Secrets of Europe's abandoned towns
By Rachel Truman
of Love Exploring
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Frozen in time
Silent streets, vacant houses and dilapidated buildings, Europe is riddled with eerie ghost towns. From depopulated military and mining towns and drowned villages to age-old enclaves destroyed by war and disasters or desolate modern developments abandoned due to economic decline. Read on to explore some of Europe's most haunting ghost towns...
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