Bokor Hill Station was built in 1921 by the French colonial administration in Cambodia (or, as it was then called, Indochina). It had a grand hotel, casino, post office, shops, a church, and luxurious apartments. It was a resort town to escape from heat and humidity. Nine hundred people died within nine months trying to construct this mountain town. In 1946, the French abandoned it during the First Indochine War, and eventually it was taken over by the Khmer Rouge.
Pics courtesy of Cheryn Flanagan: http://everywheremag.com/articles/977
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