On a rocky hillside in southwestern Turkey, hundreds of roofless stone houses climb toward two old churches, their empty windows opening onto a landscape where thousands of people once lived Continue Reading →
Category: Forgotten Places
Sazan Island Military Ruins: Albania’s Forgotten Fortress
At the entrance to Albania’s Gulf of Vlora, a small island preserves the physical remains of decades of military preparation. Sazan Island military ruins include concrete bunkers, underground facilities, abandoned Continue Reading →
Nature Reclaims Pripyat: The Abandoned City’s Remarkable Return
The Ghost Town That Nature Completely Reclaimed On April 27, 1986, Pripyat was still a functioning Soviet city, part of the Pripyat ghost town. Children played outside, families lived in Continue Reading →
Coober Pedy Underground Town: Life Beneath the Desert
The Town Buried Underground That Still Exists Today In South Australia’s remote outback, the Coober Pedy underground town does not look unusual from every angle. The settlement has roads, shops, Continue Reading →
Pompeii Frozen in Time: The Disaster of 79 AD
The Abandoned City Frozen in Time After a Sudden Disaster On the morning before the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, Pompeii was still a living Roman city. Shops were operating, builders Continue Reading →
North Sentinel Island: Why Nobody Can Visit
North Sentinel Island: Why Nobody Can Visit In the Bay of Bengal, a forested island rises from the sea behind a narrow fringe of reef and pale sand. From the Continue Reading →