Trespassing Into History

“Objekt Fasan (Pheasant)” - this was a bunker facility where the regional Stasi (the GDR State Security) leaders would have found shelter in an ‘emergency’ and would have directed all actions from here. Every district of the GDR had such a so-called alternative command center.

The one in the small rural community of Ostrau was built between 1969 and 1973 and consisted of a semi-detached house, a large orchard, a workshop and garage buildings. Underneath was a bunker measuring around 750 square meters. It could have accommodated around 100 employees, including the liaison....(more)

This beautiful abandoned manor house stands alone in a wide open space. Only a few surrounding farm buildings have been renovated over the years and are now home to neighbors.

The last "traditional" owners and occupants of the manor house, which is more of a huge villa, were a noble family from the German region of Anhalt. The villa was built in the 1890s. Aside from that, there is hardly any historical information about the building....(more)

The last location we explored on our 2019 Christmas tour of Denmark was an abandoned zoological museum. I had been tipped off about this place and told that there wasn't much left to see.

We found the location on a lonely country road in the middle of Denmark. There was one house on each side of the road. As there were no neighbors in the vicinity, we parked directly on site.

We first took a look at the smaller of the two buildings. Hanging out of an open window was a pelt that had probably once belonged to a badger. The door was open so that we could easily enter the house.....(more)