walarok

Joined Atlas Obscura in 2014

A native of northern Quebec, I've always been fascinated by old abandoned sites; seeing and touching something that was at a time important to someone but now rests forgotten. My favorite past time is to ride the old back roads of the Outaouais (Quebec, Canada) region on my motorcycle to find forgotten sites and then research their history.

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L'Extra-Terrasse during its brief heyday

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Saint-Simon, Québec

L' Extra-Terrasse

For a brief moment, the world was given a flicker of the future of fast food, thanks to a visionary inventor.

Boréalis, Canada's paper heritage museum.

Trois-Rivières, Québec

Boréalis

The former site of the world's largest paper mill is now a museum preserving the heritage of Canada's pulp and paper industries.

The village was abandoned after the mine closed in 1966.

Portugal

Mina de São Domingos (Sao Domingos Mines)

An abandoned mine now resembles a post-apocalyptic landscape of derelict buildings and blood-red pools of water.

The 6-m Large Zenith Telescope.

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Maple Ridge, British Columbia

Large Zenith Telescope

A large spinning bath of liquid mercury, used to probe the early universe.

Merging onto Alaska 1 from a scenic overlook.

Anchorage, Alaska

The Seward Highway

Considered by many to be one of the most dangerous highways in Alaska.

Gásadalur Village

Gasadalur Village, Faroe Islands

Gásadalur Village

This remote island village was in danger of depopulating completely until a tunnel was built to connect it to the rest of the world .