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Abandoned Places : 60 Stories of Places Where Time Has Stopped by Richard Happer, Collins Collins Books is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

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Ghost towns, empty streets, crumbling ruins and lost empires this book reveals these and other deserted places. Many places featured were once populated and now sit unoccupied, modern day ruins, sitting in decay. Stories, facts and photographs of 60 beautiful and eerie abandoned places from throughout the world. Time has stopped and nature is taking resident in these places mainly due to natural disasters, war or economic reasons. Places include: * Severely damaged by Hurricane Katrina, Six Flags Jazzland has been abandoned since. Several of the rides still stand, a testimony to the resilience of New Orleans. * Shicheng in China has been under water for 53 years since the Xin'an River Hydro Plant flooded the area. The city was founded 1,300 years ago. * Chernobyl was totally abandoned after the nearby nuclear disaster in 1986. Due to radiation, it has been left untouched ever since the incident and will be for many thousands of years into the future. Nature now rules the city in what resembles an apocalyptic movie. * Poveglia is an island in the Venetian Lagoon which under the rule of Napoleon Bonaparte became a dumping ground for plague victims and later an asylum for the mentally

Who reads Abandoned Places : 60 Stories of Places Where Time Has Stopped?

Author

Richard Happer, Collins Collins Books

Publisher

HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Published

2015

Language

EN

ISBN

9780008136598

Category

history

Subjects

Fiction, History, Humanities

Rating

4.32 / 5 (40 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14