This is a cool yarn about the worlds first streamlined ship. The Kalakal and her story is pretty interesting. From a new “future” ship, to crab factory and abandonment. The story is detailed here on the Kalakala foundation site. These guys have managed to rescue her and have started rebuilding. …
Workers in Rome restoring the historic Palazzo Venezia, discovered by chance the safest bunker of the Italian fascist leader Benito Mussolini. Until now no record existed mentioning this bunker, which was abandoned and never finished. The discovery was made by superintendent Anna Imponente and architect Carlo Serafini, when they noticed …
Amid growing dissatisfaction with the slow pace of recovery, Japan marks the second anniversary of the devastating earthquake and tsunami that left nearly 19,000 people dead or missing and has displaced more than 300,000. Towns in the surrounding area remain abandoned, even those outside the nuclear disaster exclusion zone, too …
Today I decided to go visit the old insane asylum in Lilyfield. It’s a pretty interesting place. Full of buildings ranging from ye olde days of 1880′s up to only a few decades old. It’s also the site of Australia’s only “Kirkbride” building. Warning, lots of images ahead.
A RUSSIAN cruise ship abandoned and adrift in the North Atlantic has been located about 2400 kilometers off the west coast of Ireland. With no crew or warning lights, the ship Lyubov Orlova has been adrift for two months and maritime authorities had been uncertain of its precise location. According …
RANGOON: A search team led by a British aviation enthusiast has arrived in Burma to begin a dig they hope will unearth dozens of rare British fighter planes said to have been buried there at the end of World War II. The 21-member team led by farmer and businessman David …
IT was the top-secret air base so covert even the locals were sworn to silence. The US Air Force base, outside Charleville in outback Queensland, was deserted after World War II and has sat forgotten in the desert for more than 60 years. Until now. Source
This is a gallery about Abandoned bunker frozen in ice and contains 12 images.
Occasionally we come across haikyo that are shocking not due to an unsettling atmosphere or dilapidated state of grandeur, but because of the historical significance of objects left behind. Pieces that might better belong in a museum that have long been forgotten and stolen glimpses into the lives of past …
In 1963, Aerojet General was given a $3 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to build a manufacturing and testing site for rockets that would send astronauts to the moon. The plant was constructed in the center of Florida’s Everglades in the town of Homestead. Beneath a large metal …
When urban explorer Samuel Marshall came across an unassuming pillbox in a French forest, he was amazed to discover stone steps descending more than five storeys into the earth. Realising he’d stumbled upon a hidden site of historical importance, the greatest surprise revealed itself when the innocuous tunnel opened into …
How far would a Star Wars fan go to preserve a relic from the iconic film series? One devoted fan traveled to Tunisia to rescue Luke Skywalker’s boyhood home, also known as The Lars Homestead, as seen in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. On a trip to Tunisia …
This is one of the alernate command posts of the Warsaw Pact contries located on the territory of Moldavia. There are similar constructions in Belorus, Ukraine, Russia, Azerbaijan. Object 1180 represents two cylindrical blocks each 36 m in diameter and 60 m deep divided into 10-12 levels. There is an …
[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZI6SS8_VMNQ[/video] This is awesome! This chap has traveled around filming the abandoned Tattoine sets from Star Wars. Source
Like an archaeologist entering the ancient tombs of pharaohs for the first time. That’s how Italian photographer Eric Lusito describes visiting these abandoned Soviet military sites; places that have been brought to ruin, but which remain – and contain – fascinating relics of their now-collapsed empire. “I had the …
Like a treasure chest stuffed with priceless booty, as many as 20 World War II-era Spitfire planes are perfectly preserved, buried in crates beneath Burma — and after 67 years underground, they’re set to be uncovered. The planes were shipped in standard fashion in 1945 from their manufacturer in England …
In the early years of the twentieth century, when the river trade was flourishing and it ranked in the top ten largest cities in the nation, Cincinnati decided to build a subway system. The major impetus was the draining of the Miami and Erie Canal, along which the subway would …
With the advent of long-range bombers and intercontinental ballistic missiles in the 1950s, it was inevitable that military attention would be drawn to remote but strategic arctic regions. Now Defense Tech reports on Project Iceworm — America’s secret cold war plan to build a network of underground missile bases under …
Big thanks to Destructor for this link. If you are like me and love this stuff then prepare to waste a few hours of your life. It’s got everything from the amazing Ekranoplane to abandoned vintage buses. Enjoy.