The old City Hall subway Station, New York.
The first New York City subway was built and operated by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) and opened on October 27, 1904, to the joy of its inhabitants. City […]
Former Sangritana railway: the abandoned station of Crocetta – Castel Frentano.
The former station of Crocetta was a railway station located on the Sangritana railway, and point of origin of the route to Ortona. This served the inhabited center of Crocetta, […]
The ghosts of Williamsburg – Illinois and Ridge Cemetery
The little girl, who had just three years old was gone from her rural home. Missing. Her parents, started down the road which snakes along the crest of Williamsburg Hill […]
The story of the almost disappeared town of Thurmond, West Virginia
On the shore of New River Gorge, in West Virginia, United States, lies the almost abandoned city of Thurmond. “Almost” because, the 2010 census, confirmed that five people still live […]
Idroscalo of Pavia: a piece of history of the city abandoned on the Ticino river.
On the Ticino river, south of the covered bridge, which was one of Pavia’s most symbolic monuments, there is a now abandoned structure, left to decay. It is the Idroscalo […]
Chernobyl Disaster in 33 rare photographs taken at the time
On 26 April 1986, a series of explosions destroyed reactor no. 4 of Chernobyl, and several hundred workers, firemen and army men faced a fire that burned for 10 days […]
983 Followers: the spooky mural in an abandoned house in the countryside of Scotland
Spanish artist and illustrator Daniel Munoz, aka “SAN”, made a mural in Scotland, where he spent a few days working in an abandoned building somewhere in the Scottish countryside. Entitled […]
Denmark: Skagen, Sand-Covered-Church, Rubjerg Knude Lighthouse and the Power of nature
Skagen is a town in Denmark located in the region of northern Jutland, in whose area there is Grenen, a sandy strip that extends to the north-east at the point […]
Inside Costa Concordia: the photographic book of an Italian drama.
These extraordinary images of the cruise ship was taken by Jonathan Danko Kielkowski and published in his book Concordia. The German photographer swam out to where the ship, which ran […]
A visit inside the mysterious abandoned cotton mill unknown on the web.
Recently, in 2013, the owner of this former cotton mill has been investigated, closed since 1990, located in the industrial triangle of northwest Italy between Genoa, Milan and Turin. The […]
Okanogan Highland ghost towns: undisturbed relics from the Old West.
These former mining estabilishments hold a surprising abundance of undisturbed relics from the Old West. Scattered on the desolate plateaus of the Okanogan Highlands, a few kilometers south of the […]
Fureai Sekibutsu no Sato: the creepy abandoned Japanese park with 800 statues.
Visitors would be forgiven for thinking they’ve entered in a set of a horror movie: hundred of statues stare straight forwards, some dressed in suits and others imitating Buddhist deities. […]
Dhanushkodi, the ghost town returned by the sea.
Dhanushkodi was an Indian city located exactly opposite Sri Lanka, the last human outpost before the narrow channel between the two nations. The meaning of its name means “End of […]
AcquaSpa: a dive into the urban decay.
This water park and wellness center, located in Pantigliate, at the gates of Milan and inaugurated in 2005, was completely abandoned in 2014. The abandoned Aquapark was divided into Blue […]
Tranquille Sanatorium in British Columbia: a haunted place?
The Tranquille Sanatorium and its surrounding quarters were built in 1907 when the sanatorium was established to treat patients with tuberculosis (also known as the white plague), during the time […]
Willard Asylum for the Chronic Insane of New York: Its history and the 400 found suitcases.
Perhaps the Victorian buildings may be falling to pieces, but the contents inside them betray a lot about the sometimes happy, sometimes tragic lives of patients at Willard Asylum for […]
