Whalers Bay Whalers Bay

Whalers Bay, Deception Island: Ash, Iron and Memory at the Edge of the World

Whalers Bay lies just inside the narrow, treacherous entrance to Deception Island, a flooded volcanic caldera in the…
The Ryugyong Hotel The Ryugyong Hotel

The Ryugyong Hotel: North Korea’s Towering Monument of Ambition and Isolation

Towering over the skyline of Pyongyang like a relic from a futuristic dystopia, the Ryugyong Hotel has long…
DUGA Radar DUGA Radar

Duga Radar: The Soviet Union’s Secret Cold War Giant

Duga was an over-the-horizon radar (OTH) system used in the Soviet Union as part of its early-warning radar…
Kadykchan Kadykchan

Kadykchan: The Ghost Town of Russia’s Far East

In the desolate and icy expanses of Russia’s Far East, there exists a town frozen in time—Kadykchan. Once…
The Olympic Village The Olympic Village

The Olympic Village of Sarajevo: A Ghostly Remnant of a Glorious Past

The 1984 Winter Olympics, held in Sarajevo, were a proud moment for what was then Yugoslavia. The city…