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Art of the Damned: Sculptures made from Abandoned Spaces

Ian Strange isn’t your average sculptor. He doesn’t work with stone, metal, ceramics, wood or plaster to create his masterpieces. He uses abandoned buildings. From covering condemned facades in spray-paint or cutting out gaping holes in the roofs of homes destined for demolition to wrapping a historical building with 600 sq meters of gold wallpaper, Stange has used…

All the Colour they Left Behind

Man oh man, do I need to get a look at this photographer’s address book. Mattias Haker is up there with the best abandoned photographers I’ve seen. And I like that he’s not shy with the saturation, highlighting all those vibrant colours that were left to fade over time. You can tell he spends a lot of…

Ridiculously Photogenic Dog is an Abandoned Explorer’s Best Friend

If the internet was to ban photographs of abandoned places or funny dog videos, I really don’t know which one I would be more upset about. Both get my clicks every time. But of course the internet would never do that; it just keeps on giving. Take this photo project for example, by Dutch photographer Alice van Kempen,…

Holy Land USA (Before & After): The Abandoned Christian Theme Park

Because nothing says fun, amusement and good times for all the family like bible studies, there was Holy Land USA, a Christian tourist attraction filled with religious exhibits in Waterbury, Connecticut between 1958 and 1984. At its height, Holy Land attracted up to 40,000 visitors a year to the park. Lead photo by Paul Maiorana…

Unfinished Hotel Ruins of the Egyptian Desert

In the heart of the Egyptian Sinai desert, concrete carcasses are rising from the sand. Sultan’s Palace, Pharoah’s Resort, Coral Beach; these are the dreamt up names given to the abandoned hotels by the German duo of photographers that captured them in their unfinished limbo, Stefanie Zoche and the late Sabine Haubitz. I’m new to the…

Take an Eerie Tour of Greece’s Sinking Ghost Town

Ropoto was the perfect little Greek village that sunk. It was once a happy and peaceful place in central Greece, home to 300 families but today, it lies in ruin, a ghost town emptied of its residents who were raised in its charming village streets. In 2012, tragedy struck when a landslide destroyed Ropoto’s terrain, taking with…

Invasion of the Vine that Ate the South

No really, that’s its nickname, “the vine that ate the South“; Alabama, Mississippi, North Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee and Florida most notably swallowed by the invader so far. Kudzu is known as the most serious and aggressive invasive plant in the United States, spreading in the southern states at a rate of 150,000 acres a year, thirty…

Religion gets Totally Radical at the Church of Skate

I‘ve always envied people that can do their thing on a skateboard, I think it’s one of the raddest skills someone can have. And now, I have one more reason to long for the legs and balance that could roll around on those four little wheels– Kaos Temple. Originally built in 1912, the Spanish church…

The Ice Age came early for this Winter Cabin

Suddenly, I’m feeling a little bit warmer in my chilly office this morning after considering this abandoned home hijacked and frozen in time by ice and snow; the homely floral tablecloth stiff as a board, reading glasses on a night table embedded in ice. This is the art installation of Chris Larson, a native of Minnesota, where of…

The Forbidden Road of the French Alps

It might look like a traveler’s paradise, but this picturesque road is counted amongst the most dangerous in the world. Known as les Grands Goulets and built between 1843 and 1854, the legendary route is carved out of the cliffs of Vercors, a massif of mountains in the Rhône alpes region of France. After 156 years…

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