especially considering that the country has 8.5 million akiya, or abandoned houses, in rural areas for sale. It helped that Evan also speaks Japanese, having studied the language in college.

In May 2018, DeWitt and Jean Paul moved from their suburban home in Las Vegas to an abandoned ... to pack up their house, rent it out, and permanently move across the country.

A man was walking in his local town when he decided to enter an abandoned house and was taken aback when he found a diary that is nearly a century old.

These abandoned houses have created "ghost villages" in Japan's rural prefectures where homes can neither be filled nor knocked down. In some areas, nearly one out of every five homes is empty.

IT IS AN OLD ABANDONED ... RURAL, SO THEY HAD TO SHUTTLE SOME WATER IN FROM A NEARBY NEIGHBORHOOD. IT’S NOT CLEAR EXACTLY WHAT CAUSED THIS FIRE THAT IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. THIS WAS A ...

Sambuca di Sicilia's $1 home scheme, once dominated by American buyers, now sees increasing Italian interest, rejuvenating the town and fostering a revival of rural Italy’s abandoned properties.