I have friends who lost houses. I have family who were burned out of their home. Los Angeles has lost churches, synagogues, ...

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A small number of Assyrians survived the Sayfo in Turkey. In the late 20th century this population suffered another exodus as ...

Abandoned places around the world continue to fascinate many intrepid travellers. One such destination is found in Indonesia and is known as “Chicken Church”. The place of worship received ...

South African authorities have ome under intense scrutiny for their response after civic groups said hundreds of miners have been trapped deep in an abandoned gold mine for months CAPE TOWN ...

But Lai Chi Wo was not entirely forgotten. “Elsewhere in Hong Kong, many abandoned villages had houses collapsed beyond recognition and vegetation invaded the whole village,” says Chiu Ying ...

A rescue mission is underway for hundreds of illegal miners thought to have been trapped for months in an abandoned shaft in South Africa, according to reports. More than 100 people are believed ...

Built in 1922, the former Holy Cross Catholic Church still sits on its original foundation. It is often the subject of area photographers and has been well-loved and cared for by volunteers in ...

Casting a household-name actor to headline a period epic would normally be seen as a safe bet, but the producers of “Muromachi Outsiders” were taking a risk when they picked Yo Oizumi for the ...

In one French chateau “abandoned in time, after its owners made the fateful decision to board the Titanic, wallpaper peels away from bedroom walls, the dining table remains fully set and a child ...

I am someone who has now been to quite a few different churches from various denominations and it has had a unique effect on me. Aside from all the negative baggage that I have accumulated and the ...

This church became known as the Coptic church because Copt is the Arabic and Greek word for Egyptian. Before the Moslem invasion in 641 the Copts fell into heresy due to their rejection of the ...