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Explore #164: Villa Schöne Decke aka Villa HMG, Germany – May 2016

Explore #4 of ‘The Picnics & Palaces Tour’ Next up on our tour of East Germany and Poland was a quick 30 minute visit to this abandoned old manor house with a distinctive painted ceiling. History Apparently the house was owned by an eccentric man who claimed to be a ‘wizard’ and who suddenly disappeared with the rest of his family one night shortly after the fall of the Berlin Wall, possibly to start a new life in the West.…

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Explore #163: Villa Guano aka Villa Miley, Germany – May 2016

Explore #3 of ‘The Picnics & Palaces Tour’ Day Two saw a traditionally early start, and first up was this derelict manor house with rather lovely stairs, columns and capitals (as I think they’re called – feel free to correct me, any architecture buffs out there)… Access wasn’t looking good initially, but after some careful scouting and some more good teamwork we managed to get inside undetected. We then spent a relaxed hour or so taking a few shots, and…

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Explore #128: House of the Soldier’s Widow, UK – March 2015

It was another pre-dawn start for the final day of our UK exploring long weekend. Luckily we didn’t have too far to drive to our first location of the day… a time capsule cottage on the outskirts of a small country village. As with most residential abandonments I don’t have any firm history of this place. From those who have spent far longer there rummaging through the ephemera which still remains, it is thought that the previous owners were a…

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