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Then & Now: The Deterioration of Abandoned St. Agnes’ Church in Detroit

April 23rd, 2012, Architecture, Urban Exploration, by Tom

This conjoined image underscores the relatively short space of time necessary for an abandoned building to decay once it’s no longer maintained.

5 Pillars of the Abandoned World: Fallen Institutions, Lost Industry & More

April 21st, 2012, Urban Exploration, by Tom

As time has moved on and science progressed, many great institutions have fallen into disuse. Explore these 5 Pillars of the Abandoned World.

The Mummies of Guanajuato: A Mexican Museum for the Morbidly Curious

April 20th, 2012, Travel, by Tom

The Mexican city of Guanajuato is home to the macabre Mummies’ Museum, an offbeat tourist destination featuring the preserved remains of 19th century locals who died of cholera.

Tomb Adapted as Home in Cairo’s City of the Dead

April 19th, 2012, Architecture, Living, by Tom

On the plus side it’s sturdy, ready-made and relatively decorative. But this extreme example of adaptive reuse, situated in Cairo’s impressive City of the Dead, was never intended for the living.

8 Awesome Links of the Week (Part 7)

April 13th, 2012, Travel, by Tom

Check out our latest link round-up featuring urban exploration, abandoned insane asylums, transformers recycled from scrap, subterranean sewers, urbex photography, urban art and more.

Urban Explorer Creates Ghostly Images in Abandoned Buildings

April 13th, 2012, Art, Urban Exploration, by Tom

Urbex images are visually compelling in their own right, but French urban explorer Bousure has gone a step further, adding ghostly figures to his photographs of an abandoned mansion.

Explore the Incredible Military and Merchant Ship Graveyard of the Red Sea

April 11th, 2012, Military, Urban Exploration, by Tom

Known for its storms and reefs, the treacherous Red Sea is home to one of the world’s most spectacular ship graveyards, offering some of the best wreck diving in the world.

Chemin de fer de Petite Ceinture: Abandoned “Belt Railway” Loops Around Paris

April 7th, 2012, Urban Exploration, by Tom

Chemin de fer de Petite Ceinture is a circular abandoned railway known as the “Little Belt Railway” looping around the old fortified walls of Paris.

Wreck of Russian Battlecruiser Murmansk, Norway

April 7th, 2012, Military, Urban Exploration, by Tom

The Murmansk was a Russian Sverdlov class cruiser built in 1955. Its impressive wreck lies off the coast of Norway between North Cape and Tromso.

Dismantling Vulcan XM652 at RAF Waddington

April 6th, 2012, Military, by Tom

Though rather grainy, this rare image captures the beginning of the end for Avro Vulcan B.2 XM652, which was dismantled at RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire during the early 1980s.

Russian Aircraft Graveyard, Moscow

April 6th, 2012, Military, Urban Exploration, by Tom

This former museum turned aircraft graveyard is like a time capsule, a repository of corroding Cold War technology in the heart Moscow’s redeveloping urban landscape.

Russian Surveillance Ship Wreck, Red Sea

April 5th, 2012, Military, Urban Exploration, by Tom

This ghostly shipwreck is that of a Russian Moma class surveillance vessel, one of many wrecks littering the floor of the Red Sea in what can only be described as a ship graveyard.

Crashed Harrier GR3, Goose Green, Falklands

April 5th, 2012, Military, Urban Exploration, by Tom

Lying on the isolated Lafonia peninsula of East Falkland, this mangled tail section is all that remains of a No. 1 Squadron Harrier GR3 shot down during the battle of Goose Green.