detailed religion

Many people ask me why I am such a big fan of Ukrainian churches or churches in general. Well for starters I love architecture. All types of architecture but my favorite is older buildings. People in the past took the time to put details into there buildings & homes. Churches were no expection to this rule. When people built churches they put details into them & took time to build them strong. There may be many abandoned churches due to the lack of religious people today but they are built strong & that is why they are still around. I have been in many abandoned churches & it continues to amaze me how good they look many many years later. Not to mention the attention to detail. Ukrainian churches are my favorite. They all have domes & the same interior but they are all so different. The number & size of domes are all different, inside the domes are all hand-painted differently, some were lite by candles other electricity, some had pews others choir stalls, some small others large and so on. They took so much time and its the small details that count. Here are some of my most recent churches that caught my attention.

See the large star under the top dome & the small stars under the ledge of the dome below the top?

In a small town, very few residents this old church stands proud & the interior in excellent condition

In a ghost town, built in the early 1940's this church is in good condition, its red color still vibrant yet faded

girls trip review

I forgot about a review of the trip!! Lots of abandoned houses, churches & wildlife. We found some neat old Ukrainian churches, some very neat old farmhouses (one looks like it could be right out a horror film & another with blue shingles) , lots of peoples belongings left behind & we saw a ton of deer (one which crossed the road in front of us). And the mustang, well we found that in a town abandoned, my friend thinks it is a major waste to leave it there and wants to restore it. Anyways, here are some pictures from the trip:

weird stuff

On my past trip I encountered some pretty weird stuff. I am not talking weird paranormal stuff I am talking about weird architecture & of course random things. I have decided to share the top 3 weirdest thing I encountered on the trip:

1. My friend and I hiked through deep snow & thick brush to reach an old stone house. We explored the main level & went upstairs. Off the main hallway there was a small door, not sure where it went i looked inside and realized it wasn't just a storage space. It went inside the walls around a whole bedroom and came out another bedroom. It was indeed a tunnel that you could crawl through. An escape from one room to another. Quite the architectural feature in a house, I have seen something similar in a house a past friend used to live in but it was very short, nothing like this one.

The entrance is the top picture, the bottom is the exit coming out the next room.

2. The door. I cant even begin to explain this driving down a gravel road in the middle of nowhere is this brand new house and beside it, a hill. Not just an ordinary hill though, a hill with a door in it. What would someone use this for?

3. This is not an architectural mystery but a question of someones sanity. Driving down a main highway we found this house full of wooden figurines surrounded by lights. Not just one, two or twenty but 40+. Yes all over the house, one the house, around the house and all around the yard. All in a row along the highway. Ah yes, this person better have a good excuse for doing this. Makes me want to take a torch and burn them all in a row. Did I mention 80% of them are christmas?