Janine Pendleton's Blog
October 18, 2025
Sanatorium Iveria, Tskaltubo, Georgia
Sanatorium Iveria is a prominent ruin in the old spa town of Tskaltubo. A crumbling reminder of the days when Georgia was part of the USSR.
October 11, 2025
USSR Mountain Hospital, Georgia
Mountain Hospital is a derelict medical complex in rural Georgia. Inside is like travelling back in time to a USSR hospital.
October 4, 2025
Culture House Acropolis, Georgia
Culture House Acropolis lies decaying in a small mountain town in Georgia. A relic of the Soviet era, built in the 1950s for local workers.
September 26, 2025
Bathhouse Number 8, Tskaltubo, Georgia
Bathhouse Number 8 is an abandoned spa for to Soviet workers. It offered communal bathing and treatments with therapeutic spring waters.
September 19, 2025
Sanatorium Medea, Tskaltubo, Georgia
Sanatorium Medea, is an impressive ruin of a Soviet-era spa, and once the grandest in the district of Tskaltubo in western Georgia.
September 12, 2025
Abandoned MiG‑19 Fighter, Georgia
An abandoned Soviet-era MiG-19 fighter jet stands mounted on a high plinth, its nose peeks out from the trees that surround it.
September 5, 2025
Synagogue G, Romania
Synagogue G (Romania) has stood sentinel for more than a century. Now its doors are closed, its facade is crumbling with the passage of time.
August 29, 2025
Doftana Prison, Romania
Doftana Prison is a vast fortress-like penitentiary that has housed inmates during some of the most turbulent periods in Romania’s history.
August 22, 2025
F-4 Object / Rákosi Bunker, Hungary
F-4 Object, officially known as Rákosi Bunker, is a once top-secret Cold War atomic shelter hidden beneath the streets of Budapest, Hungary.
August 10, 2025
1970s Retro Hotel, Hungary
This 1970s Retro Hotel overlooks Lake Balaton, Hungary. Kitsch wallpaper and decor offer a glimpse of a socialist-era summer holiday.
