Ashley Hefnawy is an editorial assistant and a content producer for Shutterstock’s blog._This post was originally published on the_Shutterstock blog_and has been adapted with permission. Abandoned places that once bustled and thrived with people, ghost towns are remarkable because they provide a vision of what once existed. While there’s a historical background to any city, ghost towns possess especially interesting ones, since their histories are all that remains. Kolmanskop, which means Coleman’s Hill in Afrikaans, is located in Namibia’s southern_Namib Desert. It was settled by German miners after a diamond discovery in 1908. The inhabitants who took over built homes...

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