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That time the Paris Metro was Segregated by a Class System

Today I pulled up an old New York Times article reporting the news that Paris’ subway system had eliminated its First and Second class carriage system. But the newspaper article wasn’t from 1950-something, it was from 1991.  Image (c) Flickr, Alexandre C Forgive me, but for someone living in a country whose national motto is “Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité”, and…

Beat Boxing in a Condemned Paris Train Station

Where the smoke rises into the Paris night by the old sleeping railway tracks and crumbling walls blanketed in graffiti, the sound of music pumps from beneath us, luring our ears underground… Let’s slip behind the fence (the flimsy string is just begging to be untied). In a shivery and dark old storage facility, strange things await… Mysterious…

Waiting for the End of the World: Fallout Shelter Tourism

Most people travel the world to visit various natural wonders, take a tour of the famous monuments or go in search of authentic cuisine. Richard Ross goes in search of bomb shelters. Armed with his camera, Ross took a five-year journey into the underground world, documenting not only the bomb shelters of the United States, but also…

The 1950s Flying Saucer Conventions at an Underground Rock House

Have you ever heard the one about the guy who literally lived under a rock in the Californian desert, where legendary flying saucer conventions were held in the 1950s? It’s one of those weird stories that a friend told me at a dinner party, which I of course Googled as soon as I could leave the…

Art at War: Lost Frescoes of the Maginot Line

The Maginot Line, considered by many to be one of the greatest and most expensive military mistakes of all time; a name rarely spoken of today except to recall something that people hope will prove effective but instead, fails miserably. But here, inside the forgotten underground bunkers that line a defensive wall built by the French between…

Tagging along with an Underground NYC Urban Explorer

Feel as if you’re tagging along right behind urban historian and photographer, Steve Duncan on his nocturnal exploration of the underbelly of New York. It’s exciting and tense as Steve guides us through the unknown while desperately trying to avoid getting caught: “It’s very worrisome to get caught doing something like this because a lot of…
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