For today’s exploration, we are heading to a remote village in Nara Prefecture to discover a school that has been abandoned since 1998. Night is beginning to fall, so our visit will have to be a race against the clock. We easily make our way inside the building, which was first opened in 1952, through…
What a perilous exploration! Our destination was Nichitsu, an abandoned mining town tucked away since the 1980s in the Saitama Prefecture—a place completely lost in the mountains. Back in its heyday, the town was home to 3,000 residents, but today it is entirely deserted, save for a section of the mine that remains active. We…
The Politička Škola Josip Broz Tito was once a prestigious center of learning for young communists in the region. Founded during the Yugoslav era, the school was dedicated to teaching politics, history, and economics according to communist ideologies. The school’s buildings were imposing and modern, reflecting the architecture of that time. However, following the fall…
After a first failed attempt due to increased site surveillance featuring guards and guard dogs, I returned a year later to try this legendary Belgian spot again: the Val-Benoît University in Liège. The weather is absolute trash; I’m in Liège, and the scenery is so incredibly depressing that if I were prone to it, I…
On August 2, 2013, we arrived in the town of Anderlecht, Belgium, to explore a former veterinary school. Built in 1910, the building is located right in the city center, but access was relatively simple—an open window practically invited us inside. The site had already been abandoned for about twenty years, and we had no…