Steam trains half-buried in the desert, roller coasters entangled in
trees, hulks of ships perched high and dry miles from water - images
like these are bound to make us wonder: what happened here? From
forgotten railway stations to flooded shopping malls, from secret Cold
War bunkers to radiation zones, Abandoned Places explores more than
100 fascinating lost worlds from all around the globe. Surveying the
ruins of industrial sites and military bases, ghost towns, holiday
resorts and airports, the book explains the story of how each place came
to be abandoned - whether through natural or chemical disaster, war,
economic collapse, or changing tastes and customs. Throughout, though, a
picture emerges, not only of what has been lost, but of what remains.
Left to the elements but ignored by humanity, these ramshackle
settlements and dilapidated structures illuminate times and designs that
we thought were long gone. With 150 outstanding color photographs
exploring hauntingly beautiful locations, Abandoned Places is a
brilliant and moving pictorial examination of worlds we have left
behind.