Drive six hours southwest of Buenos Aires and you'll stumble across a scene that looks downright apocalyptic: streets washed away; once proud houses, businesses and hotels reduced to piles of rubbish; greenery replaced by hundreds of chunky, white-washed stumps that reach toward the sun with rotten branches; and graveyards churned up, broken tombs spewing forth rotting carcasses and piles of bones.
This is Villa Epecuen, an Argentine Ghost town that's slowly emerging from the depths of the neighboring lake for the first time in 25 years.
It may be hard to believe now, but for decades people used to flock to the streets of Villa Epecuen for a chance to bathe in the salty waters of Lago Epecuen. Tourists and locals alike believed that lake, which has salt levels 10 times greater than any ocean, Amusing Planet reports, could heal common ailments like aches and pains.
Link:http://www.weather.com/news/science/environment/villa-epecuen-argentina-ghost-town-20130919
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