Ghost Towns in Chile

Discover 3 ghost towns in Chile.

The abandoned town.

Sierra Gorda, Chile

Chacabuco

This abandoned nitrate town was repurposed as a dictator's prison.

Buildings at Sewell

Sewell Ghost Town

The “City of Stairs” sits high in the Andes, above the world’s largest underground copper mine.

The schoolhouse of Humberstone, The Gourmet Family

Tamarugal, Chile

The Nitrate Towns of Chile

Towns with a resource known as "white gold," valuable enough to fight a war over, now stand ghostly and empty.

Are we missing something unusual in Chile?