Old Pomene Hotel
The Old Pomene Hotel was built in 1964 in Mozambique after the shipwreck of the Portuguese ship Berea, a cargo ship carrying sugar. Recovery efforts led to the construction of a ro
Aalam Ordo
Aalam Ordo (or the ‘Centre of the Universe”), was an epic project initiated under a president now long removed from power. Constructed in 2009, the complex is situated on the s
Buzludzha Monument
‘The story of the grey, saucer-shaped building is stranger than that of any movie with UFO’s. The building was inaugurated in 1981 by the Bulgarian communist regime to commemor
Hotel Medea
‘Hotel Medea’ is an abandoned hotel and sanatorium in Tskaltubo, west-central Georgia. Built in 1954 and left empty after the Soviet Union’s collapse, it was initially na
Sanatorium Imereti
Architects Vladimir Alexi-Meskhishvili and L. Janelidze completed the construction of Sanatorium Imereti in 1961. The Georgian city of Tskaltubo had emerged as a significant spa-re
Sanatorium Metalurgi
The Sanatorium Metalurgi was completed in 1957 and was built for the steelworkers of the Soviet Union, offering them a break from their rather hectic schedules and a bit of a wallo
Stalin’s Dacha, Tskaltubo
One of the many dachas (country or holiday houses) that were built for Stalin across the Soviet Union, this one was used when he visited the mineral springs dotted across the town.
Kolmanskop Ghost Town
Some 15 km from the Namibian coastal town of Lüderitz, Kolmanskop used to be a small railway station in 1908, when the railway between Lüderitz and Keetmanshoop was built.
Soviet Observatory, Tajikistan
An abandoned Soviet observatory on the top of a mountain in the middle of nowhere sounds exciting, right? Shorbulak Observatory, once the site of challenging astronomical observati
Tskaltubo Train Station
Tskhaltubo Railway Station in Georgia became abandoned after the collapse of the town’s spa industry, which happened as a result of the fall of the Soviet Union in the early 1990