town Archives – Barnorama

An Entire American City Is For Sale

Megi7 — Mon, 03 Apr 2017 13:10:53 +0000

For the low price of $3.5 million dollars, you can be the proud owner of Tiller, Oregon.

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Chinese Residents Build Homes In An Interesting Place

Megi7 — Tue, 12 Apr 2016 23:42:28 +0000

The residents of Sanmenhi City, Henan Province, like to build unique homes. Their houses are sometimes made out of pits that sit below the ground. It’s estimated that there are over 1,000 underground homes in the city.

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There’s A Sinking Ghost Town In Greece

Megi7 — Wed, 17 Feb 2016 00:42:05 +0000

In central Greece there is a village called Ropoto and it’s been abandoned since 2012. The terrain shifted after the area was hit with a local disaster and now everything in the village is either sinking or slanted.

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See What Happened When A Town Forgot To Turn Their Water Tower Off

Megi7 — Mon, 11 Jan 2016 23:12:56 +0000

Someone forgot to turn this town’s water tower off and now there’s a giant pillar of ice next to the tower. One thing’s for sure, it won’t be melting anytime soon.

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Town Reacts To A Murderous Ghost

Megi7 — Sun, 21 Sep 2014 22:02:37 +0000

Tha Sawang, Thailand is haunted by a murderous ghost and none of its citizens are safe.

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Street Artist “Toon Bombs” His Local Town

Megi7 — Tue, 07 Jan 2014 22:02:52 +0000

Aiden Glynn is back with a new series of clever and silly street installations

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French Teens Partying with a Llama

Megi7 — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 23:52:32 +0000

Five drunk teenagers from Bordeaux, France, kidnapped a 8-year-old circus llama named Serge and took him to a party. The kids and the llama boarded a subway train but were later stopped by a station agent. They were arrested and Serge was safely returned to the circus.

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Ghost Town Namie, Japan

Megi7 — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 00:34:58 +0000

Namie is a small town in Japan that was abandoned after tsunami and Fukushima nuclear plant fail in 2011. At the invitation of local officials, Google recently deployed its camera-equipped vehicles to Namie to create a street view map of the deserted town so residents can see their abandoned homes, and the world can witness the remains of the disaster.

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Mayor of the Town of Talkeetna

Megi7 — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 22:34:26 +0000

I’m sure it is one of the best mayor in the world. Red cat named Stubbs won the elections in 1997 and became the mayor of Alaskan town of Talkeetna that has approximately 900 residents. Most of the time Stubbs hangs out in the local general store, where he eats cat food and meets with his voters.

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Underground Town in South Australia

Megi7 — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 14:34:30 +0000

Coober Pedy is also known as the world’s opal capital with 30% global opals mined here. As for the town name, it is translated as “whitemans hole” from the Aboriginal term kupa-piti.

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Abandoned Military Town

Megi7 — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 15:36:15 +0000

This ghost town was abandoned in 2005, but once there were people whose life was in full swing, and certainly they were dreaming of a bright future.

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