Previously: Celles, France. The water park’s name was a mouthful even for German speakers: When it opened in 1985, it was called Berliner Luft- und Badeparadies — the Berlin Air and Bathing Continue Reading > about Abandoned: The Empty Pools Of The Blub Water Park, Berlin, Germany (Photos)
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Abandoned: The Forgotten Fairy Village Of Waterbury, Connecticut (Photos/Video)
Previously: Alice Park, South Korea. It doesn’t have an official address, so you might have a hard time finding it — and even if you did locate it, it’s on private property, so getting up close Continue Reading > about Abandoned: The Forgotten Fairy Village Of Waterbury, Connecticut (Photos/Video)
Abandoned: The Catskills, The “Borscht Belt,” And The Pines Hotel Resort, New York (Photos/Video)
Previously: Hồ Thuỷ Tiên Water Park. There are a lot of decaying resorts tucked away in the mountainous regions of the United States — and I do mean a lot, particularly along the East Coast. The Continue Reading > about Abandoned: The Catskills, The “Borscht Belt,” And The Pines Hotel Resort, New York (Photos/Video)
Abandoned: The Maya Kanko Hotel, Kobe, Japan’s Most Iconic Haikyo (Photos/Video)
Previously: The Domino Sugar Factory, Brooklyn, New York. Mount Maya in Kobe, Japan is notable for a few reasons. First, it’s one of the major peaks of Hyogo Prefecture’s Rokko mountain range. Continue Reading > about Abandoned: The Maya Kanko Hotel, Kobe, Japan’s Most Iconic Haikyo (Photos/Video)
Abandoned: The Second Life Of The Dupont Underground, Washington, DC (Photos)
Previously: The City Hall Subway Station. Washington, DC isn’t a great city for urban exploration. Historically, there hasn’t been a lot of industry here that would lead to the kinds of spaces Continue Reading > about Abandoned: The Second Life Of The Dupont Underground, Washington, DC (Photos)
Abandoned: The Fading Splendor Of New York’s Old City Hall Subway Station
Previously: Dogpatch USA. You’d never know it just looking at it, but the New York City subway system is full of secrets. Those tiny ledges jutting out from walls? They’re often indicative of old Continue Reading > about Abandoned: The Fading Splendor Of New York’s Old City Hall Subway Station
Abandoned: The Last Remnants of the Harlem Valley Psychiatric Center (Photos)
Previously: North Brother Island. In upstate New York, there’s a town called Dover. Within Dover is a hamlet known as Wingdale, and in Wingdale lies the ruins of the Harlem Valley Psychiatric Continue Reading > about Abandoned: The Last Remnants of the Harlem Valley Psychiatric Center (Photos)
Abandoned: Pripyat and the Chernobyl Disaster (Photos)
Previously: The 1984 Winter Olympics. On April 26, 1986—a Saturday—a systems test began at reactor number four of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Pripyat, Ukraine. The steam to the turbines Continue Reading > about Abandoned: Pripyat and the Chernobyl Disaster (Photos)