Courtesy: The Vintage News Feb 14, 2018 Brad Smithfield “He like a rock in the sea unshaken stands his ground.” – Virgil. It is believed that small and beautiful Gaiola Island (Isola della Gaiola) is a cursed place. Knowing the fact that almost all of its past owners tragically died, mysteriously disappeared, or had bad fortune connected with their … Read more
Courtesy: The Vintage News Feb 22, 2018 Magda Origjanska In 1965, in the middle of the Gemini 3 mission, astronaut John Young reached into his space suit and pulled out a surprise–he offered a corned-beef sandwich to his crewmate, Gus Grissom. At the time it didn’t cross his mind that this would be the first corned … Read more
Courtesy: The Vintage News Feb 22, 2018 Nikola Simonovski Before the invention of photography, people needed a different method of commemorating the faces of the deceased. They had paintings, of course, but another service was saved for the elites: the death mask. This technique was used in many nations to create a lasting memento of a … Read more
Feb 23, 2018 Petra Bjelica Courtesy: The Vintage News Formally known as the House-Monument of the Bulgarian Communist Party, the Buzludzha monument is today famous for its resemblance to a ruined UFO, a place of pilgrimage for lovers of abandoned places. A unique and fascinating monument, it was primarily built as a site for the commemoration … Read more
Feb 23, 2018 Domagoj Valjak The Great Fire of London by an unknown painter, depicting the fire as it would have appeared on the evening of Tuesday, 4 September 1666 from a boat in the vicinity of Tower Wharf. Personal diaries are important to historians and sometimes the only genuine source of past events. The diary … Read more
Courtesy: Abandonspaces.com Shelby Steward – CC BY 2.0 Within the waters of Table Bay, on the Atlantic coast of South Africa, stands an island that has a long, dark history. The island itself is surrounded by powerful Atlantic waves and currents that have caused a great number of shipwrecks throughout history. During a 1990 marine archaeology … Read more
In 1941, Rudolf Hess flew to Scotland by himself and attempted to negotiate peace behind Hitler’s back Mar 12, 2018 Domagoj Valjak Courtesy: The Vintage News Rudolf Hess was an original member of Hitler’s notorious Nazi Party and one the most powerful officials of the regime in Germany. He started his career in the party as … Read more
