These places on Google Maps will give you the sads

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Lauren Hockenson

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Lauren is a reporter for The Next Web, based in San Francisco. She covers the key players that make the tech ecosystem what it is right now. (show all) Lauren is a reporter for The Next Web, based in San Francisco. She covers the key players that make the tech ecosystem what it is right now. She also has a folder full of dog GIFs and uses them liberally on Twitter at @lhockenson.

Sometimes, the world is a little depressing. Literally, it seems, as there are an abundance of places worldwide that somehow have super sad names.

Instagram account sadtopographies documents these places — found on Google Maps — and it kind of reads like the destinations on the most depressing road trip ever.

Interested in going to Dead Dog Island?