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The submerged city of Pavlopetri (Greek: Παυλοπέτρι) is found in Vatika Bay, off the coast of southern Laconia in Peloponnese, Greece. It is about 5,000 years old, making it the oldest submerged city known in the world. [citation needed] Pavlopetri is unique in having an almost complete town plan, including streets, buildings, and tombs.
Abandoned / demolished: Former company town for W.P. Brown and Sons Lumber Co., some plots still visible near intersection of Tabernacle Road and Brownville Pike Road in Northwestern Tuscaloosa County Cahaba [4] [3] Dallas: 1819: 1865: Abandoned: First capital of Alabama, from 1820-1826 Cedric [4] Randolph: Four miles southwest of Roanoke ...
Only traces remain of Grand, the county seat of Old Day County.. Building or houses still standing; Buildings and houses all abandoned; No population, except caretaker; Site no longer in existence except for one or two buildings, for example old church, grocery store
Scott and Shantal Murphy relocated to Phoenix in 2006 and bought a home in nearby Mesa, Ariz. for $325,000 at the height of the real estate market. By 2008, when the family decided to pack up and ...
Here are six abandoned historic homes for sale that you can buy right now. Located in the quaint town of Milton, North Carolina, the Gordon-Brandon House was possibly built circa 1850 by a local ...
Ojuela, a mining town near Durango City, was abandoned when the area's ore supply was exhausted. Real de Catorce was once a flourishing silver mining town in northern Mexico. Its dramatic landscapes and buildings have been used by Hollywood for movies such as The Mexican (2001) with Brad Pitt and Julia Roberts. Recent efforts to adapt the town ...
Government has long used its powers of "eminent domain" to seize private property for projects it considers in the "common good," like roads or schools. Two cities in California, however, are ...