Travel
CategoryTravel has always been the central theme of Urban Ghosts, from historic/unique places across the world to seemingly innocuous neighbourhood structures such as abandoned pubs, cinemas and theatres. Many places featured on this site are ignored by traditional travel publications, but nonetheless appeal to an audience far beyond their immediate location.
8 Awesome Links of the Week (Part 8): Underground Cities, Urban Exploration, Adaptive Reuse & More
This week’s link round-up covers urban exploration and abandoned buildings, urban art and adaptive reuse, Beijing’s Underground City and more.
Múli: A Living Ghost Town in the Faroe Islands
Despite serving as home to four remaining residents and a summer holiday destination for former locals, the living ghost town of Múli has been abandoned since 2002.
Abandoned: Helensburgh Railway Station Hidden Amid Decades of Greenery & Plant Life
Hidden virtually out of sight in a deep cutting and teeming with plant life, this former railway station at Helensburgh, New South Wales, has been abandoned since 1915.
The Mummies of Guanajuato: A Mexican Museum for the Morbidly Curious
The Mexican city of Guanajuato is home to the macabre Mummies’ Museum, an offbeat tourist destination featuring the preserved remains of 19th century locals who died of cholera.
8 Awesome Links of the Week (Part 7)
Check out our latest link round-up featuring urban exploration, abandoned insane asylums, transformers recycled from scrap, subterranean sewers, urbex photography, urban art and more.
8 Awesome Links of the Week (Part 6)
This week’s link round-up features a range of topics from urban exploration to urban art, deadly volcanoes to rain-drenched cityscapes. Enjoy!
Hong Kong in the Rain: a Photo Series by Christophe Jacrot
Rain-soaked streets and heavy skies are enough to send most of us running for shelter. But that’s when photographer Christophe Jacrot heads outdoors.
8 Awesome Links of the Week (Part Five)
The fifth installment of our weekly link round-up delves into urbex photography and abandoned places, amazing crystal caves, light graffiti and urban interventionism.
The Five Most Unusual Fast Food Restaurants From Around the World
Most fast food chains look the same no matter where you go in the world but there are some notable exceptions – and this article highlights five of them.
The Last Supper: Creepy “Ghosts” Sculpture Near Rhyolite Ghost Town
Near the Rhyolite ghost town in Nevada’s Mojave Desert stands a strange museum, boasting one of the most evocative art installations of the American west – The Last Supper.
8 Awesome Links of the Week (Part Four)
Our weekly link round-up is back, highlighting more great content from our friends, partners and sites we admire and delving into the worlds of urbex, urban and recycled art, offbeat travel destinations and more.
7 of the World’s Most Overgrown Churches – All in One English County!
Norfolk has more ruined churches than any other English county. Many of these abandoned buildings are among the most overgrown churches in the world.
The Doors of Dublin: A Colourful Paddy’s Day Tale
Around St. Patrick’s Day 1970 a poster appeared in the window of the Irish Tourism offices in New York City that was destined to become one of Ireland’s most iconic modern images – “The Doors of Dublin”.
8 Awesome Links of the Week (Part Three)
This installment of our weekly link round-up takes us to dank prison cells, dark mines, abandoned asylums and strange urban art installations. Enjoy!
Another Overgrown Church at the Heart of a Lost Village in England
The abandoned church of St Felix is all that’s left of Babingley, one of Norfolk’s lost villages. Little more than an ivy-clad shell, the abandoned building has a mysterious history.
