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Darmon Richter

Writer, photographer, author of Chernobyl: A Stalkers’ Guide. Enjoys monuments, tunnels, and finding things not on maps.

www.exutopia.com

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Exploring Chernobyl's Imprint on Neighboring Belarus

The Polesie State Radioecological Reserve is close to Ukraine's Exclusion Zone, but a world away.

September 22, 2020

The City the Chernobyl Disaster Left Behind, Then and Now

Archival images of Pripyat before the accident offer a stunning contrast to what visitors will find today.

A Visit to Chernobyl as It Transforms Into a Solar Farm

Energy production is about to resume at the site of the worst nuclear accident in history.

February 28, 2018

The Misunderstood History of the Balkans' Surreal War Memorials

As viral images, the so-called "spomeniks" of the former Yugoslavia are often taken out of context.

November 6, 2017

11 Hidden Spots to Enter the Underworld

A world tour of the gateways of Hell.

October 3, 2016

essential guide

Essential Guide to the Scars of Australia's Prison Past

January 21, 2015

Where Mass Tourism Overrides Memorialization, Chernobyl Is Far from a Time Capsule

November 12, 2014

Uncovering Tsingtao beyond the Brewery: The Subterranean Relics of Germany's Forgotten Asian Outpost

November 5, 2014

In Search of the Real North Korea Beyond the Tourist Illusions

October 21, 2014

Kazakhstan and the Illuminati in an Unfinished Metropolis

October 8, 2014

The Country That Dare Not Speak Its Name

September 3, 2014

communist monuments

Finding the Real Transnistria: Where the Soviet Union Forgot to Die

August 27, 2014

masonic temples

Freemasons of the Caribbean

August 19, 2014

military history

Warheads & Reactor Cores: Cuba’s Nuclear Legacy

August 11, 2014

secret passages

Infiltrating London: Subterranean Exploration in the British Capital

Exploring the Storm Drains of Melbourne, a Secret Labyrinth of Tunnels and Creepy-Crawlies

communist monuments

Forgotten Communist Monoliths of Bulgaria

Ordos, China's Desolate City of Ghosts

The Modern and Macabre Vodou of Haiti

Five Ghost Towns Abandoned after Disasters

essential guide

Seven of the World's Most Cursed Islands

February 18, 2014

essential guide

Apocalypse Now?: Five Places That Could Destroy the World

February 5, 2014

The Dead Forests of Antarctica

January 27, 2014

essential guide

The Essential Guide to Modern Pyramids

December 18, 2013