“And aren’t our feelings quite something?… You know, we have to admit this is such a joke, Minette, when we look at it closely!…”
“… A no-go zone, isn’t it.”
Paul gavarni, from Œuvres choisies de Gavarni vol. 1, by Théophile Gautier and Laurent-Jan, Paris, 1846.
The abandoned Mys Aniva Lighthouse, Sakhalin Island, Russia. Built in 1939 by Japanese engineer Miura Shinobu, it was reclaimed by the Soviet Union after WW2 and turned into an autonomous nuclear-powered lighthouse. It’s said to be still radioactive today.