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Darmon Richter

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

London, England

Temple Church

An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.

The Navigators

London, England

The Navigators

Ship-sized kinetic sculptural fantasy.

The mouth of the River Fleet, entering the River Thames beneath the Blackfriars Bridge, London.

London, England

The Lost River Fleet

The largest of London's subterranean rivers and once a mad, bad center of London life.

Crossbones Graveyard

London, England

Crossbones Graveyard

This South London cemetery holds the remains of more than 15,000 people.

Hill of Crosses.

Meškuičių seniūnija, Lithuania

Hill of Crosses

An old hill fort covered in over 100,000 crosses is a symbol of Lithuanian nationalism and beliefs.

The forests of Lithuania concealed the site for almost 20 years

Lithuania

Dvina Missile Silo

Launch site for nuclear war against Western Europe.

Ruins of the Crystal Palace

London, England

Ruins of the Crystal Palace

The remains of Crystal Palace Great Exhibition of 1851.

Kensal Green Cemetery and Catacombs

London, England

Kensal Green Cemetery and Catacombs

Winding paths and ramshackle mausoleums in the oldest "park cemetery" in London.

The town of Visoko in 1973 with the "Pyramid of the Sun" in the background. (Wikimedia Commons)

Visoko, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Visočia, the Bosnian Pyramid of Visoko

Controversial site of what could be Europe's first pyramid.

Bunker in Albania countryside.

Elbasan County, Albania

Bunkers of Albania

Hundreds of thousands of concrete bunkers crowd Albania long after the fall of Communism.

Red Cross Concentration Camp

Niš, Serbia

Red Cross Concentration Camp

A Red Cross memorial museum at the site of the Niš concentration camp that operated for four eventful years during World War II.

Bubanj Memorial Park

Niš, Serbia

Bubanj Memorial Park

This memorial park stands on the site of one of the largest mass executions of the Second World War.

Skull Tower of Nis

Niš, Serbia

The Skull Tower of Nis

Structure built from the skulls of vanquished foes.

336 ancient columns

Istanbul, Turkey

Basilica Cisterns of Istanbul

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

The Largo Party House.

Sofia, Bulgaria

The Largo

Sofia's legislative center is continuously reinventing itself.

May 2023

Perushtitza, Bulgaria

The Red Church

Ruins of an early Roman Christian church dating back to the 4th to 5th centuries.

Statues depict first four Asen rulers.

Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria

Asen Dynasty Monument

An homage to the medieval rulers of Bulgaria.

Kaliakra Transmitter

Balgarevo, Bulgaria

Kaliakra Transmitter

Massive, unfinished broadcasting station stands as a monument to the fall of communism.

Raketa Rakia interior.

Sofia, Bulgaria

Raketa Rakia

Eastern Bloc nostalgia, anybody?

Statue of Sveta Sofia

Sofia, Bulgaria

Statue of Sveta Sofia

"Holy Wisdom" overlooks the city that became its namesake.

The Bells Monument.

Sofia, Bulgaria

The Bells Monument

"Unity, Creativity, Beauty."

Shipka Pass, viewed from Shipka

Gabrovo, Bulgaria

Shipka Pass

A mountain pass in Bulgaria's Balkan Mountains was the site of four historic battles.

The courtyard of the Rose Museum.

Kazanlak, Bulgaria

Rose Museum

Said to be the only museum in the world dedicated to the most classic of all blooms, the rose.

Shipka Memorial Church

Shipka, Bulgaria

Shipka Memorial Church

A magnificent, glittering building tucked into a tiny Bulgarian mountain town.

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