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.
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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.
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Abandoned Pianos – An Unlikely Urbex Attraction
They might not seem the likeliest of urbex subjects but abandoned pianos have captured the imaginations of photographers and urban explorers all over the world.
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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.
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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.
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Abandoned Windsor Wax Building – Then and Now
The abandoned Windsor Wax Building has been a landmark of Hoboken, New Jersey since the company was established in 1923 by Leo Fleischmann, a chemist, explorer and adventurer.
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6 Incredible Abandoned Gateways to the World
“Gateways to the World” can have many meanings. In this article we explore six incredible abandonments that contributed to the progress of our society before fading into obscurity.
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Military Aircraft Graveyard at Burgas Airport in Bulgaria
Abandoned planes and aircraft graveyards are popular subjects of urbex photography. This rusting Cold War collection, at Burgas Airport, is a hangover from Bulgaria’s membership of the Warsaw Pact.
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Recycled Tube Trains Serve as Artists’ Studios in London
Standing on Great Eastern Street in London, a glance several metres above eye level with reveal two recycled Tube trains, now the sustainable studios of Village Underground.
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Cold Warning: The Abandoned Radar Stations of the Arctic Circle
The Arctic’s proximity to the Soviet Union made Alaska, Canada and Greenland ideal locations for Cold War early warning radar stations – some now hauntingly abandoned.
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Pete Dungey’s Pothole Gardens Highlight Poor State of Britain’s Roads
Oxford-based guerrilla gardener Pete Dungey creates pothole gardens to highlight the extensive problem of surface imperfections on Britain’s roads.
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Confined Places: The History of High Royds Insane Asylum
Well known to British urban explorers, High Royds Insane Asylum first opened in 1888 and operated as psychiatric hospital for more than a century until its final closure in 2003.
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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”.
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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!
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Half-Finished Buildings at Idaho’s Tamarak Resort
This slightly haunting cluster of buildings isn’t your average ghost town or abandoned village. In fact, Tamarak Resort in Idaho had never been inhabited when these photos were taken.
