Abandoned Places That Are Trapped in Time
| February 27, 2017
Kolmanskop, Namibia
It’s not every day you’ll stumble across a German-style town half-buried in sand in the Namib Desert, but that’s exactly what you’ll see as you approach the town of Kolmanskop, Namibia. Originally built by German administrators, the town was built on the site where a young man plucked a diamond out of the sand. Kolmanskop was built quickly as enterprising men reacted to the discovery of diamonds, but as soon as the diamonds were depleted, the town was abandoned.
Now, drifting waves of sand cover everything from the mines to the pub.
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