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  One lucky buyer will have the opportunity to own an entire Texas ghost town for the bargain price of $100,000. A man named Alexander Bardorff purchased the 10-acre town of Lobo along with a few buddies in 2001 for $20,000. Bardorff said more than 70 people have already descended there in hopes of making the purchase. He’s sat under the canopy of the deserted gas station in town and heard from each person who made the trek to this corner of West Texas — each pitching a vision for its future. Bardorff, who was born in Germany, said the sale was not about money, but rather about finding someone who “understands how special the land they fell in love with...

A family sick of the ‘the rat race’ have sold their three-bedroom semi-detached home for £400,000 and used the money to buy an entire French village. Liz and David Murphy purchased the historic rural hamlet of Lac De Maison, in Poitou-Charentes, southwest France, in January 2021.The couple, who both worked in radio, sold their three-bed home in Manchester and used the cash to buy six (yes, six) 400-year-old houses, two barns and three acres of land. Their hamlet also has two 10m x 15m swimming pools which they have renovated with the help of local builders and tradesmen.The pair spent a total of £300,000 to transform the ruined buildings into homes for their family...

A road diverges in the yellow flats along the outer rim of Joshua Tree National Park. The two lanes in the middle of the desert peel off Interstate 10, about an hour and a half from Palm Springs. They break at the entrance to Eagle Mountain, a ghost town in the California desert that has attracted continuous attention since its untimely end in 1983.   Unlike other California ghost towns, Eagle Mountain never truly died. Now, an unknown buyer has purchased the town to add a new chapter to its storied history.       (Abandoned structures stand in Eagle Mountain, Calif., in November 2017.-FilmPalmSprings.com) Formerly a company town for Kaiser Steel, Eagle Mountain...

Tiger Woods and Justin Timberlake have teamed up to build a 600-acre luxury residential club community in Wellington, Florida. What will be known as The Wellington, the golf icon and the legendary artist have joined up with billionaire Joe Lewis and equestrian entrepreneur Mark Bellissimo to partner in Wellington Lifestyle Partners to build the town. Also, in partnership with The NEXUS Luxury Collection — an international real estate development and asset management company — Wellington will feature both single-family custom homes and condo residences. (Lots start at $3 million and homes start at $4 to $5 million.)     (Tiger Woods watches his tee shot on the...

  In fair Verona we lay our weekend break. If you know anything about this northern Italian city, which dates back to Roman times, it’s probably as the scene for Shakespeare’s Romeo And Juliet. ((Where to stay)) (Hotel Milano)     (The northern Italian city of Verona is compact and easy to navigate. Stay at Hotel Milano, where the rooftop hot tub offers views of the city's 2,000-year-old Roman arena (above) There aren’t many hotels in the world where you can sit on the rooftop in a bubbling hot tub, looking out at a 2,000-year-old Roman arena — but you can at this boutique property. There’s a bar-restaurant up there too, perfect for...

What do you get for the billionaire who has everything? Perhaps his own town. Entities connected to Elon Musk and his companies have reportedly been acquiring thousands of acres of land in Texas with the hope of starting a town where his employees could live and work, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal Thursday. These entities have purchased at least 3,500 acres near Austin and are in the process of working toward incorporating a town called Snailbrook, an apparent reference to the mascot of Musk’s tunneling firm, the Boring Company, according to the Journal. The report cites county deeds and other land records, as well as city and county emails, internal company...

The last person living on a deserted housing estate set for demolition has spent nearly £2,000 redecorating his home. Nick Wisniewski, 67, has no neighbours in the 128 flats around him after eight blocks on Stanhope Place in Wishaw, North Lanarkshire, were scheduled for demolition. He has refused to leave despite the council offering £35,000 and two years' rent. Mr Wisniewski blasted council chiefs who he said haven't been in touch since November 2021. The retired TSB bank worker added that an area of the car park outside of his flat has also become an eyesore with piled up rubbish and overgrown grass.   (Nick Wisniewski, 67, has no neighbours in the 128 flats...

For nearly a decade, not a single boy has been born in Miejsce Odrzańskie, a small town in southern Poland. In an effort to encourage the local couples to try for a boy, the town's mayor, Rajmund Frischko, is offering a reward for the next couple who has a boy, though he wouldn't specify what exactly that reward would entail, The First News reported. "I think the situation is unusual and it is worth trying to find out why," he said. "For my part, I have decided to reward the parents of the first boy born. I will not reveal exactly how, but I assure you that the gift will be attractive."     (The town's mayor, Rajmund Frischko, is offering a reward for the next couple who...

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Built along the Nanxi River and nestled between lush mountains in China, you’ll find Nanxi River City. This tiny, strange looking metropolis is the most narrow city in the world. It’s been making both Chinese and International residents scratch their heads for years. Why would anyone choose to create such a narrow, inaccessible place to live? But the locals whose families have been here for more than a century say they wouldn’t want to live anywhere else.     Welcome To Yanjin, The Narrow City On The Nanxi River   Yanjin County, which is the name of the county that’s also called Nanxi River City, is regarded as the world’s most narrow...