You’re Fired: 9 Smokin’ Hot Abandoned Match Factories
Churned out by the billions in enormous unsafe factories, matches were indispensable whether the aim was repelling Morlocks or merely lighting one's pipe. ...
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Hidden in History: 7 Top-Secret Architectural World Wonders
Bunkers under luxury hotels, wartime factories hidden beneath fake neighborhoods and vast systems of intricately decorated tunnels just beyond humble houses are among the many incredible ...
All Bets Are Off: 10 Crapped-Out Abandoned Casinos
At these 10 abandoned casinos, the high rollers are laying low, the cards are all jokers, the wheel's stopped spinning and the dice have all thrown snake eyes. ...
Drowned Out: 9 Abandoned Lifeguard Huts & Towers
Battered by wind, waves and relentless weathering, these 9 abandoned lifeguard towers still stand watch though the watchers have long since left. ...
Bread Balks: 13 Old & Moldy Abandoned Bakeries
What becomes of bakeries when they're no longer kneaded? Do the well-bread upper crust take their dough elsewhere, cooking up some other pie-in-the-sky scheme? This baker's dozen of abandoned ...
Going Postal: 12 Stamped Out & Abandoned Post Offices
Since the only thing rapid about "snail mail" is the speed it's fading into disuse, no one should be surprised at the growing number of abandoned post offices. These once-proud centers of commerce ...
Trouble Brewing: 12 De-alcoholized Abandoned Breweries
The spice must flow but the beer? Not always, and last call for breweries large or small is only a question of timing. These dozen decrepit, decommissioned and de-alcoholized breweries are the ...
Watch Out: 15 Eerie Abandoned Observatories
The outlook on (or from) abandoned observatories remains negative, mainly because there's no one there to look up and no working optics to see through. Casualties of war, funding, politics and ...
Anti-Zombie Fortress: Japan’s Abandoned Shime Tower
When the Zombie Apocalypse finally arrives, the winding tower at Japan's abandoned Shime coal mine is where you want to be. This stark, partially moss-covered concrete colossus has been abandoned ...
Rust in Peace: Portugal’s Eerie Abandoned Anchor Graveyard
Portugal's Cemitério das Âncoras, or “Anchor Graveyard”, sprawls across the shifting sand dunes of Barril Beach on Tavira Island. Lined up on edge with near-military precision, hundreds of ...
