Old places

Ever since Ninja Kitten and Skeleton key posted Bull House / Fur House I was almost obsessed, I sat there looking at what could rival a euro splore but in...

Beautiful abandoned mansions built near a cliff. The fog is slowly rolling in and soon it might even vanish. #spooky #abandonedmansion #beautiful #haunted #forgottenplaces #abandoned_world #abandonedexcellence #urbex #abandonedafterdark #ruins #abandoned_junkies #abandonedhouse #lostcity

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When colour photographs were first invented, the French millionaire and philanthropist Albert Kahn poured his entire fortune into hiring a team of photographers, which he dispatched to more than 50 countries - his aim was to make a record of all the people of the world. In Britain they captured a nation on the brink of historical change. See the amazing pictures here

When we call a place home, instead of a house, we’re ascribing a sort of positive emotion to it. But on the flip side, a windowless, empty house can evoke melancholy, sad, and even spooky emotions as our brains wonder why the people left in the first place. Mortgage costs are boring, it must be ghosts.

From Abruzzo to Umbria, here are the picturesque places the guidebooks forgot.

The Shambles, York