I’m convinced that humanity has forgotten more than it remembers. If we ever do spread to the stars, how many more incredible stories will simply fade into forgotten corners? Science fiction adventures, space operas, and fantasies all have forgotten nooks and crannies to explore, which makes them so much fun, but the real world is just as full of the lost and bizarre.

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20160311-a-crumbling-birthplace-of-billionaires