New Video: Heaven's Cave

Hey guys! Last Sunday, my wife and I drove to the Harz mountains for a short vacation. Naturally, we had planned to visit a couple of spots, and the first one also turned out to be the most exciting.
It was a large cave discovered in the 1860s during work on a railway tunnel.

Of course, there will be a detailed report of our cave exploration, but for now, you can watch the short video that I made that day.
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Tour Report: Ammunition Depot "Brown Star"

It was back in late November of 2016. I had just bought my new camera and got a text from my good friend Nordgriller Urbex, who asked me if I was up for a short tour the next day.
Of course I was!
I had to get up early the next morning so we'd have enough sunlight for a few spots. Getting up, however, was a difficult task that morning. My wife and I had gotten a little drunk together with a friend from my work and it had gotten a bit too late.
A hot shower and the cold air once I got outside helped to become sober - and it was a beautiful sunny winter day.
We drove East through a snowy landscape until we got to our first location. It was an old ammunitions depot that had originally been built by the Wehrmacht and was used by either the East German or the Soviet army after World War II.
The road was blocked, so we parked the car and walked the rest of the way. There were only a few ammo bunkers, nothing spectacular, so we just did a short walkthrough around the place, took a few photos and drove off to the next spot.


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Tour Report: A Place of Execution

This abandoned military shooting range was the second spot that I visited together with my friend North Urbex on a tour back in November of last year.
It is really close to my home, so it was about time that I pay a visit.
Next to the short way, the place also has played a significant part in the dark history of the Third Reich, which makes it even more interesting to explore. During the summer, the local farmers' cows are grazing here, but in the winter, an eerie silence lies over the entire area.
The weather was grey and cold when North Urbex and I arrived at the location and found a place to park in a nearby industrial area. We walked along the fence until we found a hole which was big enough to enter. First, we found the remains of the old shooting area that was used during the time of the Nazis. We then went on to check out the newer facilities. Local teens have endulged themselves in vandalism and graffiti "art", so little is left of the original surfaces.
Nonetheless, it was an interesting place to explore, and we checked out every last corner before we drove off to the next spot.


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Ashes to Ashes - Crematory D.

For our summer tour last year, my wife and I had planned to spend a couple of days in the state of Saxonia. We had rented a room in a hotel in a large city and the plan was to visit locations in a star pattern from there.
Our list of possible locations had a considerable length, but the very first location really turned out to be one of the highlights of our six-day tour.
It was a location that I had first set my eyes on in 2013 when I first saw photos of it. The old crematory really had made an impression on me.
Since it was located conveniently close to the autobahn, it was a great spot to visit on the way south.
The ride south went surprisingly smooth; there wasn't too much traffic, so we arrived at the place around noon.
I have to say, I had counted on having a lot of trouble getting into this location, but it was really a walk in the park - literally.
Logically enough, the abandoned crematory is located right next to  a cemetery, and the gate to the cemetery was open. So we first walked around and checked out the old cemetery. Right next to the crematory, there is a small urn cemetery. Some of the urns have either been dug out by vandals or have been exposed by the weather. From the urn cemetery we walked along the walls of the crematory. There was no fence around the crematory itself and there was a hole in the wall that had been built to secure the front door.
When we entered, it really was more than I had hoped for. The mood in this place was unique - especially after we made our way down to the basement. It was fascinating to find out how this crematory - and probably other crematories of the time as well - worked.
For my wife and myself, this was a spectacular location and a great start of a wonderful summer tour.


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Basements and Bunkers - Abandoned Air Force NCO School and Barracks (Part 4)

The basement of the water works was the first one we entered, so it makes sense to put the "bunkers-post" right here.
All buildings we entered had sheltered basements and most of them also bunkers. Two of the barrack buildings even have nuclear shelters, and also the officer's and petty officer's club had shelters.
All the bunkers still had a lot of equipment in them. Beds, toilets, metal drums, seats...
We also found rooms for various purposes in the basements, even a photo laboratory! The heating systems and distributors were still fully intact, so they made for some nice pictures, too.
Only one bunker was under water, so we were able to walk through a bunch of them...

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5

The Ghost Hotel Revisited

For a workshop, I had to travel to the eastern part of Germany, and since I already was in the area and the weather was great, a colleague and I decided to make a quick stop at the abandoned hotel.
I have to say, the last time I was there, the atmosphere was much more eerie. The weather was bleak a year ago, I think it was even raining a little bit.

The spa hotel was built in 1910, but the beginning of World War I led to a decline in tourism. The hotel was sold to a new owner and after a time of success in the 1920s, the hotel went bankrupt during the recession in 1931.
It was confiscated by the German Air Force in 1944 and used as a military hospital.
Since 1956, the hotel was used as a club house for the local sports club and was the sold again in 1984. Since 1990, the hotel has been abandoned.

The sunshine today made for some nice inside pictures, although I wouldn't recommend going in there to anyone. There are huge holes in the wooden floors and there are hardly any safe spots left to step on.

Anyway, it was nice to go back there, but I think it was my final visit in this location, as there is really nothing left to see anymore.