was created by Henry Ford in 1928 as a rubber plantation that would feed his Michigan factories
The industrialist hoped to instil the American way of life in his Brazilian workers, but the project was abandoned by the end of World War II加拿大华人网 http://www.sinoca.com/
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