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chernobyl

Exploring Chernobyl's Imprint on Neighboring Belarus

The Polesie State Radioecological Reserve is close to Ukraine's Exclusion Zone, but a world away.
September 22, 2020
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chernobyl

The City the Chernobyl Disaster Left Behind, Then and Now

Archival images of Pripyat before the accident offer a stunning contrast to what visitors will find today.
May 3, 2019
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chernobyl

A Visit to Chernobyl as It Transforms Into a Solar Farm

Energy production is about to resume at the site of the worst nuclear accident in history.
February 28, 2018
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fascism

The Misunderstood History of the Balkans' Surreal War Memorials

As viral images, the so-called "spomeniks" of the former Yugoslavia are often taken out of context.
November 6, 2017
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gates to hell

11 Hidden Spots to Enter the Underworld

A world tour of the gateways of Hell.
October 3, 2016
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essential guide

Essential Guide to the Scars of Australia's Prison Past

January 21, 2015
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chernobyl

Where Mass Tourism Overrides Memorialization, Chernobyl Is Far from a Time Capsule

November 12, 2014
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tunnels

Uncovering Tsingtao beyond the Brewery: The Subterranean Relics of Germany's Forgotten Asian Outpost

November 5, 2014
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dictators

In Search of the Real North Korea Beyond the Tourist Illusions

October 21, 2014
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masons

Kazakhstan and the Illuminati in an Unfinished Metropolis

October 8, 2014
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war history

The Country That Dare Not Speak Its Name

September 3, 2014
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communist monuments

Finding the Real Transnistria: Where the Soviet Union Forgot to Die

August 27, 2014
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masonic temples

Freemasons of the Caribbean

August 19, 2014
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military history

Warheads & Reactor Cores: Cuba’s Nuclear Legacy

August 11, 2014
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secret passages

Infiltrating London: Subterranean Exploration in the British Capital

August 5, 2014
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tunnel

Exploring the Storm Drains of Melbourne, a Secret Labyrinth of Tunnels and Creepy-Crawlies

July 23, 2014
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communist monuments

Forgotten Communist Monoliths of Bulgaria

July 14, 2014
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ghost towns

Ordos, China's Desolate City of Ghosts

July 2, 2014
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voodoo

The Modern and Macabre Vodou of Haiti

June 27, 2014
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disaster areas

Five Ghost Towns Abandoned after Disasters

March 18, 2014
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essential guide

Seven of the World's Most Cursed Islands

February 18, 2014
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essential guide

Apocalypse Now?: Five Places That Could Destroy the World

February 5, 2014
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polar week

The Dead Forests of Antarctica

January 27, 2014
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essential guide

The Essential Guide to Modern Pyramids

December 18, 2013