Indian Ridge Abandoned Resort, Branson MO

the $1.6 Billion Indian Ridge Resort was first announced in 2006. The development was ambitious — and obviously expensive — but it was also ill-timed.

Two years later, the. 2008 Financial Crisis crippled the housing market. This, along with legal troubles, all but ensured that the project never came to be. As reported by the Springfield News-Leader, two companies involved in the development pleaded guilty to violating the Clean Water Act. Other figures involved in the project also admitted to conspiring to commit bank fraud.

According to the News-Leader, construction had fully stopped by 2009. Now, the neighborhood isn’t much more than a ghost town