Trespassing Into History

This extraordinary car graveyard is located directly opposite the Neanderthal Museum in Erkrath (North Rhine-Westphalia). The creator of the car sculpture park in Neandertal is called Michael Fröhlich and is the owner of the car dealership "Fantastische Fahrzeuge". He acquired 50 vintage cars from 1950 for his 50th birthday in 2000. But what makes this car sculpture park so special? The precious classic cars are exposed to natural decay in the park! Michael Fröhlich wants to illustrate the power of nature with his sometimes controversial park. He bought 50 vintage cars from all over the world for a lot of money. At the time, the cars were restored and in good condition...(more)

GALLERY UPDATE - New photos added taken on July 12, 2020....

Before World War I, this house was built as a luxury hotel with park-like surroundings.

As early as the middle of the 1920s, the state insurance intitution started using the building as a clinic for eye surgery.

This use continued up until the 1980s.

After that, the object was sold to a real estate agent...(more)

As we do every year, we set off on a week-long tour in November 2019 to explore a few abandoned places in eastern Germany.

The first part of our trip took us to a wooded region near a lake. There are the remains of an air munitions facility from the Second World War, which was used by the Soviets as a trophy, fuel and ammunition depot during the Cold War.

The fact that there was a public bathing area at the lake with a public parking lot played into our hands, as it wasn't far to walk and our car didn't attract any attention.

From the parking lot, it was only a few hundred meters to the main gate of the facility, which was of course locked. We could certainly have climbed over despite the....(more)