Sylvain Margaine/Forbidden-Places The 1936 Berlin Olympics are shrouded in myth and tragedy. Just as Hitler was rising to power, the International Olympic Committee in 1931 granted the German capital the right to host. Banners bearing the swastika hung beside the Olympic flag. Today, the Olympic Village located in Elstal, Wustermark, on the edge of Berlin, […]
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Creepy photos show the abandoned ski resort that’s decaying near the border between North and South Korea
Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters South Korea spent more than $ 1 billion building sleek new facilities for athletes and visitors at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. But 60 miles away from the sparkling new venues at Pyeongchang is an abandoned ski resort that may be a preview of what’s to come after the Games are over. As […]