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Proposed Roseburn to Union Canal Cycle Route (Edinburgh)
(Image: via Edinburgh Council Consultation Hub. Proposed Dalry Road bridge on the ‘Roseburn to Union Canal cycle route’) Edinburgh residents with an interest in walking, cycling and linear urban parks...
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Phantom Menace: Visit Anakin Skywalker’s Podracer at Wings Over the Rockies
(Images: Urban Ghosts. Star Wars podracer movie prop from The Phantom Menace) For many, the first instalment of the Star Wars prequel trilogy might not have been George Lucas’ finest offering, but...
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Westchester Avenue: Ruined Railroad Station in the Bronx
(Image: Peter Greenberg. The long-abandoned Westchester Avenue station in the Bronx) The New York Times called it a place “Where Ghost Passengers Await Very Late Trains”, and it’s not hard to envision...
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Ride London’s Historic Post Office Railway (Mail Rail)
(Image: cakehole. Mail Rail: ride London’s preserved Post Office Railway) It’s one of subterranean London’s most unusual abandoned places. The Post Office Railway, also known as Mail Rail, spans 6.5...
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Forgotten Railway Crossing in Salamander Place, Leith
(Images: Urban Ghosts. The abandoned level crossing in Salamander Place, Edinburgh) Set into the storied cobbles of Edinburgh‘s Salamander Place, a short stretch of forgotten railway lines echoes the...
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Talla Railway: Forgotten Reservoir Line in the Scottish Borders
(Image: Walter Baxter. Remains of farm access bridge over the abandoned Talla Railway) The UK countryside is crisscrossed by an impressive network of disused railway lines, silent echoes of a golden...
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California’s Abandoned Saline Valley Aerial Tramway
(Image: LCGS Russ. The Saline Valley aerial tramway aka salt tram) Amid the searing heat of Death Valley National Park in the rain shadow of the mighty Sierra Nevada, the arid expanse of California’s...
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Strand Underpass: From Disused Tram Subway to Modern Vehicle Tunnel
(Image: Sixthland. Inside the Strand Underpass today) Take a trip through the Strand Underpass in central London and you’ll find a vehicle tunnel like any other. But this tunnel, which connects...
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United States Capitol Subway System: A Brief History
(Image: US Congress. United States Capitol subway system car beneath the Russell Senate Office Building) The Washington Metro rapid transit system, which serves the Washington, DC metropolitan area in...
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SS Atlantus: New Jersey’s Concrete Shipwreck
(Image: © Luigi Novi / Wikimedia Commons. Wreck of the concrete ship SS Atlantus) Aground off the coast of Cape May, New Jersey, a hulking shipwreck serves as a lasting reminder of perhaps one of the...
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Navagio: Abandoned MV Panagiotis on Shipwreck Beach
(Image: Walkerssk. “Navagio” is home to the wreck of MV Panagiotis) According to Adventurous Travels, this isolated cove boasts one of the most beautiful beaches in the world. Navagio, or Shipwreck...
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The Abandoned Stretches of Tennessee State Route 211
(Image: Pepper6181. Derelict sections of Tennessee State Route 211) Abandoned stretches of American highways and byways have an eerie desolation about them, and the long-disused sections of Tennessee...
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Building Roads With Pellets Made From Recycled Plastic Bottles
(Image: biancamentil) At long last there may be a use for those pesky plastic bottles and bags that blight our streets and harm the environment. Several UK councils are testing a new process that...
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Relic of Lost Railway Swing Bridge Over Caldon Canal
(Image: Roger Kidd. Abandoned swing bridge relic in Caldon Canal) At Stanley Moss, near the village of Endon in the Staffordshire Moorlands district, sits this curious man-made island in the middle of...
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Visit: U-534: Preserved Wreck of a German WW2 Submarine
(Image: Paul Adams. U-534 while stored at Birkenhead Docks) Only a handful of World War Two German submarines survive today and U-534 makes for a rare attraction, preserved in sections at the Woodside...
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Beauly Railway Station: The Shortest Platform in Britain
(Image: TheTurfBurner. A train approaches Beauly station in Scotland) Beauly: the name alone, meaning “beautiful place”, conjures a romantic image on the evocatively-named Far North Line. Nestled in...
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Historic Nothe Fort Inclined Tramway, Weymouth
(Image: Neil Owen. The Nothe Fort inclined tramway in Dorset, South West England) Situated on the Nothe Peninsula in Weymouth, Dorset, Nothe Fort is a coastal defensive structure built between 1860...
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Castellated Relics of the Douglas Southern Electric Tramway (Isle of Man)
(Image: Glyn Baker. Route of the old Douglas Southern Electric Tramway on Marine Drive) Vintage trams, both passenger-carrying and rugged industrial tramways, largely disappeared from the UK decades...
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Abandoned Broadway Streetcar Tunnel (Foundry Street, Boston)
(Image: Pi.1415926535. Foundry Street portal of Boston’s disused Broadway streetcar tunnel) It now houses a $9 million Homeland Security-funded facility established to train first responders to deal...
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Mam Tor Landslide: The Abandoned A625 Road
(Image: Rob Bendall. Abandoned Mam Tor road (A625), closed after 1979 landslide) Known as the Mother Hill or Shivering Mountain, Mam Tor in Derbyshire‘s High Peak has been plagued by landslides for...
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