I really enjoy Elborough's books. The only thing that would make them better is more photographs. I have purchased them for my library and they have good circulation statistics. I hope he keeps writing.

First Thoughts
Abandoned, beautiful, cool (or creepy or charming even), desolate, eerie, fascinating, grim, haunting. We can apply a combination of these adjectives (in some cases, all of them) and many more descriptors to any of the 40 forgotten places in Travis Elborough’s Atlas of Forgotten Places.

And Then More Thoughts
Elborough’s writing is beautiful and thought-provoking. Each forgotten place follows the format of a brief history, its current conditions, and sometimes a glimpse of its future. Stunning photos (I only wish there were more of them) as well as maps and drawings provide readers a more detailed look into the place, be it a building, a transport hub, or even an entire town.

This book divides its forgotten places by the following categories:

Vacant Properties (like an orphanage and a nuclear power plant)
Unsettled Situations (many of these are entire towns)
Dilapidated Destinations (just what it says; one of these is the New World Mall in Thailand)
Journeys Ended (train stations, a submarine base, etc)
Obsolete Institutions (like a psychiatric hospital in Italy, and a smallpox hospital on Roosevelt Island, New York )
From remote rural areas to the heart of the biggest metros in the world, we take a journey through time and place via the pages of this book. I loved that the narrative shows the why and how each of these places came into use, and later disuse in the context of its society. We learn how changing political climates impacted some of these places, while socio-economic causes brought downfall for still others. Nature took its toil on a few, while neglect took care (not) of the others. A few others came to an end, and rightly so, but needed to be included here lest we forget the ugly truths.

No matter what or where the places are, they all have one thing in common. They need to be ‘not-forgotten’; need to be brought to light, to memory, and to keep alive the reasons these places existed (good, bad, or ugly).

Final Thoughts (of Travel to Forgotten Places, and other things too!)
I know I would love to visit Sammezzano Castle(Italy), Hachigo Royal Hotel(Japan), and the Crystal Palace Subway(London).

The only ones I can visit, at the drop of a hat, so to say, are:

Alcatraz Prison (yes, not yet visited this though I planned to a zillion times over the past two decades), and
the Salton Sea Rivera (super interesting; coincidentally, a news article about reclaiming this just appeared today).
One forgotten place that I am unlikely to forget is Akampene Island in Uganda.

In Summary
Whether you love architecture, history, geography, travel, or simply love to read, you will love this book. A gorgeous, poignant, must-read!

Now I am off to read the others in the series now (yes, there are three more!)

Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for the digital review copy of this book. All opinions are my own.

I LOVE THIS BOOK! This is exactly the kind of books that I am interested in reading. So rich in history but never boring. It's like going on an adventure to thru time. I honestly think books like this should be recommend to students.

This is a really fascinating read! I loved the details and pictures that accompany each place. This is a fab idea of a coffee book. It would also be a great gift for the geography enthusiasts in your life.

Review excerpt from a longer article:

Time Take-aways for Life-Long Learners: Geography Connections

From forgotten and imagined places to powerful political relationships, connect geography with topics across the curriculum through these recently published books.

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Atlas of Forgotten Places
Travis Elborough, 2021, White Lion Publishing, an imprint of Quarto Group
Themes: Geography, Travel

Part of the Unexpected Atlas series, this new title uses engaging color photos, maps, and stories to explore 40 mysterious sites around the world.
Take-aways: Use these fascinating places to discuss why some places seem to disappear.

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Whether helping educators keep up-to-date in their subject-areas, promoting student reading in the content-areas, or simply encouraging nonfiction leisure reading, teacher librarians need to be aware of the best new titles across the curriculum and how to activate life-long learning. - Annette Lamb

This is not the first book that I have read in the Atlas series, but one that I managed to read all the way through in fewer sittings than I took for a few others. The book takes abandoned places across the globe (as the cover indicates) and shows the maps and pictures of the location. Each chapter is of a different location, and it is supplemented with the history of the place.

There is not much more I can say about this other than, like all its predecessors, it is definitely a coffee table book for leisurely perusal. It is still a worthy way of starting and maintaining discussion. It throws light on places most people have not heard of or know very little of.

The photos here were more technical than beautiful. It provided a bird’s eye view of the surroundings and the structures that (once) exist(ed) there.

I would recommend this book to the more adventurous and curious than an average reader of non-fiction. There is a lot to unearth here (ignore the pun), and it does add value to the reading experience. That said, I was not as engrossed in it as I would have liked and read it more because I was on a timer.

I received this ARC thanks to NetGalley and the publishers, but the review is entirely based on my own reading experience of this and the other books in this series by the author.

This was a brilliant read. I really enjoyed this book and learnt so much from reading it. So many wonderful places and special neglected buildings are included in this book. You can never believe that some of these places could be left to go to ruins. The layout of this book is brilliant.  There are coordinates for these places, great pictures and descriptions and a map or town plan of the area. It is brilliantly researched. I would love to see more colours used in the layout and to see a few more pictures of the places maybe different angles for each place. I especially loved the aerial photos and would love to see one for each area. There is so much fascinating information I loved learning about these amazing places. I really do recommend this book as its excellent for travelling across the globe from the comfort of your sofa.
Thanks to the author and publishers for creating this wonderful book to take us on an unforgettable journey of a lifetime. I can not wait to read more from this author. 
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A beautiful book - exquisite down to the detail, I would have loved to have this book in my bare hands but electronically sufficed. This book takes us on a journey around the globe without leaving the comfort of one's own house.

I really enjoyed this, with thanks to netgalley and the publisher for this wonderful book in return for my review.

I love this series of books, but I always think the same thing - I want MORE. More of the story behind each place (a quick two page essay doesn't seem like enough to really tell the tales), more photographs, more drawings and maps, more EVERYTHING. This really just feels like the tip of the iceberg.

A unique book, covering abandoned places around the world. It you are a fan of the TV show "Mysteries of the Abandoned" you will like this book. I just wish it covered more sites.

I loved the layout of this book of abandoned places: name and location, map, description with extensive context and history, and images. Unfortunately, it is really short on photography. For a book about abandoned places, I think the photos are the most important part!

Thank you to NetGalley & the publisher for providing an eARC for review.

I adore traveling, because you'll never know what is waiting around the corner. It has of course been a challenge to travel the last two to three years and I'm also trying to limit my carbon footprint a bit, so I was excited to see the Atlas of Forgotten Places, hoping it would give me a chance to explore without leaving the house. I didn't entirely get what I was hoping for, however. Thanks to Quarto Publishing Group - White Lion and NetGalley for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

I loved the division of this Atlas. It has five sections, entitled 'Vacant Properties', 'Unsettled Situations', 'Dilapidated Destinations', 'Journeys Ended' and 'Obsolete Institutions'. I was so intrigued by these titles and admittedly Elborough did pick the right locations to suite these titles. But the inventiveness and the mystique of these chapter titles doesn't entirely translate into the writing itself. I kept thinking of books like Literary Places by Sarah Baxter (also a Quarto publication!), which has stunning illustrations and fun writing that does make you want to travel. In comparison, Atlas is a little more dry, a little more of a clear non-fiction book. There is nothing wrong with that in and of itself, but I realised it wasn't entirely what I had been hoping for.

Travis Elborough selected fascinating locations, some of which I knew, like the Crystal Palace Tube stop, but many of which were new, such as the Camelot Theme Park or the Akampene Island, a truly dreadful place. As all the places are abandoned, some are in a truly dreadful condition, while others still look like they could be saved from obscurity. Personally I would love to send the Gary City Methodist Church in Indiana into a bookstore, just imagine how epic that would be. Elborough also does an excellent job at providing proper background information, and not just a description. I really would have liked it if Atlas had contained more photographs of its locations. I must add that the maps are very detailed and interesting! I appreciate that from a publishing-standpoint adding more photos makes a book rather expensive, but for some of the locations I did feel like I only caught a glimpse of them and then had to Google them for more information. If you're going to provide me a guide, then make sure I have a good idea of what I'd find.

The Atlas of Forgotten Places wasn't exactly the book that I was looking for, but what it is is very intriguing. I would love to visit some of these places in person, if ever the world becomes a place in which travel is possible again.

Ruin porn is one of my favorite genres of exploration and photography so this book obviously delivered with haunting pictures and backstories to the tombstones of history. There was a lot of repetition in the types of ruins and the book may have benefited from a wider variety of stories but otherwise a delightful read

This was such a fun book to read. And doesn’t help my itchy feet during this time when it’s difficult to travel. Actually it doesn’t seem easy to travel to these places. Oh well.

It’s full of information about these places time and people forgot. Didn’t realize this is like a series. Makes me want to get them all

What an amazing book! It was so interesting and easy to read. Feel like I really learnt alot from this book, there was some great humour. This would make a great coffee table book.

Many thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for the e-arc of "Atlas of Forgotten Places" by Travis Elborough. This is a fascinating account of abandoned and forgotten relics of history. 40 locations are included and feature places all across the world. This book intersects intriguing history and mysterious, haunting tales. I enjoyed how each location included a photograph and read like a true travel story.

A collection of dozens of sites from around the world which would appeal to the connoisseur of the abandoned place, Elborough's book provides food for post-pandemic travel plans.

The places covered are natural and man-made, some the result of changing mores (or political regimes) while others have come about thanks to disaster – natural or otherwise.

Each place is given a thumbnail sketch packed with sometimes overly wordy prose, but also with trivia and facts that pique the reader's interest. There's a couple of images with each entry, though these only spark a desire for further illustration: the book could easily have been extended if the number of pictures per abandoned place had been increased.

This is a solid entry in the Unexpected Atlas series, and a delight for anyone interested in journeys off the beaten path, and into our history – built or otherwise.

Forgotten places have their own special appeal — walking through places where people once lived but have left, the ability to see what they left behind, watching nature grow over ruins all create a rare sense of wonder. The Atlas of Forgotten Places offers a taste of that wonder without leaving your home. While perhaps I shouldn't be, this book constantly surprised me with descriptions of once-abandoned sites that have developed at least a little bit of a tourist trade. The mix of different places, like palaces, mines, and more than a few places people were institutionalized, was also intriguing.

The Atlas of Forgotten Places by Travis Elborough. This is a fascinating and informative book, perfect for lovers of Atlas Obscura and the like. The author takes you all over the world to visit unique site. Complete with maps, photographs, and historical information, this is a book I will plan to buy in hardback.

“From ancient ruins and crumbling castles to more recent relics – an art deco New York subway station, a Soviet ghost town in the Arctic Circle, a flooded Thai mall teeming with aquatic life – Travis Elborough takes you on a journey into these strange, overlooked and disappearing worlds and immortalises their fates.”

Thanks to @netgalley and @whitelionpublishing for the opportunity to read and review this book.

What a volume of heartbreaking beauty! Some of the places highlighted here are in remote, rural areas, others stand in the middle of cities, a few even underground, but they all have in common that they were once important but have now been forgotten. The book is full of pictures that evoke the awe, or horror, these places once held. But there is beauty in the desolation. Some of these places have been taken over by nature. The photographs are accompanied by brief but complete descriptions of the places, their past importance, and the historical context in which they thrived and were abandoned. These texts are informative and well written. The book is also sad when you think how a lot of people put so much effort into something that is now sitting empty. Hopefully Elborough’s effort to bring these places to his readers will briefly make them relevant again.
I chose to read to this book and all opinions in this review are my own and completely unbiased. Thank you, NetGalley/# Quarto Publishing Group – White Lion!