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Kolmanskop

Kolmanskop: Namibia’s Famous Ghost Town Swallowed by Sand

In the remote Namib Desert, where sand dunes stretch endlessly toward the horizon, lies a place both eerie and beautiful—Kolmanskop. Once a bustling diamond mining town, Kolmanskop has been slowly reclaimed by the desert over the past century. Its abandoned buildings, half-buried in sand, are a stark reminder of the boom-and-bust cycles of resource-based towns. Today, Kolmanskop is a popular…