Kolmanskop, Namibia – tourists now walk through houses knee-deep in sand

A ghost town in the Namiba desert in southern Namibia. Built in 1908 by German miners that settled in this area to mine diamonds.The residents built the village in the architectural style of a German town, with institutions including a hospital, ballroom, power station, school, theater, casino and more. The town declined after World War I when the diamond-field slowly exhausted and was ultimately abandoned in 1954. The geological forces of the desert mean that tourists now walk through houses knee-deep in sand.