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Polluted Ghost Towns Created By Appalling Environmental Disasters

Step inside the eerie remnants of America's worst coal fires, toxic waste dumps, nuclear meltdowns, and more.

By All That's Interesting • Mar 1, 2017

Polluted Ghost Towns Created By Appalling Environmental Disasters

Step inside the eerie remnants of America's worst coal fires, toxic waste dumps, nuclear meltdowns, and more.

By All That's Interesting • March 1, 2017

What We Loved This Week, Nov. 27 – Dec. 3

Rare Photos Of Legendary Artists And Entertainers As Young Children So carefully conceived and maintained are the images of the world’s most famous artists and entertainers that it’s truly disarming to see them as children, long before they invented their trademark visual brand. Indeed, to see David Bowie, John Lennon,...

By All That's Interesting • Dec 2, 2016

What We Loved This Week, Nov. 27 – Dec. 3

Rare Photos Of Legendary Artists And Entertainers As Young Children So carefully conceived and maintained are the images of the world’s most famous artists and entertainers that it’s truly disarming to see them as children, long before they invented their trademark visual brand. Indeed, to see David Bowie, John Lennon,...

By All That's Interesting • December 2, 2016

22 Stunning Photos Of Abandoned Factories Given New Life

Factories, grain elevators, warehouses, power plants — reminders of our industrial inheritance are all around us. But what happens to those buildings after the final shift ends and the lights go out for the last time? Sometimes the buildings remain abandoned, left to crumble and sink back into the Earth....

By All That's Interesting • Oct 26, 2016

22 Stunning Photos Of Abandoned Factories Given New Life

Factories, grain elevators, warehouses, power plants — reminders of our industrial inheritance are all around us. But what happens to those buildings after the final shift ends and the lights go out for the last time? Sometimes the buildings remain abandoned, left to crumble and sink back into the Earth....

By All That's Interesting • October 26, 2016

See What Life Is Like For Residents Of Thailand’s Airplane Graveyard

In recent years, impoverished families in Bangkok, Thailand have turned disused, deteriorating airplanes into makeshift homes. Families like these often gather trash and recycling, which they can sell for a couple dollars a day, in order to get by. But that’s certainly not enough to pay rent, so they remain...

By All That's Interesting • Sep 28, 2016

See What Life Is Like For Residents Of Thailand’s Airplane Graveyard

In recent years, impoverished families in Bangkok, Thailand have turned disused, deteriorating airplanes into makeshift homes. Families like these often gather trash and recycling, which they can sell for a couple dollars a day, in order to get by. But that’s certainly not enough to pay rent, so they remain...

By All That's Interesting • September 28, 2016

4 Abandoned Nuclear Testing Sites Humans Destroyed Worse Than Chernobyl

Some of history’s most cataclysmic nuclear incidents are the ones you’ve never even heard about. When we think of nuclear disasters, our minds typically jump right to the horrific incidents at Chernobyl or Hiroshima and Nagasaki. As devastating as those incidents were, during the Cold War competing global powers conducted...

By Elisabeth Sherman • Aug 28, 2016

4 Abandoned Nuclear Testing Sites Humans Destroyed Worse Than Chernobyl

Some of history’s most cataclysmic nuclear incidents are the ones you’ve never even heard about. When we think of nuclear disasters, our minds typically jump right to the horrific incidents at Chernobyl or Hiroshima and Nagasaki. As devastating as those incidents were, during the Cold War competing global powers conducted...

By Elisabeth Sherman • August 28, 2016

37 Eerie Scenes Of Abandoned Places Across The UK

These eerie scenes of abandoned places around the UK reveal the ghosts of its industrial past and the looming specter of its uncertain future.

By John Kuroski • Aug 16, 2016

37 Eerie Scenes Of Abandoned Places Across The UK

These eerie scenes of abandoned places around the UK reveal the ghosts of its industrial past and the looming specter of its uncertain future.

By John Kuroski • August 16, 2016

33 Haunting Photos Of The Abandoned Baltimore Ghetto

These haunting photos of the largely abandoned Baltimore ghetto provide a harrowing glimpse of one of the most beleaguered cities in all of America.

By John Kuroski • Jul 18, 2016

33 Haunting Photos Of The Abandoned Baltimore Ghetto

These haunting photos of the largely abandoned Baltimore ghetto provide a harrowing glimpse of one of the most beleaguered cities in all of America.

By John Kuroski • July 18, 2016

27 Eerie Photos Of Abandoned Amusement Parks

Due to increasing liabilities, climbing temperatures, and other ways of finding entertainment, amusement parks could be nearing the end of their era. These chilling photos of abandoned amusement parks show the parks of the future — places that have seen their last ride ticket punched.

By Erin Kelly • Jul 7, 2016

27 Eerie Photos Of Abandoned Amusement Parks

Due to increasing liabilities, climbing temperatures, and other ways of finding entertainment, amusement parks could be nearing the end of their era. These chilling photos of abandoned amusement parks show the parks of the future — places that have seen their last ride ticket punched.

By Erin Kelly • July 7, 2016

What We Loved This Week, Mar. 20 – 26

Absurd vintage men’s fashions, striking photos of disappearing animal species, the unarmed women hunting South Africa’s poachers, the world’s tallest bridge, and abandoned NASA launch sites. Hilariously Terrible Examples Of Men’s Fashion Over Time Say what you will about fashion trends du jour — it could always be worse: the...

By All That's Interesting • Mar 25, 2016

What We Loved This Week, Mar. 20 – 26

Absurd vintage men’s fashions, striking photos of disappearing animal species, the unarmed women hunting South Africa’s poachers, the world’s tallest bridge, and abandoned NASA launch sites. Hilariously Terrible Examples Of Men’s Fashion Over Time Say what you will about fashion trends du jour — it could always be worse: the...

By All That's Interesting • March 25, 2016

What We Loved This Week, Feb. 21 – 27

Top picks from two of the world’s top photo contests, how kids in North Korea have fun, haunting abandoned locations near New York City, and some dumbfoundingly good photo mashups. Astounding Photo Mashups That’ll Make You Look Twice — Or Thrice The genius of Stephen McMennamy‘s photo manipulations surely lies...

By All That's Interesting • Feb 26, 2016

What We Loved This Week, Feb. 21 – 27

Top picks from two of the world’s top photo contests, how kids in North Korea have fun, haunting abandoned locations near New York City, and some dumbfoundingly good photo mashups. Astounding Photo Mashups That’ll Make You Look Twice — Or Thrice The genius of Stephen McMennamy‘s photo manipulations surely lies...

By All That's Interesting • February 26, 2016