Avangard Hotel
We do love an abandoned place, especially if it is a rather brutalist Soviet affair. The Avangard hotel complex on Lake Sevan, Armenia, is one of these – a vast unfinished pr
Stadsaal
The Stadtsaal (Stadsaal) caves are a series of inter-leading caves in the Cederberg Wilderness area. ‘Stadsaal’ means city hall in Afrikaans, which seems like a rather strange
Murghab
The highest town in Tajikistan. Murghab is also one of the highest permanently inhabited places on earth. At 3,600 meters above sea level, with a population around 4,000, Murghab (
Pella
Based solely on pictures taken from a book, Pella Cathedral was built by a couple of French missionaries between 1882 and 1895, battling intense heat and isolation. Brother Leo W
Remarkable Rocks
When you go down under, on the continent also known as down under, and jump on a ferry to a small stretch of land known for its kangaroos and other assorted wildlife, you will even
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
Karakul Lake
Somewhere along the Pamir Highway, amongst the highest peaks of the Pamir Mountain Range and close to the Tajikistan borders with Kyrgyzstan and China, lies Karakul (or Qarokul), a
Cercle Odyssey – BTS
Every now and then an epic, cool, fun project comes along that leaves you all warm and fuzzy when looking back at the footage and BTS images – one such project was Cercle Odyssey
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