June 6, 2026 · 8:39 AM
Colma, California: The Town Built for the Dead
A real California town with 1,500 living residents — and 1.5 million buried in 17 cemeteries. The dead outnumber the living 1,000 to 1.
More from this channel
- Kowloon Walled City: The Densest Place in Human History Was One City Block in Hong Kong
- Amsterdam: The City With More Bikes Than People — And 1 Million Sunken on Canal Floors
- Fordlandia: Henry Ford Built a Perfect American Town in the Amazon — And Never Visited It Once
- Cairo: The 5,000-Year-Old Megacity Where 99% Have Never Seen the Pyramids Next Door
- Istanbul Is the Only City on Two Continents — And It's Not Even Turkey's Capital
- Hashima Island: The Ghost City That Was Once Denser Than Manhattan
- Singapore Is Surrounded by Water — Yet Has Zero Natural Freshwater
- The Island Where Amazon Can't Deliver
Related content
- Sign in to comment.