<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Abandoned Places — World of Curious</title><description>Buildings, towns and infrastructure left behind, and the specific reason each one emptied.</description><link>https://worldofcurious.com/</link><language>en-au</language><atom:link href="https://worldofcurious.com/abandoned-places/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Eight Villages That Were Deliberately Emptied</title><link>https://worldofcurious.com/article/villages-that-were-deliberately-emptied/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://worldofcurious.com/article/villages-that-were-deliberately-emptied/</guid><description>Reservoirs, gunnery ranges, mining subsidence and an emptied valley. Eight places that were cleared on purpose, and what happened to the people who lived there.</description><pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Abandoned Places</category><category>abandoned</category><category>history</category><category>places</category><category>communities</category><author>Editorial Team</author></item></channel></rss>