World 'Ghost Towns' (Part 1)

Kolmanskop (Namibia) : Buried in sandKolmanskop is a ghost town in southern Namibia, a few kilometres inland from the port of Luederitz. In 1908, Luederitz was plunged into diamond fever and people rushed into the Namib desert hoping to make an easy fortune. Within two years, a town, complete with a casino, school, hospital and exclusive residential buildings, was established in the barren sandy