Desolation Travel

01/11/2019

Tskaltubo was one of the Soviet Union's best resorts, then became an IDP camp and a ruin p**n destination. Now Georgia's billionaire leader wants to redevelop it

22/09/2019

The Italian town Ivrea was once a model for workers’ rights and progressive design. Now, it’s both a cautionary tale and evidence of a grand experiment in making labor humane.

01/03/2019

Lake Karakul is almost a Central Asian version of the Middle East’s hyper-saline Dead Sea – although that hasn't stopped visitors from trying to sail here.

05/10/2018

These photos are incredible. I've never been to Mongolia, but these images are strongly evocative to me of both Kyrgyzstan and Siberian Russia. It really shows what artificial constructs modern borders are.

In Mongolia, photographer Frédéric Lagrange has experienced extreme weather, had his life saved by the Mongolian army, and seen the country evolve and develop tremendously.

04/10/2018

I always found this to be one of the saddest stories out of the Soviet Union.

In Russia’s arctic wilderness, the remnants of one of the Soviet Union’s most tragic gulag projects now lies largely forgotten.

21/09/2018

It was the height of luxury when it was built in 1971 near the Armenian capital Yerevan. Now stepping inside Zvartnots airport's abandoned terminal is like being transported back four decades.

09/08/2018

These are beautiful!

For years, photographers have traveled across Russia finding and photographing intriguing ghost towns, empty Soviet factories, toppling houses, and crumbling churches.

15/06/2018

A government initiative in Uzbekistan is enticing farmers to sow unused fields in the country’s sparsely populated west

13/07/2017

This post takes you around Soviet Dnipro, Ukraine (formerly Dnipropetrovsk). It includes structures and buildings from different eras of architecture.

07/07/2017

All of our photos on our blog are currently down due to a change in terms of service at Photobucket (avoid photobucket - they are EVIL!). Our photos at our main website are still online, though.

11/04/2017

All recommended!

“We are haunted by a ghost, the ghost of Communism.” Communism was one of the dominant political ideologies of the 20th century. At its heart lay a particular world view with its own co…

16/01/2017

09/01/2017

Our offbeat travel destinations recommendations. 10 places that people often don't think to travel to, but really should for beauty, culture and adventure.

03/11/2016

Hidden history abounds in abandoned Glasgow's derelict places and forgotten underground tunnels that have so far escaped modern redevelopment.

09/09/2016

We are the chapions!!!
The Great World Nomad Games 2016.
"Kok Boru" on the horse back!
Final Kyrgyzstan vs Kazakstan. 15 : 3

07/09/2016

Sharing many photos and honest thoughts from my time visiting Chernobyl and Pripyat in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone in Ukraine.

25/08/2016

One of our first excursions this summer was to Tunnaicha Lake, the biggest lake on Sakhalin island. We thought it would be quite difficult, but it ended up being a lot easier than it seemed. This …

22/08/2016

A gloriously desolate beach day on Sakhalin Island off the eastern coast of Russia:

Yesterday, we celebrated spang’s birthday by having a beach day. We heard that after a storm, amber from the bottom of the ocean washes up on a short stretch on beach in the small seaside to…

07/08/2016

Stunning photos of desolation:

Fine Art Photography by Walter Arnold

07/08/2016

The palace of culture in one of our favorite cities: Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine.

Built in 1932, the massive building is now in ruins.

03/08/2016

Be sure to watch the video at the bottom!

A jet-powered train may seem to make sense in Russia – anything to speed up the dull commute from Omsk to Tomsk – but sudden…

29/07/2016

Orient Express Ghost Train

Known to urban explorers in Belgium as the abandoned Orient Express train, this rusting locomotive and plush carriages were once at the forefront of luxury.

28/07/2016

Unlike urban exploration, rural exploration, or rurex, describes the documentation of abandoned places in remote locations outside towns and cities.

28/07/2016

When the snow reclaims a nation.

21/07/2016

Travelers are now permitted access to the Russian Woodpecker inside of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. Duga was an old Soviet radar used in the 70s and 80s.

20/07/2016

The Buran photos are glorious!

Though NASA's shuttle orbiters are now in museums, other abandoned space shuttles, engineering mockups and replicas lie forgotten across the world.

18/07/2016

Recommended read:

At 01:23:40 on April 26th 1986, Alexander Akimov pressed the emergency shutdown button at Chernobyl’s fourth nuclear reactor. It was an act that forced the permanent evacuation of a city, killed thousands and crippled the Soviet Union. The event spawned decades of conflicting, exaggerated ...

18/07/2016

Abandoned submarines at the Soviet submarine graveyard in Nezametnaya Cove, near Olenya Bay naval base on the Kola Peninsula.