Argentine spa town attracts tourists to ghostly ruins
Once-thriving Argentine spa town attracts tourists to ghostly ruins.
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Once-thriving Argentine spa town attracts tourists to ghostly ruins.
EPECUEN, Argentina (AP) — Cushioned by a soft silence ruffled only by occasional gusts of wind, tourists walk past rubble and metal shards lying in the streets of what was
Cushioned by a soft silence ruffled only by occasional gusts of wind, tourists walk past rubble and metal shards lying in the streets of what was once the ...
The visitors stop to read signs pointing out where hotels and restaurants stood before the salty waters of Lake Epecuen broke through a protective embankment during a storm in 1985 and submerged the village for the next two decades.
The Argentine spa town of Villa Epecuen was a mecca of tourism for much of the 20th century. Then a lake flooded the area forcing people to flee.