Government
Concrete Arrows and the U.S. Airmail Beacon System
Scattered across the United States are a network of mysterious concrete arrows. They are often found in remote locations or areas difficult to access....
Glenn Dale Hospital: Tuberculosis Sanatorium, Asbestos Asylum
Thirty minutes east of Washington D.C., a collection of brick buildings are deteriorating on a sixty-acre campus buried in a residential pocket of Glenn...
The U.S.’s Most Secure Prison: ADX Florence
ADX Florence, built south of Florence Colorado in 1994, is the most secure prison in the United States prison system. Commonly referred to as...
Abandoned Mediterranean Resort: Varosha Quarter in Famagusta, Cyprus
In the early 1970’s Varosha, Cyprus was one of the Mediterranean’s most glamorous and popular tourist destinations. An upscale quarter in Famagusta Bay, its...
Fort Carroll: Secure Bird Sanctuary?
In the mid-nineteenth century, Baltimore’s ports needed increased protection along the Patapsco River for the routes between Baltimore and Chesapeake Bay. By 1848, the...
The Ghost Fleet of Mallows Bay
On the Maryland side of the Potomac River just west of Chesapeake Bay, the largest shipwreck fleet in the Western Hemisphere sits half-sunk and...
