From empty mining towns and deserted military bases to ruined medieval hamlets and depopulated villages, we've rounded up the most haunting ghost towns in England, Scotland and Wales. Read on to ...

Often nicknamed ghost towns, these once populated places become ... while a statue of Vladimir Lenin staring out onto of the empty buildings, has become a tourist attraction for adventurous ...

The town's residents were forced to evacuate after landslides, believed to have been triggered by infrastructure projects, ...

With its rich and long history, spanning everything from ancient settlements to the world wars, Great Britain is dotted with abandoned communities that are windows into the past. From empty mining ...

Second homes lying empty in some of the most beautiful seaside locations in the country threaten to turn local communities into "ghost towns". Difficult economic conditions and a sluggish ...

Narrator: And that's Gillian, a new homeowner in Sambuca, Sicily, a picturesque town in Italy's countryside in danger of dying out. That is, until the government started selling abandoned homes ...

The city is perhaps the world's most famous nuclear ghost town - but it's not the only one. Other major nuclear accidents have prompted evacuations that turned cities and villages into ghost towns.

These abandoned houses have created "ghost villages" in Japan's rural prefectures where homes can neither be filled nor knocked down. In some areas, nearly one out of every five homes is empty.