(EPECUEN, ARGENTINA) -- They are haunting images of a ghost town. A town that was once a bustling tourist destination in Argentina but one that has been buried under water for 25 years.
Until recently.
And now the once thriving town of Epecuen in Argentina, about 600 km southwest of Buenos Aires, is seeing tourists once again but for a different reason.
These tourists don't come for the sun and saltwater spas that once drew up to 200,000 visitors a year to the community of 1500 people.
These tourists drive over 300 miles on narrow country roads to walk the empty streets of a ghost town.
Epecuen, a one time popular tourist village along the shore of Lago Epecuen, a salt lake, began to slowly flood in 1985 when salt water broke through a dam and the sea slowly moved in until it covered the town under 33 feet of water by 1993.
And that's the way it was until a weather change caused the water to recede.
Now what remains are crumbled buildings, empty streets to nowhere, overturned rusted cars, demolished homes and businesses and a faint glimmer of what used to be a crown jewel in the Golden Age of Argentina.
NBC News has an impressive photo spread showing what the town looks like now. You'l find it here
The Atlantic also has photos of the town here
