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Antikythera, a remote Greek island with just 24 permanent residents, is trying to repopulate itself by paying families €500 a month for three years and providing free housing. The…
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From a Bavarian village in the Cascades to a Dutch town in Iowa with America's tallest working windmill, these 15 towns offer European charm without the transatlantic flight. Most…
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Sicilian and Sardinian towns have sold thousands of abandoned houses to foreigners for the symbolic price of €1. The hidden costs, deadlines, and bureaucracy mean only a fraction of…
From the California desert to the Florida swamp, mid-20th-century real estate developers laid out roads, dug canals, and platted hundreds of thousands of lots for residents who never came. The…
In August 1986, a crater lake in northwestern Cameroon released a cloud of carbon dioxide that suffocated entire villages in their sleep. Scientists are still working to make sure it…
In 2014, a council in North Wales declared the seaside village of Fairbourne would have to be abandoned by 2054 due to rising seas. A decade later, the residents are…