February 23, 2013
Blog ArchivesThe Striking Brutalist Architecture of Scotland’s Abandoned St Peter’s Seminary-Cardross
St Peter’s Seminary near Cardross, Scotland, was a Roman Catholic educational institution opened in 1966 by the Archdiocese of Glasgow. The building’s function as a college ended in 1980 and it’s been abandoned ever since.
Exploring the Soviet-era Abandoned Buildings of Chemnitz, Former East Germany
If you visit the city of Chemnitz in the German Free State of Saxony, your first impression is going to be distinctly Soviet. Journalist and urban explorer Seamus Murphy takes a closer look.
5 Top Links of the Week (Part 7)
This week’s link round-up from our online friends and those we admire includes weird and wonderful flying cars, abandoned power stations, conspiracy theories and voodoo.
Abandoned Mansion in Spain Built by Settlers Returning from New World Colonies
As seen in our popular feature 20 Spectacular Abandoned Mansions of the World, this beautiful abandoned house was built by Spanish settlers returning to Europe from the New World having made their fortunes.
Exploring Sorrento’s Hauntingly Beautiful “Valley of the Mills”
The Valley of the Mills is a popular tourist destination in the Italian town of Sorrento, formed by an earthquake that shook the Mediterranean around 35,000 years ago and home to a ruined flour mill.
Edinburgh’s Melville Bar set to Reopen Soon?
The Melville Bar in Edinburgh’s West End has been closed for several months, conspicuous by its silence alongside two other thriving pubs, Bert’s Bar and Teuchters. But is it set to reopen?
Knox County Poorhouse: Urban Exploring Ohio’s Chilling Abandoned Home for the Impoverished
Like Victorian-era insane asylums and sanatoriums, poorhouses were feared institutions offering shelter and employment for those unable to support themselves – but it was a bleak existence.
5 Top Links of the Week (Part 3)
Part 3 of our weekly link round-up from our friends, partners and sites we admire takes us from the UK to Russia, the US and Mexico.
Interview with Urban Explorer phill.d
Urban Ghosts is thrilled to have spoken to British urban explorer Phill.d, who has spent the last six years documenting many of northern England’s most endangered, historic and forgotten structures.
Charles Simonds: Ruined Clay Homes for ‘the Little People’
In the early 1970s, Charles Simonds (born 1945 in New York) began creating tiny primitive settlements for an ancient race of nomadic ‘Little People’, who have long since disappeared.
Plaque on a Gate Post marks former Entrance to a Forgotten Isolation Hospital
Surrounding a 1960s housing estate in the Lodge Moor area of Sheffield is a wall that clearly dates to an earlier time. Its original purpose is revealed by a brass plaque on a stone gate post that reads…
In Love With Rust: Photography’s Obsession With Modern Urban Ruins
Ever since the haunted ruins and Gothic scenes photographed by the late Sir Simon Marsden, urban explorers have been driven to document historic abandoned places across the world. But why?
Believe it or Not, this is a Church!
Briefly mentioned in our previous article 7 of the World’s most Overgrown Churches, this odd structure consumed by foliage is actually the remains of the parish church of St Remigius.
5 Eerie insights into an Unexplored Land: Ruins and Abandonments of North Korea
With a majority of the world now being accessible by traveller’s package deals, North Korea maintains its doors-shut-tight approach to allowing foreigners in.
5 Top Links of the Week (Part 2)
Welcome to Part 2 of our latest installment of the popular weekly link round-up compiled from the best content of our friends, partners and sites we admire.
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