Oddee has a fan­tas­tic post about the 10 Most Amaz­ing Ghost Towns in the world. The arti­cle has some great pho­tographs, but even more inter­est­ing is that each pho­to­graph is accom­pa­nied by a short back­ground story about the place and how it came to be a ghost town.

One of my favorites:

Via Kottke.