Stuck Between the Superpowers: Abandoned Eskimo Village of Naukan

Stuck Between the Superpowers: Abandoned Eskimo Village of Naukan

Until it was abandoned in 1958, the village of Naukan on Cape Dezhneva was the most easterly settlement of Eurasia. Naukan was founded in the nineteenth century but cleared as part of a campaign of consolidation of rural settlements.

15 Incredible High Flying Photos from New NASA Commons

15 Incredible High Flying Photos from New NASA Commons

In the newly launched NASA Commons set on Flickr, the space agency has released a number of incredible images of iconic spacecraft and aircraft taking to the skies above the United States. Here is a selection of 15 fantastic photos from the collection that truly capture the pioneering spirit of NASA in its bid to conquer the final frontier.

Spooky Glen Echo Park’s Abandoned Crystal Pool

Spooky Glen Echo Park’s Abandoned Crystal Pool

This peeling facade was once the grand entrance to the Crystal Pool at Glen Echo Park, a long-gone attraction in what is a now a slightly spooky incarnation of its former self. While still in existence, there’s a sense that time and technology have long since passed the park by.

A Streetcar Named “Abandoned”

A Streetcar Named “Abandoned”

Abandoned streetcars are an unusual sight in a redeveloping area of Brooklyn. But in the reviving waterfront district of Red Hook, the rusting wrecks are as much a part of the streetscene as the converted warehouses looming over them.

Google Doodles Celebrates Frankenstein Creator’s Birthday

Google Doodles Celebrates Frankenstein Creator’s Birthday

British author Mary Shelley has become the latest historical figure to be commemorated by Google Doodles. On what would have been her 213th birthday, the author who brought us the classic horror tale Frankenstein received her own spooky doodle in place of the search engine’s traditional logo.


Abandoned

Stuck Between the Superpowers: Abandoned Eskimo Village of Naukan

Stuck Between the Superpowers: Abandoned Eskimo Village of Naukan

Until it was abandoned in 1958, the village of Naukan on Cape Dezhneva was the most easterly settlement of Eurasia. Naukan was founded in the nineteenth century but cleared as part of a campaign of consolidation of rural settlements.

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Alternative Travel

Tourism in Iraq: Lost Cradle of Civilization

Tourism in Iraq: Lost Cradle of Civilization

Despite optimistic attempts to revive Iraq’s tourist fortunes over the last year amid ongoing violence, the country remains off-limits to casual visitors. But if that ever changes, here are some ancient sites to explore from the Cradle of Civilization.

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Industrial

Don’t Try this at Home: Crane Climbing Craziness in Paris

Don’t Try this at Home: Crane Climbing Craziness in Paris

Crane climbing must be one of the most extreme hobbies out there, with a similar danger factor as dinner for two with Hannibal Lecter. These three guys in Paris go even further, with crane pull-ups. Whatever happens, don’t this at home…

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Offbeat Architecture

Harrier and Jaguar: Lethal Warplanes Become Fine Art

Harrier and Jaguar: Lethal Warplanes Become Fine Art

We live in an age where just about anything can be construed as art. Take an inanimate object, frame it in some sort of philosophical light, then stick it in a gallery. With that in mind, you won’t be too surprised next time you wander into the Tate Britain and find two battle-hardened warplanes, one strung-up like a trophy, the other lying upside down on the floor.

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Stuck Between the Superpowers: Abandoned Eskimo Village of Naukan

Stuck Between the Superpowers: Abandoned Eskimo Village of Naukan

Until it was abandoned in 1958, the village of Naukan on Cape Dezhneva was the most easterly settlement of Eurasia. Naukan was founded in the nineteenth century but cleared as part of a campaign of consolidation of rural settlements.

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15 Incredible High Flying Photos from New NASA Commons

15 Incredible High Flying Photos from New NASA Commons

In the newly launched NASA Commons set on Flickr, the space agency has released a number of incredible images of iconic spacecraft and aircraft taking to the skies above the United States. Here is a selection of 15 fantastic photos from the collection that truly capture the pioneering spirit of NASA in its bid to conquer the final frontier.

read more

Spooky Glen Echo Park’s Abandoned Crystal Pool

Spooky Glen Echo Park’s Abandoned Crystal Pool

This peeling facade was once the grand entrance to the Crystal Pool at Glen Echo Park, a long-gone attraction in what is a now a slightly spooky incarnation of its former self. While still in existence, there’s a sense that time and technology have long since passed the park by.

read more

A Streetcar Named “Abandoned”

A Streetcar Named “Abandoned”

Abandoned streetcars are an unusual sight in a redeveloping area of Brooklyn. But in the reviving waterfront district of Red Hook, the rusting wrecks are as much a part of the streetscene as the converted warehouses looming over them.

read more

Google Doodles Celebrates Frankenstein Creator’s Birthday

Google Doodles Celebrates Frankenstein Creator’s Birthday

British author Mary Shelley has become the latest historical figure to be commemorated by Google Doodles. On what would have been her 213th birthday, the author who brought us the classic horror tale Frankenstein received her own spooky doodle in place of the search engine’s traditional logo.

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6 Abandoned Towns and Cities of Eurasia

6 Abandoned Towns and Cities of Eurasia

Eurasia is often considered a “supercontinent” but usually refers to the post-Soviet states, the Central Asian republics, and the Transcaucasian republics. So it’s no wonder Eurasia has its fair share of ghost towns, straddling a landmass intrinsically tied to the collapse of the Soviet Union.

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Don’t Try this at Home: Crane Climbing Craziness in Paris

Don’t Try this at Home: Crane Climbing Craziness in Paris

Crane climbing must be one of the most extreme hobbies out there, with a similar danger factor as dinner for two with Hannibal Lecter. These three guys in Paris go even further, with crane pull-ups. Whatever happens, don’t this at home…

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Blow Them Up, Comrade: Russia’s Inflatable Military

Blow Them Up, Comrade: Russia’s Inflatable Military

Russia is stockpiling inflatable versions of its current planes, tanks and surface-to-air missiles in a bid to confuse satellites and aerial reconnaissance systems, at a cost of almost £2,000 per blow-up model.

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Historic High Def Photographs by Kevin Cole

Historic High Def Photographs by Kevin Cole

In this series of vivid images, photographer Kevin Cole takes us on a high definition journey to historic buildings and places in America’s West, framing each one in a new light and in some cases turning the mundane into the sublime.

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Tourism in Iraq: Lost Cradle of Civilization

Tourism in Iraq: Lost Cradle of Civilization

Despite optimistic attempts to revive Iraq’s tourist fortunes over the last year amid ongoing violence, the country remains off-limits to casual visitors. But if that ever changes, here are some ancient sites to explore from the Cradle of Civilization.

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Urban Ghosts Media Turns One Today!

Urban Ghosts Media Turns One Today!

Today, August 20th, is the one year anniversary of Urban Ghosts Media! I’d like to thank everyone who has helped grow this small hobby blog into a publication serving between 1,000 – 2,000 readers each day, and growing. To celebrate, here are 10 of the most popular articles of the last 12 months.

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Virtual Globetrotting Reveals Secret A-12 Avenger Stealth Plane

Virtual Globetrotting Reveals Secret A-12 Avenger Stealth Plane

Previously in our popular article Top Secret Aircraft That Officially Do Not Exist, we featured the A-12 Avenger II, designed as a stealth attack aircraft for the U.S. Navy. But what became of it? Those beady eyed online explorers at Virtual Globetrotting have the answers…

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Celestial Superhighway: The Interplanetary Transport Network

Celestial Superhighway: The Interplanetary Transport Network

The Interplanetary Transport Network sounds like the stuff of science fiction, but it is actually real, and has already been used. The ITN is a collection of pathways through the solar system, governed by gravity and predicted by chaos theory, that require little energy for an object to traverse them.

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The Isolated Fishing Village of Low Newton by the Sea

The Isolated Fishing Village of Low Newton by the Sea

Hiding at the bottom of a hill adjacent to the Northumberland coast is the tiny fishing village of Low Newton by the Sea. Little more than a collection of 18th century cottages and farm buildings, the beach is protected by the National Trust and is popular year round with walkers and wildlife enthusiasts.

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Belfast’s Historic (& Troubled) “Holy Land”

Belfast’s Historic (& Troubled) “Holy Land”

Belfast is famous for many reasons, not least its murals brought about by The Troubles that gripped Northern Ireland from the late 1960s until the “Good Friday” Agreement of 1998. But less well known is an intriguing network of streets in the inner-south of Belfast known as the Holy Land.

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Harrier and Jaguar: Lethal Warplanes Become Fine Art

Harrier and Jaguar: Lethal Warplanes Become Fine Art

We live in an age where just about anything can be construed as art. Take an inanimate object, frame it in some sort of philosophical light, then stick it in a gallery. With that in mind, you won’t be too surprised next time you wander into the Tate Britain and find two battle-hardened warplanes, one strung-up like a trophy, the other lying upside down on the floor.

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