quote [ The highways themselves were specifically intended to facilitate the reasonable objective of Houstonians not to get annihilated by a nuclear blast. ]

quote [ The sleepy Baltic town of Sillama?e was once a Closed that produced more than 100,000 tonnes of uranium for the Soviet nuclear industry. ]

quote [ magine a millionaire?s resort; one to rival St. Tropez, Italy?s Portofino, or Miami?s South Beach ? abandoned overnight. Imagine the luxury hotels suddenly emptied of their guests and left to slowly decay, the boutiques, bars and nightclubs reclaimed by nature, sunbathers replaced by sea turtles nesting on the deserted beaches and the once vibrant holiday spirit silenced; nothing more than a whisper in the wind. ]

quote [ This fascinating and astonishing revelation certainly amazed thousands of historians, war scientists, and plain, curious ordinary people; yes, there are hundreds of secret, abandoned, Soviet military tanks gradually rusting away somewhere within the Eastern European state of Ukraine. ]

quote [ Young heirs are abandoning the family homes of their forebears. ]

quote [ Today, a team of archaeologists and engineers are developing some surprising new technologies to protect the underwater site for future generations. ]

quote [ This is a story about time machines, aliens, a lot of dynamite, hermits, and a giant rock. ]

quote [ Paisley and pin-ups in a Bulgarian military ruin. ]

quote [ The ghosts of Yugoslavia still rise tall over the various nations that now take its place. These landscapes ? some of the most scenic in Europe ? lay scattered today with monuments, tower blocks, bunkers and tunnels, all built for the needs and design of a completely different era. ]

quote [ Some of the fastest trains in service today have a top speed in excess of 200 miles per hour. With the exception of Shanghai maglev, all of them are conventional wheel-on-tracks system, which is remarkable because rolling friction has always been the biggest obstacle to high-speed travel. ]