(Image: Alf Gillman, reproduced with permission – seen previously on Urban Ghosts)

Welcome to the 19th edition of our weekly link round-up, showcasing a selection of awesome articles from our friends, partners and sites we like around the web.  This week’s edition looks at a range of interesting finds from urban and recycled art to naturally occurring fractal patterns, creepy abandoned leper colonies and forgotten theatres.

The Abandoned Hulme Hippodrome Theatre, Manchester (Skyliner)

New York City’s Eerie Abandoned Leper Colony (Mail Online)

The Fractal Patterns of Landscapes Devastated by Drought (Environmental Graffiti)

Abandoned Boats, Ships and Docks (WebUrbanist)

Crashed B-17 Bomber, Papua New Guinea (Flickr)

Monkdogz Urban Art Gallery, New York City (Monkdogz)

NYC Subway: Redbirds Underwater (Urbanartcore.eu)

Barry Train Scrapyard, Wales (The Great Western Archive)

7 Abandoned Castles, Chateaux and Mansions (AOL Travel)

Architectural Salvage (Recycling the Past)