[Lee Stewart]

Once believed to have therapeutic healing powers, the waters of Lago Epecuén in Argentina drew tourists to its shores in the 1970s and '80s. The community of Villa Epecuén thrived on tourism until a terrible storm flooded the town in 1985.



Salty floodwaters of more than 30 feet consumed the town until beginning to recede in 2009, slowly revealing the ruins left behind. People can now see some of the remains that have surfaced over the past decade.