Oficina Santa Laura

Norte Grande


The skeletal remains of Oficina Santa Laura, 2km west of Humberstone, are a half-hour walk southwest of its abandoned neighbor. Less visited and more in ruin than Humberstone, Santa Laura is nevertheless worth a peak for its haunting small museum. There are also hunkering industry buildings with massive old machinery. Like in Humberstone, ghost stories abound; visitors have heard children crying and felt strange presences following them around.


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