Far from the crowds and the usual cliches, New Orleans offers countless off-beat experiences and is home to any number of well-hidden treasures that are revealed only to residents and travellers who find their way off the beaten track. Houses built to resemble riverboats, the finest business hall in the world, a meteorite in a golf course, a back ......
Rediscovering our forgotten heritage No Entry; Dangerous Site Keep Out; Trespassers Will Be Prosecuted: common sights on walls or perimeter fences around many of the worlds abandoned sites. These warnings allude to potential dangers and prove an ineffective deterrent against thieves and vandals. To the urban explorer/photographer these signs ......
Theres nothing remarkable about a movie theater today, but that wasn t always the case. When the great American movie palaces opened in the early 20th century, they were some of the most lavish, stunning buildings anyone had ever seen. With the advent of television, theater companies found it harder and harder to keep them open. Some were ......
Far from the crowds and the usual cliches, Istanbul is still a reserve of well-concealed treasures only revealed to those who know how to wander off the beaten track, whether residents or visitors. An indispensable guide for those who thought they knew Istanbul well, or who would like to discover the hidden face of the city.
Far from the crowds and the usual beach and carnival cliches, Rio de Janeiro has countless treasures it reveals only to residents and travellers who wander off the beaten track. An indispensable guide for all those who thought they were familiar with Rio or would like to discover the other face of the city.
A statue denouncing corruption, a palatial allegory of Dante s Divine Comedy, an exceptional psychedelic private museum, a monument to a police dog, Garcia Lorca s room at the Castelar Hotel, the toilets of a bar where the acoustics were exceptional, reminders of an attempted coup, a dome worthy of Gaudi ...Far from the crowds and the usual ......
Far from the masses and the usual cliches, Granada continues to keep hidden treasures which it only reveals to residents and travelers who wish to go off the beaten track. An indispensable guide for those who think they know Granada well or for those who wish to discover another side to the city.
Seek out a marine graveyard in Brittany, a spectacular former coal mine inGermany s Ruhr basin, an abandoned hospital complex in Poland, ghostlyplaster figures installed at a dilapidated church in the Czech Republic, closed-down prisons and asylums, deserted factories... Since the resounding success of his two earlier volumes, published in 2009and ......
