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Abandoned Sea-Arama Marineworld, Galveston, Texas, USA 2008-10-18 11:13:49 Sea-Arama Marineworld was an animal/entertainment park in Galveston, Texas
, for 25 years. Opened in 1965 as one of the first ocean theme parks in the nation, it featured more than 25 acres, including a 4 acre ski lake, and a 50 foot long, 200,000 gallon aquarium.In 1988 it was the number one tourist attraction in Galveston, until the larger more flashy Sea World Park opened in San Antonio, and con Read more:Abandoned
Cadillac ranch (Amarillo, Texas, USA) & Airstream ranch (Florida) 2008-10-16 09:00:01 Cadillac Ranch is a public art installation and sculpture in Amarillo, Texas
, U.S. It was created in 1974 by Chip Lord, Hudson Marquez and Doug Michels, who were a part of the art group Ant Farm, and it consists of what were (when originally installed during 1974) either older running used or junk Cadillac automobiles, representing a number of ......evolutions of the car line (most notably the bir Read more:Cadillac
, Florida
Abandoned lead mine of Aouli, Moulouya canyon, Atlas, Morocco 2008-10-15 09:00:01 The lead mine of aouli is located in a remote region of the Atlas
mountain in Morocco
. The site is quiet impressive, located at the bottom of the deep canyon of the river Moulouya. The mine was founded by the french (Morocco was then under partial french control), the lead production would be exported to the north of France. The remote mine operated from 1936 to 1980's and closed when the price of Read more:Abandoned
Shipwreck of the Plassey, near Inis Oírr, Aran islands, Ireland 2008-10-14 10:08:01 The cargo vessel Plassey was shipwrecked off Inis Oírr in the 1960s, and has since been thrown above high tide mark at Carraig na Finise on the island by strong Atlantic waves. The islanders rescued the entire crew from the stricken vessel using a breeches buoy-coordinates : 53°03'20.91"N 9°30'13.08"Wgoogle mappictures sources : 1 2text source : 1 Read more:Ireland
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Abandoned aboriginal Corringie Settlement ,Wilson s Patch, western Australia 2008-10-13 15:19:58 The abandoned Corringie Settlement
is at Wilson
's Patch
, 65km north of the remote mining town of Leonora. Half way between Leonora & Leinster in the Gold Fields Region of outback Western Australia
, Australia.In the mid-1980s Victor and Joan Isaacs moved to Isaacs' birthplace at Wilson's Patch, a bleak and stony terrain 80km north of the remote mining town of Leonora. The couple wanted to set u Read more:Abandoned
Abandoned monument by sculptor Dušan Džamonja, Podgaric, Croatia 2008-10-10 02:32:34 This monument has recently been everywhere on internet, but very few pictures, or info were available. Finally after some research I found it's location and sculptor. This very hypnotic giant sculpture is located in Podgaric, Croatia
. Created in 1967 by sculptor Dušan Džamonja, it's dedicated to the Revolution in Moslavina.A bit more info about renown sculptor Dušan Džamonja (Macedonian: Ду Read more:Abandoned
Sublime Things 2008-10-08 03:07:25 Because it feels good to find people who appreciate your work, I want to thanks kristian-andersen who posted a link to the Artificial Owl on his cool blog. Have a look. Read more:Sublime
Highgate abandoned tube station, Archway Road, Highgate, London, UK 2008-09-23 10:00:01 Highgate tube station is a London Underground station on Archway Road, Highgate, not far from Highgate Village in north London.The present low-level station was built in the late 1930s as part of London Underground's Northern Heights plan. It is just part of the planned station but the advent of the Second World War postponed parts of the project and eventually led to its cancellation. The low-lev
Shipwreck of the Mediterranean Sky formely known as City of York, Elefsina (Ελευσίνα), near Athens, Greece 2008-09-22 00:54:27 The original name of the Mediterranean
Sky was City of York when it was built in 1952 in Newcastle, England. The Cruise liner departed London in November 1953, and maintained its service until sold to Michael A. Karageorgis, Piraeus in 1971, when she became the Mediterranean Sky. Her last voyage was in August 1996, when she sailed from Brindisi to Patras.Due to the companies’ financial situation Read more:Greece
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The abandoned Detroit Public Schools Book Depository, Detroit, Michigan, USA 2008-09-19 10:00:00 The building was originally the city's main post office. A tunnel between the warehouse and the Michigan
Central Station across the street shuttled mail brought in from all over the country by train. After a few decades of use, the post office moved and the DetroitPublicSchools
purchased the warehouse for their main depository of school supplies and records. As many as 75 to 100 people worked th
Shipwreck of the Dimitrios, near Gythio (Γύθειο) prefecture of Laconia, Greece 2008-09-18 10:00:00 I can't find any information on the shipwreck of the Dimitrios, or even on the ship itself. If you know anything about it, let me know and I'll update this post.The Dimitrios is beached near the city of Gytheio.Gytheio : (Greek, Modern: Γύθειο, Ancient/Katharevousa: Γύθειον) (Meaning: Land of the Gods), also Gythio, Githeio, Githio or Yithion is a town in the prefecture of Laconia in Read more:Greece
, Shipwreck
Abandoned oil rig in the desert, Skeleton Coast, near Toscanini, Namibia 2008-09-17 10:00:01 This is an abandoned oil drilling rig that was operational in the late '60s and early 70's. At the centre is the main power unit, a V16 Caterpillar engine. Erected by hopeful entrepreneurs long before the National Park was actualyl proclaimed. Today, it provides a perfect nesting area for birds during the breeding season.coordinates : 20°53'24.44"S 13°26'50.10"Egoogle mappictures sources : 1 2 3 Read more:Abandoned
, Coast
, Namibia
, Skeleton
Abandoned UFO like Futuro house, Munson, Texas, USA 2008-09-16 10:00:01 The Futuro house was a product of post-war Finland, reflecting the period's faith in technology, the conquering of space, unprecedented economic growth, and an increase in leisure time. It was designed by Suuronen as a ski cabin that would be “quick to heat and easy to construct in rough terrain.”The end result was a universally transportable home that had the ability to be mass replicated and Read more:Abandoned
, Texas
Abandoned Michigan Central Station, Detroit, Michigan, USA 2008-09-04 00:05:37 Michigan CentralStation
(also known as Michigan Central Depot or MCS), built in 1913 for the Michigan Central Railroad, was Detroit
, Michigan's, passenger rail depot from its opening in 1913, when the previous Michigan Central Station burned, until the last Amtrak train pulled away from the station on January 6, 1988.The unfinished building began operating as Detroit's main passenger depot in 191 Read more:Abandoned
, Michigan
Former classified underground submarine base, Balaklava (Балаклава), the Crimea, Ukraine 2008-08-29 10:00:01 Balaklava (Ukrainian: Балаклава, Russian: Балаклава, Crimean Tatar: Balıqlava) is a town in the Crimea, Ukraine
which has an official status of a district of the city of Sevastopol. It was a city in its own right until 1957 when it was formally incorporated into the municipal borders of Sevastopol by the Soviet government.One of the monuments is an underground, formerly classifi Read more:Former
Submarine Vesikko, a wreck turned into a museum, Suomenlinna, near Helsinki, Finland 2008-08-28 10:00:01 Vesikko was a submarine of the Finnish Navy in World War II. It was designed by Dutch Ingenieurskantoor voor Scheepsbouw den Haag (I.v.S) and built in 1933 by the Crichton-Vulcan shipyard in Turku, Finland
. It served as a direct prototype (named as CV-707) for German Type II U-boats. Between the years 1933 and 1934 the German Navy carried out trials with the submarine in the Turku Archipelago. In Read more:Helsinki
, Submarine
, turned
Dadiland, abandoned amusement park, Dadizele, Belgium 2008-08-27 10:00:00 Dadipark was opened in october 1949 in the belgium town of Dadizeele. It was until it closed in 2003 one of the oldest amusement park of belgium. Since 2003 nature is slowly invading the deserted park, closed after an accident.coordinates : 50°51'10.12"N 3°05'44.80"Egoogle mappictures sources :X-itUrbextext source :parcs disparus Read more:Belgium
Abandoned copper mine of Kennecott, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA 2008-08-26 10:00:01 Kennecott, also known as Kennecott Mines is an abandoned mining camp in the Valdez
-Cordova Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska
that was the center of activity for several copper mines. The camp and mines are now a National Historic Landmark District administered by the National Park Service.In August 1900, two prospectors, Jack Smith and Clarence Warner, spotted a green patch of hillside that Read more:Abandoned
"Last train to nowhere" abandoned trains, near Nome, Alaska, USA 2008-08-25 15:51:42 The Nome-Council road heads 72 miles to the east, about half of that on the shoreline. It turns inland at the ghost town of Solomon, an old mining town with an abandoned railroad train known locally as the Last Train to Nowhere (the remains of the Council City and Solomon River Railroad).The engines were originally used on the New York City elevated lines in 1881, then were shipped to Alaska
in 19
The abandoned concrete round house, Logan, Ohio, USA 2008-08-22 10:00:00 The Logan
Roundhouse - aka Stewart's Folly is likely the oddest structure in the small Ohio
town of Logan. The design, lacking in flat surfaces or corner, has a very low wind resistance. Concrete walls further enhance the durability to withstand extreme weather such as tornadoes or hurricanes. This building was to be a prototype for others along coastlines and Tornado Alley.The shell construction Read more:concrete
, round
Hashima Island, 端島 (or Gunkanjima, 軍艦島) , Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan 2008-08-21 10:00:00 Hashima Island
(端島; meaning "Border Island"), commonly called Gunkanjima (軍艦島; meaning "Battleship Island").The island was populated from 1887 to 1974 as a coal mining facility. The island's most notable features are the abandoned concrete buildings and the sea wall surrounding it."Battleship Island" is an English translation of the Japan
ese nickname for Hashima Island, Gunkanjima. The i
The remains of a rusted giant off the north coast of Tunisia 2008-11-16 21:40:59 On the north coast of Tunisia
, not far from the cities of Bizerte (Banzart) and Menzel Djemil, you can see this rusted giant
. What happened to her ? on January 21st 1983 the Ydra, a greek ship went aground after a fire in engine room. Probably too damaged to be repaired she never left Tunisia.(a picture of the Ydra few years after the wreck)The Ydra was built in 1966 in the UK under the name Manc
Chernobyl disaster part 1: the streets of Prypiat 2008-11-12 10:08:19 Prypiat (Ukrainian: При́п'ять, Pryp”jat’; Russian: При́пять, Pripjat’; or Pripyat) is an abandoned city in the Zone of alienation in northern Ukraine, Kiev Oblast, near the border with Belarus. It was home to the Chernobyl
Nuclear Power Plant workers. The city was abandoned in 1986 following the Chernobyl disaster. Its population had been around 50,000 prior to the accident.T Read more:streets
An army of dead anchors at Barril beach, Island of Tavira, Portugal 2008-11-10 09:57:01 This collection of rusted anchors, also called the cemetery of anchors is located on the island of Tavira, near Barril beach in the region of Algarve, Portugal
. As you can see from their perfect alignment, they were not abandoned, but rather put in this place on purpose.A story exists to explain their presence. It's the story of an active tuna fishing activity who sustained hundred of families for Read more:Island
The nuclear trash can of the pacific on Enewetak Atoll 2008-11-09 17:32:42 What you see on the picture above is just what the title says... a massive concrete lid to a 107 m diameter nuclear waste trash can on a beautiful island in the middle of the Pacific ocean. Was it really necessary to damage so much those environments for the sake of testing useless nuclear weapons?(On the left the concrete dome covering a explosion crater, on the right another explosion crater.)Af
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