Weather.com - 5/10/13, Paul Byrne/AP
In this May 6, 2013 photo, a young tourist stands on stairs protruding from the rubble of homes in Epecuen, which once was submerged in water in Argentina. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
EPECUEN, Argentina -- A strange ghost town that spent a quarter century under water is coming up for air again in the Argentine farmlands southwest of Buenos Aires.
Epecuen was once a bustling little lakeside resort, where 1,500 people served 20,000 tourists a season. During Argentina's golden age, the same trains that carried grain to the outside world brought visitors from the capital to relax in Epecuen's saltwater baths and spas.
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