{"product_id":"atlas-of-forgotten-places-travis-elborough-9780711263307","title":"Atlas of Forgotten Places: Journey to Abandoned Destinations from Around the Globe","description":"\u003cb\u003eExplore the places that time forgot. Abandoned, mysterious, sleeping monuments around the world have been relegated to the margins of history, pushed off the map and out of sight.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From ancient ruins and crumbling castles to more recent relics - an art deco New York subway station, a Soviet ghost town in the Arctic Circle, a flooded Thai mall teeming with aquatic life - Travis Elborough takes you on \u003cb\u003ea journey into these strange, overlooked and disappearing worlds and immortalises their fates.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eOriginal maps\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003estunning colour photography\u003c\/b\u003e accompany Travis Elborough's \u003cb\u003emoving historic and geographic accounts of each site\u003c\/b\u003e. The featured locations are a stark reminder of what was, and the accounts in \u003cb\u003ethis investigative book help to bring their stories back to life, telling us what happened, when and why, and to whom\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The book features 40 sites, including: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSanta Claus, Arizona, USA: \u003c\/b\u003eA festive tourist resort turned ghost town deep in the desert where once you could meet Santa Claus any day of the year;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eCrystal Palace Subway, London, UK: \u003c\/b\u003e One of the city's best-kept secrets is an underground, cathedral-like relic from where many Victorian commuters bustled through;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eMontserrat, West Indies\u003c\/b\u003e: The small Caribbean island with a population of 5,000 that was evacuated when its volcano erupted in 1995. The volcano is still active and nearly half the island remains a designated exclusion zone;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eBalaklava Submarine Base, Crimea: \u003c\/b\u003eThe former top-secret Soviet submarine base that was kept off all official maps and known as Object 825 GTS;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eVolterra Psychiatric Hospital, Tuscany, Italy: \u003c\/b\u003eOnce dubbed 'the place of no return', this long-closed lunatic asylum once housed 6,000 patients who were never allowed to leave.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlso in the Unexpected Atlas series: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eAtlas of Improbable Places\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAtlas of Untamed Places\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAtlas of the Unexpected\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAtlas of Vanishing Places \u003c\/i\u003e(WINNER Illustrated Book of the Year - Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards 2020).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Travis Elborough\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0711263302\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780711263307\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e White Lion Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/07\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.30h x 7.40w x 1.00d","brand":"Travis Elborough","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44057276383487,"sku":"9780711263307","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9bc43ebd-3b0d-4044-acb7-a8d298030b7f.jpg?v=1685046039","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/atlas-of-forgotten-places-travis-elborough-9780711263307","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}