Abandoned
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Madonna, Mother and Whore : notes on vandalism at Bulgaria’s most photographed monument
Decades of appalling vandalism nearly destroyed one of the world’s most endangered monuments in Buzludzha, Bulgaria.…
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Ghost Subway : a time capsule at Euston’s Lost Tunnels
You’re a ghost on the highway And I’ll love you forever Ghost Highway by Mazzy Star…
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Peiraiki-Patraiki : the chronicle of an industry’s death foretold
“So many coincidences for the untrammelled fulfilment of a death so clearly foretold.” Gabriel Garcia Marques,…
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Dark Modernism : the forgotten story of an abandoned Jewish boarding school
The premises of a groundbreaking Jewish boarding school played an active role in both WW1 and…
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The Pantheon of Energy : mythology and symbolism in Chernobyl
“Borrowed time and borrowed world and borrowed eyes with which to sorrow it.” Cormac McCarthy, The…
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Lethe : of ancient legends that battle with oblivion in Greece
“..And I, stepping from this skin, Of old bandages, boredoms, old faces, Step up to you…
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The Battle of Britain House : Exploring the ruins of a secret agent training facility
Discovering the remains of a mansion that served as a secret training base for OSS Operatives…
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To catch a Gotha : Exploring a forgotten air raid warning technology on the English coast
In this era of satellite imaging, drone strikes and stealth bombers, it’s hard to imagine an…
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Domein Hofstade : The beautiful ghost of a public swimming pool in Flanders
The Hofstad Swimming Pool is one of the most strangely alluring abandoned places I’ve ever been…
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Concentration City : exploring the human dimension of post-industrial decay in Patras, Greece.
“In the night air they passed the shells of concrete towers, blockhouses half buried in rubble,…
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Holding the fort : A peek inside a British GHQ Line pillbox in Somerset
A peek inside a British GHQ Line pillbox in Somerset
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LA CONQVISTA DELLA TERRA : discovering the hidden remains of Mussolini’s colonial empire in Rhodes, Greece
Discovering the hidden remains of Mussolini’s colonial empire in Rhodes, Greece
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Green Line 1974 : slipping into no man’s land in Nicosia, Cyprus
A visit at the De-militarized Zone in Nicosia, Cyprus
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The Fairytale Castle of Agrili – A Prologue
About the origin of urban exploration