Among the Ruins of Old Beichuan

Away from the noise and pollution of China’s larger cities, the ghost town of Old Beichuan is surrounded by green forest-covered hills. Tucked below in the valley, tilted buildings and piles of crumbled brick covered by weeds and vine sit just as they had once fallen.

This place, though in ruins, is not ancient—it is a modern-day rural town devasted in an earthquake in China’s Sichuan province.