Abandoned Frank Lloyd Wright – Tour of Shams Palace, Iran

Mid-century-modern, brutal, designed by the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, and completely abandoned...

Brutal Socialist-era Yugoslavian Monuments – the Spomenik

In the friendly, disputatious, sometimes fatalist, Adidas-tracksuit-wearing nations that make up the former Yugoslavia, "spomenik" simply means "monument". Futuristic, modernist, and concrete, this page is an explanation and guide to the most brutal set of memorials anywhere on the planet - "The Spomenik".

Inside The World’s Most Ridiculously Extravagant Communist Building

Communist architecture? Brutal, heavy on concrete, and dystopian? Not this. Travel inside the 1980's commie building that would make a royal palace blush...

Insane Bulgarian Communist Monuments – Size Really Did Matter

In communist Bulgaria, you won't believe the monuments that were built with concrete, bricks, money, and just a little bit of forced labour...

Abandoned Penthouse Casino – The Haludovo Palace Hotel – Bikini, Optional

Located on the Croatian island of Krk, the Haludovo is not exactly how Bob Guccione, founder of Penthouse Magazine left it. The Penthouse Pets are long gone from this mid century Yugoslavian masterpiece.