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This Guy Spends Hours Searching For The World’s Most Depressing Places, And The Results Are Hilarious
Damien Rudd is a 33-year-old Australian behind the Instagram account called "Sad topographies" where he collects Google Maps screenshots of the world‘s most depressing sounding places. It all began by accident when Rudd was searching for something and suddenly discovered Mount Hopeless in Australia.
"I typed hopeless into Google Maps to find other places called hopeless, then other synonyms for sadness,” Damien told WERTN magazine. "I screen captured the results and soon had the beginnings of my interesting maps collection.”
Rudd now has a pretty big collection of the world’s most joyless locations and he’s put all of these unfortunate names into a book of hand-drawn maps, together with their fascinating etymologies. When asked about his favorite place names, Damien replied: "Probably the ones in Antarctica are the most interesting. There is Shapeless Mountain which was named as none of the exploring party could agree on its shape. So shapeless was Shapeless Mountain that when a later expedition attempted to climb it, they scaled the wrong mountain entirely - which they then, in turn, had given the hilarious name of Mistake Mountain. There is also a Wrong Peak, which earned its funny name under similar circumstances. In 1963 Recoil Glacier was named by a geologist who was said to have "recoiled in disgust" at finding nothing of interest there."
Scroll down, check the funny maps and find out where "to go when you're feeling low," as states Sad Topographies Instagram account.
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#1
America
Rafaella Bueno 7 years ago
Nah, I'm from South American and the rest of the continent is pretty sad too.
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d r e a m w o r l d 7 years ago
Take it from a local: America DOES suck. I would probably be living in Japan right now if I could afford it.
hyprstorm 7 years ago
uuh... If you were in many other countries, you would be in jail or worse for saying this. Wouldn’t that suck? Free speech FTW
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Em 7 years ago
It makes me sad to see that this is how others view the US. I have spent my whole life being uprooted every few years and moved around the world to make my country a safer place. To see it here at the top of the list after all the sacrifices I’ve seen the men and women of our armed forces make to protect everyone in the states, is very disheartening.
Volker Burmester 7 years ago
It saddens me too that America has such a reputation. But is the reputation really that unfair? Trump sometimes calls NATO obsolete, then again not. Will you really protect us if necessary if the motto is America first? Is it a surprise when the world doubts? I'm sorry for everyone in the country who thinks it's unfair, but think about why this is so instead of complaining. And then do something about that reputation and make America really great again.
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Jonathan Eatsalot 7 years ago
Yes America can be depressing. As can anywhere. I wouldn't want to live anywhere else.
Ryan Wilkins 7 years ago
Ha I love it. I live in America and it's a pile of s**t run by bigger piles of s**t.
Tiny Dynamine 7 years ago
If you can survive another day without getting shot, you will be happy!
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Useless Islands, New Zealand
d r e a m w o r l d 7 years ago
The "Maybe pile" just kept on getting bigger after all those trips to the mall.
Eva Teodorescu 7 years ago
probably there's literally nothing there so they didn't even bother to name it
#3
Why Me Lord Lane, Chester, USA
Long Joan Silver 7 years ago
HAHAHAHA! I laughed out loud at your comment!
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#4
Divorce Beach, Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
Just a Purpler 7 years ago
Oh I know these beaches! Had a friend almost drown at divorce beach! They're named that way because while lovers beach is calm and sandy, divorce beach has a dangerous riptide, can get very high waves on calm days, and is rocky.
ItsYaBoi 7 years ago
Sorry for the grammar i meant it will be named marry beach
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#5
Road To Misery, Kennebunkport, Maine, USA
Hayley Lightcap 7 years ago
Well the thing about dead ends is that you can turn around and try to make a change!
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Lodogg 3323 7 years ago
Ironically, the Bush family compound was in Kennebunkport. Bush, the elder, used to take his vacations there in the early 90's.
Bobosteke 7 years ago
Was that where Stephen King's book same title was based on? He also lived im Maine, I believe. Hmm.....
Chess Wizard 7 years ago
I don't know if you are being facetious, or if you haven't read the book Misery, but the book is about an author, who gets stuck in a snowstorm, in Colorado. None of the book even takes place in Maine. The main character of the book, whom I previously stated is an author, wrote a series of books with a character named Misery Chastain. Don't know if King ever even saw this road, as it's nearly 15 hours from where he grew up. Beyond that, King claims that his inspiration for Misery, was a short story called "The Man Who Loved Dickens". https://www.stephenking.com/library/novel/misery_inspiration.html
Load More Replies... Chess Wizard 7 years ago
I don't know if you are attempting to be facetious, but that incident took place on an island, in Massachusetts.
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Disappointment Lake, California, USA
Rafaella Bueno 7 years ago
I wonder if the people who found this lake were expecting something else.
Michael John Aragon 7 years ago
Justin Timberlake should perform here with his song Cry me a River
#7
Nothing, Arizona, USA
JustABobcat 7 years ago
I just checked this on Google Maps and, according to them, it has a population of zero as of 2008. It also looks like it has maybe 2 buildings in it too.
#8
All Alone Road, Bradford, UK
#9
Mistake Island, Jonesport, USA
Eva Teodorescu 7 years ago
did someone discover that island and said "oops, didn't mean to find it"
#10
Mount Disappointment, Victoria, Australia
aurora.australis 7 years ago
Maybe the australians thought they would climb it, found nothing there and......well you know the rest
Thundor Fox 7 years ago
Wonder what's up there.. maybe a great view, or lots of snow to play in. I wonder why it's called mount disappointment?
djinnjeannie 7 years ago
Colonial explorers were disappointed they couldn't see Port Philip Bay when they reached the summit. Of course they could have asked the Wurundjeri people who had been living there for tens of thousands of years but what would they know.
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Long Joan Silver 7 years ago
Wow, I didn't realise how close Mount Disappointment is to me! Maybe I should go check it out, and see if it lives up to its name?
#11
Pain Lane/Suffering Lane, St. George's Island, Bermuda
Šimon Špaček 7 years ago
...should be heavy metal club called "Porch of Hell". "Here have you been whole night?" "On the Porch of Hell, right on corner of Pain and Suffering"
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Stannous Flouride 7 years ago
Those streets are adjacent to an old jail and what in earlier times was a slave market.
Rhonnda Oliver 7 years ago
Actually, it's next to a presently unused golf course and not far from a cemetery.
#12
Dead Woman Pond, Texas, USA
Daria B 7 years ago
Legend says, if a male falls in that pond, later on he will become female any time he gets soaked in cold water. And will tirn back to male with hot water. ♥ (DISCLAIMER: it's an anime/manga reference, not politics)
#13
Broken Dreams Drive, Arivaca, Arizona, USA
DancingToMyself 7 years ago
When I was like 8, some kid in my class had a T-shirt : "ARIZONA is for LOVERS"
#14
Shades Of Death Road, New Jersey, USA
#15
Pointless Mountain, Squamish-Lillooet, Canada
Cactuar Jon 7 years ago
Why do I get the feeling this was named by Gordon Ramsey? *Shouting* "You're not even a proper mountain! You're pointless! What are you??" [Mountain] "pointless mountain :("
HyperBlender 7 years ago
This prominant mountain has also been nicknamed "mono mesa" on some maps since the top of the mountain is relatively flat.
#16
Failure Canyon, Samak, Utah, USA
#17
Bucket Of Blood Street, Holbrook, Arizona, USA
Stannous Flouride 7 years ago
Terrill’s Cottage Saloon was able to distinguish itself as particularly violent. It was in this grim watering hole in 1886 that a gunfight took place that ended in so much death that the floors were said to be slick with a “bucket of blood.” According to one version of events the shoot out occurred between two rival groups of cowboys, one of which accusing the other of horse thievin’. The other extant version of events describes the classic Wild West scene of a poker game gone wrong. Whichever is the case, a number of rootin-tootin cowpokes were murdered. Just a year later, a tough-as-nails sheriff rolled into Holbrook to bring some justice to the town, but the bar had already changed its name to the “Buckets of Blood Saloon.” The bar remained well into the 20th century, becoming a touristy hotspot on Route 66. However the road trip culture that was keeping the bar alive eventually died out and the saloon eventually closed its doors. However while the bloody bar is gone, the street on
Moon Child 7 years ago
To bad it's not in Maine - then the story behind it could be that at prom, people dumped pigs' blood on Carrie, and we know the rest (sorry I brought my nerd stuff into this)
Marilyn Holt 7 years ago
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-story-behind-bucket-of-blood-street-and-other-weird-road-names
#18
Point No Point, Newark, USA
Aila Dionisio 7 years ago
Wait, so does that means this is called Point No, with the Point added in like Road or Drive?
#19
Suicide Bridge, Maryland, USA
Catori 7 years ago
Apparently loads of people throw themselves off the bridge. Townspeople think the name draws suicidal people to it but the name stuck :/ that's crazy but then again people called 999 because KFC ran out of chicken I heard in the news yesterday so anything can happen in this messed up place we call home
DancingToMyself 7 years ago
And what they have done so differently with name like that? I can't even..
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#20
Misery Island, Tasmania, Australia
#21
Grandmother's Hole, Goa, India
#22
Shit, Iran
Carl Fraser 7 years ago
#31 S**t, Iran ~ Get it right, it should read Shid, Iran S**t = جادو، ایران Shid = شیر، ایران What has been claimed here is disrespectful to the people living in Shid.
Sree Senthill 7 years ago
Oh shid, he was wrong! (Sorry I couldn't resist it)
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#23
Fail, UK
#24
Road To Nowhere, Iqaluit, Canada
alwright 7 years ago
Haha Thanks! XD That is absolutely beautiful, and those pink flowers are so pretty :D:D
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Daniel Trigueros 7 years ago
Thats pretty much the same route I take every time I check my Bank Account!!
Matthew Hyder 7 years ago
I'm starting to feel like these are renamed or made when ghost towns startee popping up and well... No one actuallt drives through these roads do they? o.o
#25
Lonesome Lake, Washington, USA
#26
Murderers Creek, Murders Kill Road, Athen, New York, USA
Valerie Bascom 7 years ago
Kill is another name for Creek in Dutch. And that area was settled by the dutch. A kill is a body of water, most commonly acreek, but also a tidal inlet, river, strait, or arm of the sea. The term is derived from the Middle Dutch kille (kil in modern Dutch), meaning "riverbed" or "water channel".
Valerie Bascom 7 years ago
...remembering how they had been served at the Whore-Kill, they went some ten or twelve miles higher, where they landed again and traded with the Indians, trusting the Indians to come onto their stores ashore, and likewise aboard their sloop drinking and debauching with the Indians until they were at last barbarously murdered, and so that place was christened with their blood and to this day is called the Murderer-Kill, that is, Murderers Creek.[10] — George R. Stewart, Names on the Land: A Historical Account of Place-Naming in the United States
#27
Grumpy Lane, Lake Echo, Canada
Analyn Lahr 7 years ago
Maybe it's a neighborhood with streets named after Snow White characters. I used to live near one like that in California.
PeachPossum 7 years ago
Yup, Snow White Drive runs right down the middle of them. Now we know why Grumpy is grumpy... he got the shortest street. And Happy the longest.
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Šimon Špaček 7 years ago
And on corner is special hospital for bipolar people? If not, who will help me to establish this place?
#29
Terrible Mountain, Vermont, USA
#30
Hell For Certain Road, Hyden Kentucky, USA
#31
Die, France
Analyn Lahr 7 years ago
Bet that was said a lot when England and France were at war with each other.
#32
World's End, Aylesbury, USA
Sree Senthill 7 years ago
That little lake above it looks like an arrow pointing to the end of the world haha
Drew Chandler 7 years ago
Fun fact: This is where the filmed the third Pirates of The Caribbean movie.
#33
Nasty Pond, Oregon, USA
Long Joan Silver 7 years ago
You nasty, you trashy, you classless pond LOL!
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Lake Of No Return, Osage Township, Ar, USA
Long Joan Silver 7 years ago
Yeah, I don't think I want to visit that place, if it really lives up to its name.
#35
Desperation Lake, Alaska, USA
#36
Agony Island, Marshall Islands
#37
Miserable Island, Banner Township, Illinois, USA
#38
Depressed Lake, California, USA
#39
Lonely Island, Ontario, Canada
M O'Connell 7 years ago
I bet if I go here, the only song in the jukebox will be "I'm on a boat"
PeachPossum 7 years ago
Hm.. maybe it is lonely because everyone went to party on neighboring Club Island.
#40
Hopeless Road, Dandridge, USA
#41
Ugly, West Bangal, India
#42
Kill, Ireland
#43
Suffering Street, Menzel Jemil, Tunisia
Miztre 7 years ago
That's where I've been living for a while now. Time to move to Happy Drive :)
Long Joan Silver 7 years ago
Or, even to Happy Valley, in South Australia :)
Load More Replies... Iris Omri-Engler 7 years ago
Wished they write the Arabic name as well. Wonder if it is really the same meaning
#44
Hopeless Way, Bunkerville, Nevada, USA
#45
Despair Island, Maine, USA
#46
Pity Me, Durham, USA
Анастасия Конева 7 years ago
I've been there, it's in UK, not US. Unless they copied the whole layout
weatherwitch 7 years ago
Pity Me is in Co. Durham in the UK 😊 Main road to it is A167, probably just a mistake but a genuine location 😊
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#47
Crying Child Island, Jacksonville Beach, Florida, USA
#48
Lonelyville, Fire Island, New York, USA
#49
Crack Is Wack Playground, Harlem, New York, USA
David H 7 years ago
That's not the actual name of the park, that was a nickname given to it because of the huge "Crack is Wack" billboard that was right above the park, however the Billboard was removed after decades being there to allow for an expansion of the HRD right next to it
Anne Reid 7 years ago
It is the real name of the playground there, though. I used to work for the Parks Department.
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#50
Heartache Rd, East Helena, USA
#51
Massacre Island, Subd, Canada
#52
Deception Island, Antartica
Shruti Naik 7 years ago
what does it look like to you? my first thought was the side profile of a girl
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What Cheer, Iowa, USA
M O'Connell 7 years ago
Check out the satellite view, it actually looks like a rather nice place to live.
#54
Murder Island, Argyle, Canada
Analyn Lahr 7 years ago
Murder Island sounds it could be the name of a really intense reality show.
#55
Dead Women Crossing, Oklahoma, USA
#57
Accident, Maryland, USA
#58
Worthless Road, Laytonville, USA
#59
Hearts Desire Ave / Broken Heart St, Las Vegas, USA
Shruti Naik 7 years ago
and how many divorce attorney's offices or bars are on broken heart street?
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Misery, France
#62
Melancholy Waterhole, Sturt, Australia
#63
Abandoned, Hartwick, New York State, USA
Sodium Lights 7 years ago
There are several roads labelled "Abandoned" in that area. All dirt tracks. It's not a name.
#64
Murdering Beach Road, Heyward Point, New Zealand
#65
Sadness Street, Jemil, Tunisia
Iris Omri-Engler 7 years ago
Same place where you find Suffering Street; not really a lucky place it seems
#66
Dubious Reservoir, Oregon, USA
#67
Miserable Lake, Banner Township, Illinois, USA
#68
Disappointment Road, Barbourville Ky, USA
Shruti Naik 7 years ago
you can walk down disappointment road or float down disappointment creek
#69
Desperation Drive / Solitude Way, Shingle Springs, Ca, USA
Shruti Naik 7 years ago
You can either continue to be desperate or you can find happiness in your solitude!
#70
Poverty Island, Michigan, USA
#71
Haunted Lake, Francestown, New Hampshire, USA
Barbara 7 years ago
...to reveal a person underneath the lake responsible for the hauntings? :D
Load More Replies... Shruti Naik 7 years ago
its funny how there's a street called dodge hill narrowly dodging the lake. and another saying this is your "Journey's end"
Daniel Trigueros 7 years ago
Im I the only one who noticed that right below there is Journeys End?? Thats even more depressing LOL
#73
Labour In Vain Road, Stansted, UK
Greta Toločkaitė 7 years ago
apparently a woman on the road side went into labour, but later turned out it was just outdated tacos..
#75
Dead Dog Island, Killarney, Canada
Long Joan Silver 7 years ago
This reminds me of the time where a person at work sent me details of a persons electricity meter. On each meter type, it said "dog died". There were about 3-4 meters. I don't know if it was meant to be a joke, or if a dog actually died at the property.
#76
Sorrow Islands, British Columbia, Canada
#77
Nameless, Tennessee, USA
Patti Moore 7 years ago
This town is featured in the book "Blue Highways," by William Least Heat Moon. Read the book, it's a road-trip classic
#78
Little Hope Island, Nova Scotia, Canada
#79
Disenchantment Bay, Alaska, USA
Heather Moritz 7 years ago
That's where Hubbard Glacier is! (A rare advancing glacier!) I'm always amused when I see that name on the map LOL
#80
Hateful Hill, Vermont, USA
#81
Terror Lake, Alaska
#83
Suicide Bay, Tasmania, Australia
#84
Sad, Slovenia
#85
Pity, Haiti
#89
Cape Disappointment, Ilwaco Wa, USA
#91
Devastation Island, British Columbia, Canada
#92
Nowhere Island, Rainy River, Canada
#93
Alone, Brescia Province, Italy
#94
Grief Island, Alaska, USA
#95
Futile Lake, Kenora, Canada
#97
Doubtful Island, New Zealand
#98
Hopeless Way, Bunkerville, USA
#99
Doubtful Island, New Zealand
#101
Broken Island, Washington, USA
#102
Spiteful Geyser, Wyoming, USA
#103
Point No Point, Hansville, USA
#104
Little Hope, Wisconsin
#105
Dog Slaughter Falls, Kentucky, USA
#106
Starvation Heights, Oregon, USA
Chess Wizard 7 years ago
Nope. It's not even close the where the Oregon Trail went through the state.
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Defeated, Tennessee, USA
#108
Blunder Pond, Northeast Piscataquis, Maine, USA
#111
Lost Boys Lane, Riverview, Florida, USA
#112
Death Lake, Cochrane, Canada
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Echo 7 years ago
Did they take the buy now off of it? Or do the people reporting the buy now sticker just have adware installed? I am betting you guys need to clean your PCs.
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Collin Lyle 7 years ago
It's missing my favorite place, the Great Dismal Swamp in Camden County, North Carolina, USA
Zori the degu 7 years ago
How didn't I find any of these? I spend hours on Google maps when I'm bored(sorry, Bored Panda)
Echo 7 years ago
Did they take the buy now off of it? Or do the people reporting the buy now sticker just have adware installed? I am betting you guys need to clean your PCs.
Load More Replies... Collin Lyle 7 years ago
It's missing my favorite place, the Great Dismal Swamp in Camden County, North Carolina, USA
Zori the degu 7 years ago
How didn't I find any of these? I spend hours on Google maps when I'm bored(sorry, Bored Panda)
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