Morten Buus's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

Morten Buus

Danish-British traveller, based in the UK - I love exploring and finding new places to see. I have a very open and positive attitude to what constitutes "must-do sightseeing", which is probably why I spend so much time on Atlas Obscura!

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Places visited in Stanton Lees, England

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Golubac, Serbia

Golubac Fortress

This 14th century castle withstood years of battle but is now sliding off the hills into the Danube.

serflac

Added by serflac

McMurdo Station, Antarctica

Chapel of the Snows

The place of worship erected not once, but three times in one of the most desolate places on Earth.

Rachel

Added by Rachel

McMurdo Station, Antarctica

McMurdo Station

Antarctica's bustling metropolis, originally established by Richard E. Byrd.

littlebrumble

Added by littlebrumble

Volcano Sponge of McMurdo Sound

These giant volcano sponges in Antarctica are thought to be the world's oldest living animal, at 15,000 years old.

Added by Kavya Ram Mohan

Pegasus Wreck

The remains of a doomed Antarctic plane, buried beneath layers of ice and snow, await those willing to do a bit of digging.

Added by phflee

McMurdo Station, Antarctica

Discovery Hut

A wooden hut from the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.

stanestane

Added by stanestane

Fram Museum

Housing the famous Norwegian ice-defying 19th century polar exploration ship.

stanestane

Added by stanestane

Shengshan Island, China

Houtouwan

This abandoned fishing settlement may well be the greenest village in the world.

planan

Added by planan

The Passages Shipwreck

The remains of the wrecked steam trawler can be found on the beach at low tide.

Added by BearGiraffe

Sewell Ghost Town

The “City of Stairs” sits high in the Andes, above the world’s largest underground copper mine.

Tony Dunnell

Added by Tony Dunnell

Cape Charles, Virginia

Kiptopeke's Concrete Fleet

Nine of the very few concrete ships ever made in the U.S. are beautifully decaying off a Virginia pier.

Added by mattflowers

Wreck of the SS Richard Montgomery

No one is sure what to do with this WWII shipwreck that sits at the bottom of the Thames, still loaded with tons of explosives.

robkam

Added by robkam

The Broomway

A perilous medieval road leading right into the sea.

MagnumPI

Added by MagnumPI

Herne Bay, England

Herne Bay Museum

Beachcombers have been populating this museum with artifacts ranging from prehistoric to barely historic since the 1930's.

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

Fort Alexander

A man-made island fort that has housed soldiers, scientists, and ravers.

amic

Salinas, California

Fort Ord

Once America’s most beautiful army base, this abandoned military fort on the coast of Monterey Bay has been left to the elements.

Weifinder

Added by Weifinder

Fort Washington, Maryland

Fort Foote Rodman Guns

A mammoth pair of Civil War artillery guns abandoned out in the forest.

Elliot Carter

Added by Elliot Carter

Medway, England

Grain Tower Battery

This abandoned gun tower was built to defend the River Thames from a French naval attack.

wdcom

Corbridge, England

Aydon Castle

This medieval manor house was hastily fortified when it found itself in the middle of the Scottish fight for independence.

Capemarsh

Added by Capemarsh

Castle of Gormaz

This Arab fortress was once the largest citadel in Western Europe.

Added by Reberad

Bač Fortress

A well preserved medieval fortress in Vojvodina.

alexplorer

Added by alexplorer

Nairobi Railway Museum

Strolling through these vintage locomotives offers a surprising amount of insight into the history of Kenya.

Added by peadarheaney

Dire Dawa, Ethiopia

Chemin de Fer Railway Museum

Rusting railcars and locomotive equipment fill this Ethiopian train graveyard.

Added by peadarheaney

Lecarrow, Ireland

Rindoon

Wander among the abandoned ruins of this once-powerful medieval town.

elizabethwhite

Added by elizabethwhite