Military Camp Solomos – a closed chapter in local defense history
During the holiday of 2025, when we visited Lefkada and Parga in the region of Epirus, we were a few days in Preveza. On the outskirts of the…
Dourbes Tannery – a forgotten relic of Belgium’s industrial past
Hidden among the forests and hills near Dourbes, in the municipality of Viroinval, lies the abandoned Dourbes Tannery. Founded in 1876 by…
The Poudrerie de Doische: from industry to ruin
On the outskirts of Matagne-la-Grande, in the municipality of Doische, lie the silent remains of what was once known as the Poudrerie de…
TAOL: the old wine factory of Lefkada
The last day of our summer holiday in Greece in 2025 we had to spend some time till late afternoon, waiting for our flight to take off.…
Jongia State Petting Zoo – Closed since 2023 following animal neglect case
Jongia State Petting Zoo, also known as Bisteboel, in the Frisian village of Bears made headlines in 2023 after serious cases of animal…
Buorkerij It Fliet – farm in the middle of nowhere
Buorkerij It Fliet revisit A farm situated in a wide, empty landscape in the southwest corner of Friesland. In the last century, summer…
NATO Communication Base – A Cold War Monument
Hidden high in the mountains of Lefkada, Greece, lies the skeleton of a Cold War-era communication station, slowly being reclaimed by nature.…
Chapel of Sanatorium of Valongo (PT) – An abandoomed TBC-hospital on top of Mont`Alto
The construction of the Mont`Alto Sanatorium began in 1932. Due to the appearance of a large number of people who had contracted tubercolosis,…
Black Cokes part III (BE) – A desolate industrial site near the river Sambre
Once prosperous and influential due to mining and steel industry, now a city that looks gloomy and blows the last smoke out of the chimney of…
Château Noisy – a former orphanage in serious disrepair
When I started urban exploring in 2014, there was one place I kept encountering on my timeline: Chateau Miranda. This severely decayed Gothic…