"Beyond these gates the land groans."
An ancient citadel lies abandoned in the mountainous heart of Iran.
When Bulgarian architects high on Le Corbusier run out of money halfway through building utopia.
Monuments, tanks and ghost towns.
Three nights in Canada's most haunted hotel room.
Sun, sea & Soviet architecture in the unrecognised Republic of Abkhazia.
Gas masks, glitter and ghosts.
Laguna Vere in Tbilisi, Georgia, was once the premier aquatic sports centre in the Caucasus.
An alternative travel journal exploring the bizarre, the macabre, and other secret wonders of the world.
Darmon Richter is a travel writer, photographer and researcher, with a particular interest in ideological architecture.