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Abandoned Bicycle in Edinburgh’s Fleshmarket Close
(Images: Urban Ghosts; remains of an abandoned bike in Fleshmarket Close) This afternoon, while wandering through the narrow cobble-streets and wynds of Edinburgh‘s medieval Old Town, I came upon this...
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Urbex Photographer Reveals Abandoned Ferrari & MG Sports Car
(Image: LeiV Photo; the abandoned Ferrari) Belgium-based urban exploration photographer LeiV Photo captured these interesting – perhaps even tear-jerking – scenes of classic cars slowly rusting away...
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The Mystery of the Ghost Ship SS Baychimo
(Image: Aldus Books London; the abandoned ghost ship SS Baychimo) Today, long-distance travel might be uncomfortable and inconvenient, but it’s come a long way since the first intrepid mariners took...
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Inside an Abandoned New York City Trolley (Red Hook, Brooklyn)
(Image: Alan Strakey; the interior of an abandoned trolley car in Red Hook, Brooklyn) The last electric trolley rattled along the streets of Brooklyn, New York City, in 1956. But for the last 27...
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Defunct Jets Stand Idle at Russia’s Zhukovsky Airfield
(Image: Theo van Vliet; airplane graveyards: defunct Fulcrum at Zhukovsky Airfield) During the Cold War it was known as the Soviet Union’s answer to America’s Edwards AFB, the vast and secretive...
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Dive the Wreck of a Crashed Messerschmitt Bf 109G
(Image: Vincent Pommeyrol; Hans Fahrenbergers wrecked Messerschmitt Bf 109G) Resting inverted on the seabed near the tiny Mediterranean island of Planier, southwest of Marseilles, its narrow, splayed...
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Lineup of Wrecked Messerschmitt Bf 109 Carcasses in North Africa (1942)
(Image: Library of Congress; abandoned Messerschmitt Bf 109 in North Africa) This wartime photograph from the Library of Congress shows a wretched lineup of derelict Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighters...
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Capernwray: Dive Sunken Helicopters, Cars & More
(Image: Derek Haslam) At the bottom of a flooded limestone quarry, not far from the small Lancashire town of Carnforth, rests an assortment of old wrecks for scuba divers to explore. Among them are...
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No Fear: This ‘Lamborghini Diablo’ is Neither Abandoned Nor Supercar
(Image: Nylon; “abandoned Lamborghini Diablo” surrounded by goats) Earlier this month, Urban Ghosts featured a photograph which had done the rounds on motoring websites. The image appeared to show...
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Abandoned MiG-23 in Bad Oeynhausen, Germany
(Image: Naska Photographie – Facebook) This abandoned MiG-23 Flogger is one of several defunct airframes standing quietly in a small compound on the west side of Bad Oeynhausen. Despite its faded...
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Rough Camping: 10 Abandoned Trailers, Caravans & Campervans
(Image: nate2b; an abandoned trailer by the shores of the Salton Sea) Camping and caravanning is seemingly hardwired into the Anglosphere’s DNA. In the UK, astonishing amounts of people still spend...
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Rediscovering Ramsgate’s Abandoned Tunnel Railway (aka World Scenic Railway)
(Images: Mike Morant; Ron Strutt; the Ramsgate Tunnel Railway) Adjacent to a small roundabout on Marina Esplanade in Ramsgate, an innocuous, long-sealed portal betrays one of the last remnants of the...
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MV Kalakala: The Rusting Hulk of Iconic Art Deco Ferry (Before Scrapping)
(Image: Guy de Gouville/SolDuc Photography; the decaying hulk of MV Kalakala) She was an Art Deco masterpiece of the high seas. Motor Vessel Kalakala was nothing short of futuristic when she was...
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Beautiful Image of Rusting Cape Cod Railroad Coach
(Image: John Mooney; retired Cape Cod Railroad coach) Winding through the pleasant countryside of southeastern Massachusetts, the Cape Cod Railroad was incorporated in 1846 to connect the town of...
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Historic Locos & Rolling Stock in Tanfield Railway Yard (PHOTOS)
(Image: Gary Williamson; inside the Tanfield Railway’s Marley Hill engine shed) Spanning three miles between Gateshead and County Durham, the Tanfield Railway is understood to be the oldest working...
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Picc-Vic Tunnel: Discover Manchester’s Abandoned Underground Railway
(Image: mwmbwls; abandoned escalator well from cancelled Picc-Vic Tunnel project) Readers of the Manchester Evening News may know about a subterranean tube line that was proposed for the city back in...
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Fire Engine Graveyard Where Mothballed Appliances Rest Under Years of Dust
(Image: Vincent Michel – Facebook; mothballed fire engine graveyard in France) I wanted to be a fighter pilot when I grew up, but seeing a shiny red fire engine go hurtling past never failed to spur...
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Nature Overcomes a Derelict VW Camper
(Image: Stefan Bergstrom) Stefan Bergstrom, a photographer and rural explorer from Sweden, was out walking one day when he discovered this long-abandoned VW camper in the clearing of a dense forest....
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Abandoned Orient Express Train in Belgium
(Image: Brian – PreciousDecay.com) In the world of luxury travel, great railway journeys are increasingly seen as relics of a distant and elegant past. In our fast-paced modern world, the mere thought...
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Abandoned Vintage Cars in a Dilapidated Old Barn
(Image: FFUrbex Fotografie) In an age of computer-designed vehicles, there are still plenty of vintage cars gracing Europe’s winding roads. Or its dilapidated barns, if the two decaying wrecks...
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