Hashima, known as “Battleship Island,” reached its peak in the mid-20th century thanks to coal. The shift to oil ultimately ...

Exploring abandoned sites including a gun factory in Poland where crates of AKM/47 rifles were found, the $100 million family ...

Despite once being one of the most populated places in the world, Hashima Island now resembles something out of a horror movie, long after all of its residents left. The Japanese island, also known as ...

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About nine miles from Nagasaki, Japan, sits an abandoned island, void of inhabitants but rich in history. Hashima Island was a one-time mecca for undersea coal mining, an embodiment of Japan’s rapid ...

In brief: US Senator Lindsey Graham toured the production facility of SkyFall, a leading Ukrainian defense-technology company. Graham observed the manufacturing of advanced unmanned systems, including ...

NASA wants to send an ambitious fleet of helicopters to soar through Martian skies—but scientists fear the endeavor could crater existing Red Planet research missions. “We’re in this tough spot of, ...

Concrete towers rise from the sea like a silent battleship, the rooms frozen and the corridors in decay. Once alive with ...

Wouldn’t it be lovely to go to a place where nobody else is? Abandoned islands have all sorts of interesting history, and while some of them aren’t safe to visit or just generally aren’t accessible, ...