They may look like scenes from a post-apocalyptic horror film or the last place anyone would want to go on holiday, but these eerie ghost towns are drawing millions of curious travellers every year. From thriving cities that were evacuated due to man-made catastrophes to bustling towns that died when the local industry fizzled, these are the creepiest ghost towns that you can still visit. Pictured top left is the Wild West town of Bodie, top right the island of Hashima, used in Skyfall as the lair of Bond's enemy, bottom left the French village of Oradour-sur-Glane, which was the scene of a horrific wartime massacre committed by the Nazis, bottom right is the former mining town of Kolmanskop in Namibia and inset is the church at Imber in Wiltshire, used now only by British soldiers on training exercises.

Thousands of festival-goers were left stranded at TomorrowWorld and forced to sleep on top of cars and on wet and muddy grass. Organizers of the event offered refunds for Sunday's ticketholders as the bad weather made the last day of the three-day electronic dance music festival inaccessible. But those who tried to leave after Saturday night's closing set were left waiting in the rain for hours as poor planning led to traffic congestion around the festival site in Chattahoochee Hills, Georgia.

If a mansion with a movie theater is an absolute must for your new home, shopping around the country could help you save millions. This list, compiled by Business Insider with the help of Point2Homes, shows the most expensive home on the market in every U.S state plus Washington, D.C. The lowest entry on the list is a relatively humble five-bedroom home in North Dakota, on the market for about $2.78million. But on the other end of the spectrum, America's priciest property is, unsurprisingly, located in celebrity-filled Beverly Hills, California. The most expensive house for sale in the country boasts 12 bedrooms and 23 bathrooms, as well as its own vineyard - but it will set back prospective homeowners a staggering $149million.

Stephen Ross Kelly (right) pleaded guilty to raping, strangling and stashing the body of Briana Rabon (left) on February 26, 2014, in a South Carolina court on Monday, to avoid a lengthy trial. Half of the courtroom gallery was filled with Rabon's family members and friends on Monday during the court hearing. Rabon's mother asked for a maximum sentence. Kelly was sentenced to 50 years in prison for the horrific crime.

Alberto Medina, 22, and Eric Marquez, 22, were arrested over the weekend, less than a week after 21-year-old Andrea 'Andy' DelVesco was killed. DelVesco, 21, was discovered dead in her Westwood apartment Monday following a fire. On Monday, her parents and little sister spoke out about Andrea, who they called a 'giver' who 'was an angel on Earth'.

Emily Defries of Norfolk, Virginia is accused of killing the 20-month-old daughter of her partner, Anna Bell. Anna was found dead in May 2014 at the bottom of the stairs of the home Defries shared with her fiancee. Her attorney suggested in opening statements Monday that Anna's sister had violent outbursts toward Anna leading up to her death.

Two beautiful teenage girls were tragically killed when a Georgia State Patrol cruiser crashed into the vehicle the girls were riding in Saturday night. The deaths of 17-year-old Kylie Lindsey (left) and 16-year-old Isabella Chinchilla (right) shocked the campus at South Paulding High School in Douglasville as the students returned to classes following their fall break.

NEW Daisy fell backwards into the four foot-wide well while grazing in a field in Saskatoon, Canada forcing her owners to call a local tow truck company to help rescue and free her from the hole. Daisy had to be attached to the tow rope and pulled from from the hole in an operation taking 45 minutes. But despite the incident, Daisy was uninjured and is back roaming the pastures again.

Paul Walker was still alive when the Porsche he was a passenger in caught fire after the horrific crash that took his life, according to a lawsuit filed by his daughter Meadow, pictured with him main. The 16-year-old, whose father died in 2013, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Porsche claiming that the 2005 Carrera GT Walker was riding in had specific design flaws that contributed to his untimely demise. The lawsuit claims that the Fast & Furious star was not killed on impact after the driver of the vehicle hit a concrete lamppost and two trees but was in fact alive when the sports car caught fire, pictured inset.

Nada (left), 19, told MailOnline how the ISIS commander who bought her was a tall, pale American who always carried an AK47, pistol and vial of poison in case he was captured. She said Abu Abdullah al-Amriki, 23, would draw maps for ISIS attacks and ambushes for the droves of masked fighters that came to his house to bring him letters from ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (right). She escaped when Abu Abdullah and his personal guards went to battle in Kobani, northern Iraq, and eventually told her harrowing story to the US government. Her fellow hostage - who was abducted from the Sinjar region in August 2014 (inset) - is now in America to give evidence against Abu Abdullah to Congress and wants the FBI to press charges against him.

NEW Aeroplane food is like Marmite - you either love it or hate it. But the quality of in-flight meals varies greatly between airlines. Disgruntled passengers are now getting their own back by posting snaps of their worst meals on social media with the hashtag #planefood.

NEW Trevor Noah, 31, took over at Comedy Central's 'The Daily Show' Monday with a salute to predecessor Jon Stewart and some clever jabs at himself. Noah, who is South African, joked he won't make Stewart into 'some crazy old dude who left his inheritance to some random kid from Africa'. He acknowledged to viewers that it must seem like dad has left and been replaced by a new stepdad, 'and he's black'. Noah also lampooned the papal visit, John Boehner's exit, recent Mars discovery among other topics while keeping to the familiar format.

Mayor Beth Van Duyne (left) and a police official were today continuing to justify the arrest of 14-year-old Muslim teenager, Ahmed Mohamed (right), for bringing his home-made clock (inset) into school in Irving, Texas. An Image of the 14-year-old Ahmed Mohamed handcuffed and escorted out of MacArthur High School, in Irving, Texas, went viral after teachers claimed the device 'looked-like a bomb.'

Just a day after sharing a picture of Trayvon Martin's lifeless body, George Zimmerman (pictured left) has responded to the controversy by continuing to troll his critics on Twitter. Alongside a disgusting meme featuring Barack Obama and Vester Flanagan (top right), who shot his co-workers dead on live television, he wrote: 'Gee.. I sure hate offending people that have plotted and tried to kill me and my family.' Zimmerman followed up the post with a picture of his beach view and a cigar (bottom left), with the words: 'As much as I love owning all you trolls I have to work... On my tan!' 

Gabby DeSouza, 20, pictured left and with her mother right, was found dead in her bed in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida in June and investigators deemed it a suicide this month. DeSouza had been out with friends late the night before. Her mother went to work and came back to find DeSouza dead. Palm Beach County medical examiners on September 9 reported DeSouza had died of a deadly mix of aspirin and alcohol. In 2011, DeSouza lost her right leg after a boat driver revved the engine while she climbed inside and it was injured beyond saving.

Set in the heart of The Cotswolds, where Kate, inset, herself resides, within its own secluded one acre plot of private woodland, the new five bedroom home claims to be a 'retreat away from the bright lights of the city and catwalk scene.' Inspired by a notion of stumbling across a hidden gem in the midst of the forest, the home features a double height reception space, five large bedrooms, a spacious outdoor entertaining deck, private pool and large retractable doors. But a home designed by a supermodel doesn't come cheap; prices start from £2.5 million for the five bedroom property.

NEW Police say a dog alone in a pickup had to be rescued after it caused the truck to go into a lake in Ellsworth, Maine on Saturday. The unidentified owner allegedly put his dog in the car to talk to someone momentarily, when the Yorkshire terrier accidentally bumped the Chevrolet Silverado into gear, causing it to roll about 75 feet into the lake and bounce off a rock before sinking. A woman waded out into the lake to rescue to the dog, which was not harmed. However, the truck is considered a total loss.

Bros Being Basic, which was launched in 2014, mimics the 'basic' photos posted by some women. The parody account now boasts 280,000 followers, with its photos regularly earning thousands of likes. Men are seen wearing beauty masks, doing yoga and indulging in sweet treats in the amusing pictures.

St. Louis Cardinals rookie Stephen Piscotty was carted off the field Monday night following a violent collision with teammate Peter Bourjos. In a frightening scene at PNC Park, Piscotty lay motionless on the grass in left-center field for several minutes. He was strapped to a backboard and waved his left hand as he was driven away, eliciting a big cheer from the Pittsburgh crowd. It was later determined that Piscotty has a bruise on his head and all tests conducted were negative, the Cardinals said.

A Reddit thread has invited a whopping 13,000 comments, with people posting photos either of themselves of their celebrity-lookalike friends. One man, who looks so much like musician Ed Sheeran it's frankly terrifying, wrote alongside his portrait: 'I keep getting stopped in the street because people think I'm Ed Sheeran.' Pictured, the lookalikes alongside their star 'twins', clockwise from top left: Ed Sheeran, Ryan Gosling, Emma Watson and Scarlett Johansson.

Riley Benado, an 18-year-old from California, went to the gynecologist on September 14 after complaining that she felt bloated. Doctors administered a pregnancy test since it appeared she was five months pregnant, but instead they found that she had stage three ovarian cancer.

These chilling Snapchat selfies sent by a young mother show her boyfriend pointing what appears to be a handgun to her head hours before she was found dead. Stephanie Hernandez, 21, was found shot dead inside a home on West Long 17th Street in North Little Rock, Arkansas. Her boyfriend Rafael Gonzalez, 20, is being held in police custody as a suspect in the killing. Herndandez's uncle Rey said his niece had been getting her life together for her two young daughters, aged three and eight months when her life was cut short.

Sex Diaries: Webcam Couples airs tonight in the UK and features US couples. The show follows Emma and Eddie, pictured left, who claim to make a six-figure salary from webcamming their sex lives and 'Kitty and Moses', right, who carried on filming their intimate moments even after the birth of their first child.

NEW Lebanon-born Gheeda Chamasaddine, 17, from Dubai, who goes by the stage name Joelle Hunter, is the sole female member of a WWE-style wrestling club where she's becoming a sporting and feminist hero. The wrestler, who faced opponent The Vigilante (left), aka Lebanese -born Michel Nassif, 19, in a recent rout, initially shocked her friends when she became hooked on 'WWE' but now her mother is such a supporter she even stitches the 5ft 4in fighter's signature costume of vest top, shorts and fishnet tights.

NEW The leather-bound album containing 240 photos - four of which are of Maharaja Duleep Singh (left) - was discovered by a house clearer who had won a contract to clear out a property. It was taken to an auctioneers in Rochester, Kent, along with three other albums containing more photos (top and bottom right), where it was expected to make about £1,000, but sold for 22 times that. Duleep Singh was exiled to Britain at the age of 15 after his four predecessors were all assassinated and he developed an unlikely friendship with Queen Victoria. He was invited by her to Osborne House on the Isle of Wight where the photograph was taken by Prince Albert.

As holiday season comes to an end, MailOnline Travel asks readers which holiday photos on Facebook and Instagram annoy them the most. (Clockwise from top left) Writing in the sand, 'Hot dog legs', meditation poses, sexy bikini selfies and (inset) hand-heart symbols all feature.

UPDATED For some people, there is nothing you would not do for a good burger. In the case of these two elderly Polish men it was a battle against an escalator. The pair have become accidental internet stars in their native country after a video of their struggle to get free food at a shopping centre in Lodz went viral.

Ronnie Pickering (right) of Bransholme, Hull, has finally opened up about who he really is - insisting he's just an 'easy-going guy' who was 'baited' into giving a man on a moped 'a b*********.' The 54-year-old grandfather became Britain's most talked about man yesterday after being filmed losing his rag (top left) with a moped driver. During the heated exchange, he asked the man 'Do you know who I am?', before telling him 'I'm Ronnie Pickering', much to the biker's complete indifference. The moped rider, however, wasn't the only one to be left stumped by the enigma that is Ronnie Pickering, with web pranksters having a field day mocking his supposed notoriety. However, last night he hit back - revealing more about his character than previously known - saying he only lost his temper as he believed the biker had deliberately goaded him into reacting, and he's usually fairly laid back. Pickering lives with his girlfriend and their son in this modest Hull home (bottom left).

Astonishing photographs have emerged of the heartwarming moment an adventurous seal rides a wave with a surfer. Surfer Russell Quinn and his brother Adam, from Huskisson in New South Wales, got a massive surprised when the playful mammal interrupted their session at Sussex Inlet on the South Coast. The pair had been out on the water enjoying the winter waves early in July when they noticed the adorable animal circling the area and playfully splashing in and out of the ocean.