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INSTAGRAM IS USUALLY a place that inspires wanderlust and envy. Well, not this account. Sad topographies is an account that collects grim places on Google maps that we definitely don’t want to go to.
Places like… Alone, Italy, or Unfortunate, Canada.
Sorrow Islands, Canada
Sorrow Islands, British Columbia, Canada sadtopographiessadtopographies
The man behind the account, Damien Rudd, told Mashable that while the place names may seem funny now, many of them have “some very dark, and tragic stories behind them, and mostly likely refer less to the place itself, and more to events that took place there”.
Tuesday 26 November, 2024
Tuesday 26 November, 2024
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This bleak Instagram account is collecting the saddest place names in the world
INSTAGRAM IS USUALLY a place that inspires wanderlust and envy. Well, not this account. Sad topographies is an account that collects grim places on Google maps that we definitely don’t want to go to.
Places like… Alone, Italy, or Unfortunate, Canada.
Sorrow Islands, Canada
Depression Pond, US
Unfortunate Cove, Canada
Disappointment Island, New Zealand
Murder Island, Canada
Point No Point, US
Bloody Dick Peak, US
The man behind the account, Damien Rudd, told Mashable that while the place names may seem funny now, many of them have “some very dark, and tragic stories behind them, and mostly likely refer less to the place itself, and more to events that took place there”.
Well, that’s made it even bleaker.
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