A large passenger jet sits silent and still on the edge of a sun-beaten track. It won’t fly again — its engines have been stripped down, its wings wrecked and weathered by time. Nearby, shafts of ...

Atlas Obscura on Slate is a blog about the world’s hidden wonders. Like us on Facebook and Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter. In August 1974, the UN established a buffer dividing the island of Cyprus ...

NICOSIA, Cyprus – Capt. Adamos Marneros gazed with foreboding at the dots on the radar screen of his passenger jet as it prepared for landing on Cyprus. It was before dawn on July 20, 1974, and the ...

These eerie pictures reveal the inside of an abandoned airport that has gone untouched for 50 years. Just shy of 10km west of the Cypriot capital city of Nicosia, Nicosia International ceased its ...

Flags of Turkey and breakaway North Cyprus hang on the facade of the new terminal for its inauguration - Copyright AFP Birol BEBEK Flags of Turkey and breakaway North ...

Harrowing images have revealed the eerie remains of Nicosia International Airport, where planes have been left to rot since the site was abandoned in 1974. The once-bustling transport hub, located in ...

NICOSIA, Cyprus - Capt. Adamos Marneros gazed with foreboding at the dots on the radar screen of his passenger jet as it prepared for landing on Cyprus. It was before dawn on July 20, 1974, and the ...