And on we go to yet another already familiar location. This here is the former railroaders’ apartment house, which was featured for the first time in 2021. Back then there was quite a surprise on the porch. The building’s status seems pretty unchanged. The doors to the porch were open as they were the previousContinue reading “The Crime Scene Has Been Cleared”
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A Yearly Pilgrimage
The following location was all too familiar to me and I already knew, that there would be nothing else to find here than what I had already seen. This is what is left of the location where my interest towards the abandoned. It burned down in 2021 just around a month after I had saidContinue reading “A Yearly Pilgrimage”
Trying To Rail It Again
My adventures through the all too familiar locations I had visited numerous times, had now taken me to one of the many railway stations in the area. They were all looking pretty much abandoned, but a part of them might still have some technology related to railway operations, as they were kept in some shape.Continue reading “Trying To Rail It Again”
An Ambition For The Ancient
Back when I was a child and we travelled to our grandparents or summerplace, I remembering wondering a massive Viking ship standing on a mountainside. I had forgotten all about it, until I read an article about it the previous winter. The park was built in the 1980’s by a local construction foreman, who lovedContinue reading “An Ambition For The Ancient”
The Injury Didn’t Prevent Me From Retrying
So welcome yet to another familiar location. This one is the dairy plant converted into a service station in 1959. The previous time I was here, I fell and got my first urbex injury. Now I am back. But as the appearance of the building seems unchanged, I decided not to even leave my car.Continue reading “The Injury Didn’t Prevent Me From Retrying”
Celebrating 30’s And Checking On Locations Part IV
The following location was already out of town, but it was still part of the same trip to my former home town. This time it was about a former service station documented earlier in here. The place looked about the same as it did previously. Going around to see if I can find a pointContinue reading “Celebrating 30’s And Checking On Locations Part IV”
Celebrating 30’s And Checking On Locations Part III
That was quite a party night. We went to several bars in my birth town and I made an agreement with one of my friends to be my wing woman. Well, she agreed on three dates for herself and finally took me home. When I finally could drive the following day, I first travelled toContinue reading “Celebrating 30’s And Checking On Locations Part III”
Celebrating 30’s And Checking On Locations Part II
The 30’s birthday party was held at the old elevator tower of a massive mill now converted into an event venue. But wait a second, haven’t we been here before? The elevator tower in question is to the right of the picture on the other side of the wooden bridge. But this monster here inContinue reading “Celebrating 30’s And Checking On Locations Part II”
Celebrating 30’s And Checking On Locations Part I
That summer the mother of my godson turned 30. That’s why I travelled to my former home town to attend the party. But the trip would have been nothing without a couple of explorations. This here is the power station of a former sawmill, which I first discovered earlier that spring. As it was partiallyContinue reading “Celebrating 30’s And Checking On Locations Part I”
The Unusual Guides Are Back Part III
The following location was by the same small road where the previous one was located. My friend told me that a clocksmith had lived and worked there. I was a bit sceptical at first. It was actually just a shed. But my friend’s father, who has lived his entire life in the village, confirmed, thatContinue reading “The Unusual Guides Are Back Part III”