The Kola Superdeep Borehole
During the Cold War, the United States of America and the Soviet Union had a long line of weird competitions and races. First man on the moon, most nuklear warheads and in the case of this article, who can dig…
Bertha Rogers
The Lone Star Producing Company’s oil exploratory hole, Bertha Rogers, was 9.583 metres deep, and the worlds deepest hole between 1974 and 1979, where the Soviet Union broke the record with the Kola Superdeep Hole. The drilling was done with…
Hephaestus
Bunkering tanker built in 1965 Beached during a storm on febuary 10th 2018 The anker appeared to have broken early in the morning, and thereafter it was beached at around 05:15 in the morning. The seven member crew all survived…
Russian Submarine
Just of the coast of Bornholm, lies a sunken whiskey class submarine. It was one of many soviet submarines, that were dismantled, and was on its way from Russia to Nakskov.When it passed the island of Bornholm, on the 14th…
S.S. Maheno
The Steam Ship Maheno was launched on the 19th of June 1905, and was in service as an oceanliner between New Zealand and Tasmania, until it was taken out of service on the 3rd of July 1935. World War I…
HMVS Cerberus
Her Majesty’s Victorian Ship was built in 1870, and in service for the Royal Australian Forces, and the Commonwealth Naval Forces between 1871 and 1924. The ship is a low profile armored vessel, that only rises 2.1 metres above the…
Crosfield General Merchandise
This little shop is located in the small town of Wasco. In 1903, Oregon Trading Company, owned by Mr. E. o. McCoy, and Mr. Gearge N. Crosfield burnt down.This building was presumably built shortly after that. It has been abandoned…
Nordland
Built in 1986 by the German Jansen Schifftswertft Leer. The ship was on the way between Saint John and Gimlik, on the 29th of august 2000, when the ship ran aground on the small island of Prasonisi just outside the…
Hotel Belvedere
The Hotel Belvedere was built in 1882, in the centre of a hairpin bend on the beautiful Furka Pass that was created in 1867. The hotel is situated close to 8.000 feet, or 2.500 metres above sea level. In 1907,…
Hotel Monte Palace
Opened the 15th of April 1989 as a luxurious 5 star hotel, on the top of a mountain. The hotel had 2 restaurants (Dom Carlos, & Grill Dona Amélia), an american style bar (D. Urraca), a nightclub (Discoteca Charmarrita), a…