Sentences with phrase «ghost towns»

On the way to the park, there are a few detours you can take to see some Texas ghost towns.

But there's another destination within driving distance of San Francisco, rich in history (the gold rush, logging, ghost towns) and conveniently located on the Pacific Coast and in wine country: Mendocino County.

Rich in history (the gold rush, logging, ghost towns), Mendocino County is conveniently located in wine country on the Pacific Coast, and within driving distance of San Francisco.

From here we continue by coach across the Mojave Desert, passing small, isolated villages and abandoned ghost towns.

Re-join the San Joaquin to travel to Bakersfield, heading across the eerily beautiful Mojave Desert and past derelict ghost towns and atmospheric villages.

Take a scenic drive through the ranges, exploring historic ruins, isolated ghost towns and Aboriginal culture.

We have a variety of locations that encompass forests, streams, log cabins, deserted ghost towns, historical buildings, urban mountain towns, wide - open ranch lands, high desert, and everything in between.

Tourist hotspots on the Indonesian holiday island of Bali have turned to virtual ghost towns as residents and visitors clear out en masse in response to the looming threat of Mount Agung erupting.

Permanent exhibits in three 19th century buildings include Native American and St. Philippine Duchesne Shrine artifacts, history of Miami County ghost towns and artifacts of early settlements.

through banking and construction) given recent reports of massive numbers of abandoned ghost towns completed and still under construction.

However, the sad news is that they have been dogged with every conceivable doggish (dismal, oppressive, glum) existence and dog - hearted (cruel) fate a humble place can experience: slums, abandoned settlements, ghost towns, closed parks, forgotten existences, ignored areas, even death.

But I fear without radical revision of what urban education can be, our Missouri city schools can become veritable ghost towns.

Some of these shots depict recent housing developments that went bust and now seem like ghost towns, while others depict the remains of the Old West streets constructed to shoot the so - called spaghetti Westerns in the 1960s and»70s.

In addition to a full singleplayer campaign, God Eater: Resurrection is also online, although the servers are ghost towns.

The film gets darker as it goes on, up to a point where Jimmy is impersonating cowboys for Chinese events and gets lost in the ghost towns of China's excruciating economy and post-millennial life.

Today, there are only a handful, and many old mining villages have been reduced to veritable ghost towns, stricken with poverty and unemployment.

A tossup between oasis paradise and wasteland, or Eden and hellhole, this mecca turned ecological disaster of biblical proportions with its string of ghost towns and stubborn eccentric homesteaders, is the subject of this uniquely conceived documentary.

Texas Travel Directory, over 3200 Texas cities, towns, small towns and ghost towns: history, attractions, landmarks, vintage and contemporary photos Consider this an ode to knowing your neighbors, the local baristas knowing your coffee order, and seeing everyone gather at high school games on weekends.

I like hiking and visiting ghost towns, old abandoned buildings like churches and I am a photographer.

I like the beach, visiting old towns and / or Ghost Towns..

I ride motorcycles, fish, watch NASCAR, explore old ghost towns and also like staying home cuddling, romantic dinners, watching old movies.

It's our favorite time to go up to CO because most everyone is back to the grind and the mountain towns are ghost towns.

I guess all the people had left to try to find work somewhere else but a lot of these places seemed like ghost towns.

This time of year gyms are like ghost towns.

While kids in most cities around the US can be seen frolicking in the streets on a normal summer day, the streets here are reminiscent of ghost towns.

From the Tubeworm Barbecue to Clambake, the ghost towns of hydrothermal vents are created, moved aside, and eventually buried.

According to cultural geographer Dydia DeLyser of Louisiana State University, ghost towns, like the ruins of Pompeii, help people understand the past.

The deserts of the American West, where thousands of ghost towns with names like Bodie, Tomboy, and Paria stand, are therefore paradoxically riddled with life.

«Ghost towns like Bodie,» DeLyser explains, «are a powerful draw because they are perceived as authentic — actual abandoned towns presented more or less as they were left, and therefore as they once were.»

An egg - shaped 18 - mile radius remains evacuated, dotted with desolate ghost towns.

Today, villages outside the plant still lie as barren as ghost towns.

Rural areas emptied, with once - thriving regional centers transformed into ghost towns that have never been able to bounce back.

The group said that all the communities in Gbaramatu are already ghost towns because of the heavy presence of the military personnel who were already acting in commando style, stressing that the rights and privileges of the people must be respected as anything that will bring a repeat of the events of 2009 when the military invaded Gbaramatu will not augur well for the state and the country.

No wonder so many British high streets are ghost towns, with boarded up shops lending many towns an air of despondency.

Jan 04,2016... Ski towns once became ghost towns when the snow melted, leaving the lodges to the chipmunks and the...

Ghost towns and abandoned plots now bear the scars of the downturn, Bloomberg's Dan Murtaugh and photographer Max Burkhalter report.

Meanwhile, Texas» other shale play, the once - hot Eagle Ford, has cooled, turning thriving communities into ghost towns.

Flight cancellations turn airline hubs into ghost towns as winter storm Jonas approaches, reports CNBC's Hampton Pearson.

Foreigners are being hired to pose as celebrities by Chinese real - estate developers to help agents sell property in «ghost towns» by making them appear more animated and worldly, according to a new mini-documentary released by The New York Times.

Rhyolite is one of Nevada's largest ghost towns, and formed in 1904 during the Gold Rush.

Anyone trying to assess the health of the retail industry is sure to be bombarded with doomsday predictions, hailing the shuttering of major brands, and America's strip malls becoming dilapidated ghost towns.

While some of these imitations could be mistaken for the real thing, others are abandoned ghost towns or remain half - finished construction projects.

For a whole day, with the exception of the non-stop action in Watertown, the city became a ghost town.

Boston a ghost town.

Whether you're convinced that Google + is a virtual ghost town or not, it can be difficult to refute the social network's stable of unique tools and features for business users.

Back in 2005, Krishnan Suthanthiran, an Indian - born entrepreneur, followed his own passion when he purchased Kitsault, a ghost town in B.C., for $ 5.7 million, and turned it into an eco-village-cum-park.

However, it's not technically a ghost town because it has a single resident named Philip O'Connor, who has lived in the same house that his parents and grandparents occupied.

Cuervo had a post office until 2011, but it's a proper ghost town today.

Today, it is a ghost town.

It became a ghost town until the National Park Service acquired it in 1998 and turned it into a popular tourist destination.