In amongst all the madness though, occasionally a piece of pure genius, originality or hilarity will pop up and put a smile on your face, and the hilarity-factor is there in abundance for the wonderfully morbid travel account Sad Topographies. It digs out the most depressing place names across the world on Google Maps and posts them to social media.

@Sadtopographies is run by Australian artist Damien Rudd, who told Quartz, “In Australia, like the US and Canada, there are many depressing place names that are connected to the dark history of early colonialism, and the mishaps of explorers and settlers.”

The account description? Simply “Somewhere to go, when you’re feeling low.” It’s poetic in a way. And it also makes for a magnificently melancholic scroll. Here are some of the best…

1) Suicide Bridge Road

Suicide Bridge, Hurlock, U.S. #suicide

A photo posted by @sadtopographies on Sep 20, 2015 at 12:17am PDT

4) Misery Bay

Misery Bay, Michigan, U.S. #misery

A photo posted by @sadtopographies on Sep 20, 2015 at 12:25am PDT

5) Melancholy Waterhole

Melancholy Waterhole, Sturt, Australia #melancholy

A photo posted by @sadtopographies on Sep 20, 2015 at 12:30am PDT

6) Massacre Island

Massacre Island, Subd, Canada #massacre #explorecanada

A photo posted by @sadtopographies on Sep 20, 2015 at 12:33am PDT

7) Mistake Island

Mistake Island, Jonesport, U.S #mistake

A photo posted by @sadtopographies on Sep 20, 2015 at 7:04am PDT

8) Shades of Death Road

Shades of Death road, Great Meadows, U.S. #shadesofdeath

A photo posted by @sadtopographies on Sep 21, 2015 at 2:23am PDT

9) Cape Disappointment Lighthouse

Cape Disappointment, Washington U.S #disappointment

A photo posted by @sadtopographies on Sep 21, 2015 at 12:33pm PDT

10) Despair Island

https://instagram.com/p/78PdVQj860/?taken-by=sadtopographies

14) Hopeless Pass

Hopeless Pass, California, US #hopless

A photo posted by @sadtopographies on Sep 30, 2015 at 12:55am PDT

15) Unfortunate Cove

Unfortunate Cove, Cook's Harbor, Canada #unfortunate

A photo posted by @sadtopographies on Oct 2, 2015 at 12:09pm PDT

16) Dead Dog Island

Dead Dog Island, Killarney, Canada #deaddog

A photo posted by @sadtopographies on Oct 4, 2015 at 3:21am PDT

17) Alone

Alone, Brescia Province, Italy #alone

A photo posted by @sadtopographies on Oct 6, 2015 at 4:19am PDT

18) Calamity Lake

Calamity Lake, Crystal Bay, U.S #calamity

A photo posted by @sadtopographies on Oct 7, 2015 at 11:48pm PDT

19) Lonesome Road

Lonely St / Lonesome Rd, Cedar Grove, US #lonely #lonesome

A photo posted by @sadtopographies on Oct 10, 2015 at 6:49am PDT

20) Disappointment Cove

Disappointment Cove, New Zealand #disappointment

A photo posted by @sadtopographies on Oct 23, 2015 at 12:55am PDT

21) Devastation Island

Devastation Island, British Columbia, Canada #devastation

A photo posted by @sadtopographies on Oct 27, 2015 at 1:22am PDT

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