The commemorative plaque near the site read: “About one half mile southeast of this spot, on Dominguez Hill in historic Rancho San Pedro,the first air meet in the United States was held during January 10–20, 1910.Subsequently, this area has evolved into one of the world's leading ...
Abandoned country clubs / *golf courses* are among the trickiest places to explore. They tend to consist of large areas of well-kept, rather flat ground, which means for the first few years of abandonment they tend to not look very abandoned as it takes some time for nature to take over...
When I'm a passenger on commercial flights, I've always found myself looking out the window, constantly looking for airfields below. When I fly as a pilot myself, I've always tried to land at as many airports as possible, to learn a little about each one. ...
Cycling on abandoned Second World War airfields and Jugando a Las Escondidas en el Parque: examining play memories from adults growing up around the worlddoi:10.1080/03004430.2015.1068767play memorieschildren's playsociocultural theoryglobalJulie Nicholson...
When the park is open, there are so many people present even on an overcast weekday, that there is basically no chance you would be able to jump a fence and explore the place without getting caught. When the park is closed, you would have to break into an active location, most likely...
At the time Beltsville Airport was an abandoned field last used during World War II to train Army pilots. It was huge, no trees anywhere near any of the 3 runways to create a chaotic burble as I neared the ground. I landed into the wind at Beltsville, the gusts bounced me up & down...
(*) Since the closure of Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant near Visaginas in 2009, Elektrenai Power Plant has become Lithuania’s primary source of electrical power. Monument “The Anthem for Work” at the entrance to the city of Elektrenai ...
it can make us feel very frightened.Owls fly silently,without even a whisper of wings moving through the air.It's as though they appear out of nowhere—like ghosts on wings.Owls fly and hunt on the darkest of nights.An owl's night habits make it unique.Do these creat...
If you've ever left a vehicle in a business' parking lot overnight before because you couldn't find a better place to park, you may want to rethink that in the future.
To the east lies the imposingChildren’s Hospital, completed in 1938 and abandoned in 1974. Its spacious, window-lined solariums are typical of earlier Sea View wards, flanked on either side by open-air porches which were occupied by recovering patients 24 hours a day during the height of ...