Atlas of Abandoned Places: A Journey Through the World's Forgotten Wonders (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781784726928)

Explore the wonders that the world forgot with award-winning travel writer Oliver Smith - from breathtaking buildings with a dark past to decaying reminders of more troubled times

The globe is littered with forgotten monuments, their beauty matched only by the secrets of their past.

A glorious palace lies abandoned by a fallen dictator. A grand monument to communism sits forgotten atop a mountain. Two never-launched space shuttles slowly crumble, left to rot in the middle of the desert. Explore these and many more of the world's lost wonders in this atlas like no other.

With remarkable stories, bespoke maps and stunning photography of fifty forsaken sites, Atlas of Abandoned Places travels the world beneath the surface; the sites with stories to tell, the ones you won't find in any guidebook.

Award-winning travel writer Oliver Smith is your guide on a long-lost path, shining a light on the places that the world forgot.

Author: Oliver Smith
ISBN-10: 1784726923
ISBN-13: 9781784726928
Publisher: Mitchell Beazley
Language: English
Published: 11/08/2022
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.80lbs
Size: 9.37h x 7.56w x 0.94d