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Aug 2023
9m 52s

Burj Al Babas

SiriusXM and Atlas Obscura
About this episode

An incomplete luxury housing development in Turkey is a mashup of fairy tale and ghost town, and almost everyone has an opinion of (or wants to see) this place.

READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/turkey-castle-ghost-town

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