Saint Kilda is an isolated group of islands in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. The largest island is Hirta. Permanent dwelling on the islands possibly extends back 2000 years, the population in all probability never went beyond 180. The entire remaining population was evacuated from Hirta, the only inhabited island, in 1930. You can see …
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Kolmanskop, a former Geman settlement is located on the west coast of Africa in the southern region of the country of Namibia. The once majestic city sits just 10 kilometers from the sea, built on waves of sands. The ghost city of Kolmanskop has abandoned for more than 50 years. It’s buildings trying in vain …
The World’s Most Dangerous Island Snake Island Brazil is home to the Golden Lancehead, a very deadly snake. The island is also known as Ilha da Queimada Grande and sits about 21 miles off the coast of Brazil. It is the island with the most venomous snakes in the world, making it the world’s most …
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Just Before it all went wrong It was Saturday in Pripyat, in the Soviet Union. The next weekend would be the annual May Day celebrations, the new amusement park would open with it big Ferris wheel that towered over this 16-year-old city of 49,360 people built to house the workers of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Something, however, …