Gorki Leninskiye is the palatial estate and final home of the Soviet leader Lenin. The location is now preserved as a museum to his memory and is well worth a visit. Not only are numerous of Lenin’s possessions on display (including his Rolls Royce Silver Ghost that was customised for Russia’s snow laden terrain), there is also a […]
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Category: Interesting Places
There are so many interesting places in the world, and here are some of our favorites. Learn about where two oceans meet but do not mix as well as about the mysterious deaths at the Ford Hotel.
On Shengshan Island, east of Shanghai, China, rests an eerie location. In a village that was once the home of over 2,000 fisherman, only a handful of people remain. To tourists in the know, Houtouwan is a must see sight. The narrow footpaths take these intrepid explorers past crumbling houses overtaken by vegetation. The remote […]
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Trift Bridge is best avoided by those that do not have a head for heights. But then if steep mountain terrain is not your thing, you probably wouldn’t choose to hang out in the Swiss Alps anyway. Because that’s where this vertigo-inducing pedestrian suspension bridge hangs. Stretching over an arm of Lake Triftsee (itself a product […]
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Roadside bus stops do not immediately spring to mind as a worthwhile subject for a photographer. However, after seeing the surreal architecture employed in the former soviet satellite states, you will understand why Christopher Herwig followed bus routes from Estonia to Armenia to capture these oddities for his latest book. SOVIET BUS STOPS’ chronicles dozens of these entirely […]
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Loew’s Kings Theatre opened September 7, 1929 in Brooklyn. The 3,676 seat house was built and operated by the Loew’s Theatres chain. With ornate decor typical of the era, the theatre originally presented shows that combined movies and live vaudeville. King’s Theatre closed in 1971 and for the next 4 decades was left to rot. Neglect, […]
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At first glance you wouldn’t think that the run off from an energy plant would lend itself to being a medicinal spa. However this is exactly what has happened in Iceland, a country that relies on hydroelectric or geothermal sources for all its energy needs, (apart from transportation). Icelandic power plants epitomise efficient energy production. They […]
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Amidst the sound of traffic and the hubbub of humanity in central London, lies a secret music installation called the Lullaby Factory. The intriguing musical contraption is housed between a new and old building at Great Ormond Street Hospital. Installed in 2012, the Lullaby Factory is a concoction of pipes and horns that spreads across […]
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Close to the Aegean town of Fethiye, there’s an abandoned village called Kayakoy or Levissi, as Greeks used to call it. The remains of the city were originally built in the 18th century on the site of the ancient city of Carmylessus. By 1900 the population of Kayakoy had reached over 10,000, the majority of […]
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At Devil’s Gulch in Garretson, South Dakota, legendary outlaw Jesse James supposedly performed one of his greatest escapes. It is said to have happened after the famous Northfield, Minnesota bank robbery in 1876. Jesse James was immediately chased by a local gang of hunters, set on bringing the outlaw to justice for the handsome reward on his head. […]
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The current political climate aside, the Ukraine has always had a very close relationship with Russia and was of course part of the former Soviet Union. Furthermore, the military might of the Soviet Union during the Cold War meant that a huge amount of tanks were manufactured in the prospect of conflict. Once the Union […]
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The Seven Coloured Earths in Mauritius (known in French as “Terres des Sept Couleurs”) is a bizarre geological oddity that tampers with the notion that brown is the only colour of dirt. The psychedelic dunes were formed due to a rare instance of volcanic activity. In the resultant formations a number of different elements were brought together, each […]
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Imagine living in a city where all the citizens live in one building. Well that is the case for those that find themselves living in the small city of Whittier, Alaska. The place has only two large buildings. One is abandoned and is the home of bears, the other is a high-rise housing the city’s […]
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Following the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974, the United Nations Peacekeeping Force moved into the area in order to establish a buffer zone between the Greek Republic of Cyprus and the newly created Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. During that time, armed forces from all over the western world were positioned there, in an effort to […]
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Kaindy Lake is a scenic mountain lake in Kazakhstan’s portion of the Tian Shan Mountains. Situated close to Almaty, this is a must see sight for adventurous travellers that find themselves in Central Asia’s largest country. The lake was formed after an earthquake in 1911. The ensuing landslides created a natural dam, where over time […]
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Have you ever wanted the earth to swallow you up beneath your feet? Well if you happen to live in Guatemala, that wish may sometime become a reality. The capital, Guatemala City has a strange problem when it comes to sinkholes, and none have been as dramatic as the one that occurred on Sunday, May 30, […]
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