UrbEx
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Roman Veillon is a photographer obsessed with disuse and abandonment. A previous journey took him to the sand-ridden Namibian ghost town Kolmanskop, and his website is awash with photos of theme parks left to ruin and industrial sites worked into submission. read more Enter Buzludzha, Bulgaria’s abandoned Soviet spaceship | Dazed.
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PHOTOGRAPHER DONAL MOLONEY, who spends his time sneaking around abandoned homes across the country and capturing their chilling beauty, has brought us some new treats this week. This small house in the Limerick countryside has been abandoned for many years and it looks as though time has stood still since its last owner left. READ…
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The mysterious track, known as Track 61, still houses the train car and private elevator, which were both large enough for FDR’s armor-plated Pierce Arrow car. Legend has it that the car would drive off the train, onto the platform and straight into the elevator, which would lead to the hotel’s garage. read more Photos:…
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Behind this elegant Art Deco facade, the abandoned auditorium of Todmorden’s long shuttered New Olympia Cinema has sat in silence for decades, hidden away from public view behind the false walls and ceilings of a budget supermarket that until recently occupied the former lobby and lower seating area. But when urban explorers gained access to…
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Urban exploration often shortened as urbex or UE is the examination of the normally unseen or off-limits parts of urban areas or industrial facilities. Urban exploration is also commonly referred to as infiltration, although some people consider infiltration to be more closely associated with the exploration of active or inhabited sites. It may also be…
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Abandoned places that once bustled and thrived with people, ghost towns are remarkable because they provide a vision of what once existed. While there’s a historical background to any city, ghost towns possess especially interesting ones, since their histories are all that remains. see more: Eerie African Ghost Town Engulfed by the Desert.
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A church altar stands coated in a thick layer of dust and plants climb up crumbling columns, these incredible images capture the beauty of Italy’s abandoned buildings.British photographer Gaz Mather managed to sneak into some of the country’s most spectacular derelict buildings to snap pictures of their decay.The result is an eerily beautiful set of…
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View at :14 Beautiful And Haunting Abandoned British Places | sooziQ.
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View here: 14 Intriguing Abandoned Military Sites… | FB TroublemakersFB Troublemakers.
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Belgium has a strange abandoned village street art . A photographer immersed in the heart of this sublime giant , open- air street artists canvas. We do find this absolutely amazing ghost town through his shots. see more at – In Belgium, an abandoned city becomes a giant canvas dedicated to street art – News…
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Abandoned Pripyat – Then and NowOld footage before the Chernobyl disaster compared to newer photos taken from similar locations in the abandoned city of Pripyat. View video:LiveLeak.com – Abandoned Pripyat – Then and Now.
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America has seen plenty of cities rapidly grow and fade. From the boom towns of the Gold Rush to Detroit’s rise and fall alongside the country’s auto industry, the narrative is the same: People are drawn where they think they can make their fortune. When the money and jobs dry up, some stay out of…
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“This is a series of photographs taken in the abandoned movie sets of the film saga Star Wars, filmed through the years in different locations in the south of Tunisia. Unexpectedly those sets have been left on location, probably because in the middle of nowhere and because no-one from the local authorities complained and therefore…
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These kayakers came across an abandoned 110-year-old ghost ship in a tributary just off the Ohio River. The photos are cool, but what’s more incredible is the history of this ship, and the things it has seen before it’s current resting place! read more: Kayaker Finds 110-Year-Old Ghost Ship in the Ohio River.
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For 60 years, Villa Epecuén, a small Argentine town located about five hours southwest of Buenos Aires, hosted European vacationers who had come to bathe in the salty waters of Laguna Epecuén. Then, one day in 1985, the dam built to keep the lake’s waters out of the town burst. Everyone fled to nearby Carhue,…
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In Berlin, as in cities around the world, there’s a simple set of rules for “urban explorers”—people who seek out abandoned World War II sites, empty Cold War military installations, crumbling factories and the like. Don’t vandalize. Don’t destroy things. Don’t steal, and never, ever give away the address. Of course, in a game with…