In 1911, an Italian nobody known as Vincenzo Peruggia pulled off the art crime of the century by stealing the Mona Lisa. Fast forward 100-odd years and priceless masterpieces continue to resurface.
Occasionally, churches crop up in areas so incredibly remote and hostile that the destination itself becomes a thing of wonder. Here are ten places of Christian worship made beautiful by their inaccessibility.
There’s nothing quite so final as an abandoned station. Spectacular, ornate temples to the early 20th century, their collapse into ruin is often as heat-breaking as it is beautiful. Explore 10 of the most impressive here.
The Middle East is where the Western world began. Yet huge swathes of this historically-important world were lost for centuries. Entire regions, cities and cultures have winked out of history, leaving only the faintest traces.
No doubt about it: there’s something spooky about the London Underground, especially its abandoned stations. This article explores thirteen such places, alongside disused platforms hidden within stations that remain open to this day.
Imagine everything you’d ever known – your friends, family, old high school and hometown – vanished one night. How would you feel? What would you do? It’s an idea we’ve all toyed with: the thought of being the ‘sole survivor’ of some unnamed cataclysm that wipes out the rest of civilisation. It’s the stuff of fiction, of ancient Biblical myth… and, just occasionally, it’s really happened.
When the Space Shuttle Atlantis touched down in Florida on July 21, 2011, it marked the end of an era. In this article we take a look at the ships and historic voyages of discovery that gave NASA’s orbiters their names.
Go to an old rocket site or astronaut training ground and you feel as if you’ve stepped into the ruins of the future. Join us as we explore 8 abandoned and decommissioned space centres and launch sites across the US and former Soviet Union.
Decades of horror movies, Gothic novels and campfire stories have turned the phrase ‘abandoned school’ into a byword for creepy. Join us as we explore nine abandoned schools and universities across the world.
There’s a certain romance to rail travel that no other method can match. But, caught up in our nostalgic reveries, it’s easy to forget these railroads often exacted a heavy price – against those who constructed them.
There’s a certain fascination in visiting cemeteries that you don’t encounter elsewhere. Morbidity, an unnatural peace, a sense of time stood still… the mood of a graveyard can be hard to describe.
Since the dawn of fiction, writers have loved creating their own cities, from Plato to Italo Calvino and Stephen King. Here are ten of the greatest fictional cities ever conceived.
Of all the world’s landscapes, the weirdest are undoubtedly the ones we’ve built ourselves. Since the dawn of film, directors have been fascinated by the potential of our cities to hide unusual stories.
Over the course of many centuries, countless things are lost. Books, ideas, buried kings – even entire cities. Whole capitals have vanished without a trace, leaving only rumours and contradictory accounts in books.
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