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How To Explore This Eerie Ghost Town Being Swallowed By The Desert
Dec.29.2020
Like a snapshot in time, ghost towns can provide an eerie glimpse into the past, where time has stopped, but nature lives on around them. Our fascination with these places stems not from what we see but from understanding what happened there. Why did people come here and then leave? The mystery of the ghost town is why we seek them out. Itâs the stories that they tell.
Where Is Kolmanskop, Namibia
You will find just such a place, and a really good story, in the Namib Desert in the southwestern African nation of Namibia. Namibia is south of Angola, west of Botswana, and shares a border with South Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean, which is where youâll find the coastal town of Luderitz.