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AuthorThe Unintentional Aircraft Graveyard at Long Marston Airfield
Aircraft graveyards can be compelling and lead to atmospheric urbex photography, but it’s sad to see historic aircraft left to the mercy of vandals and the elements.
Sustainable Living: The History & Practice of Urban Homesteading
Urban homesteading encompasses a range of ideas, including urban farming and urban agriculture, relating to the practice of sustainable living.
Ryugyong Hotel: Transforming a Vast Concrete Skeleton into a Glass-clad Skyscraper
Dubbed “hotel of doom”, the vast concrete skeleton of the Ryugyong Hotel has loomed over Pyongyang for years. But completion finally appears to be on the horizon…
8 Awesome Links of the Week (Part Five)
The fifth installment of our weekly link round-up delves into urbex photography and abandoned places, amazing crystal caves, light graffiti and urban interventionism.
Urban Art, Libraries & More: Recycling Britain’s Iconic Red Telephone Boxes
With many now being phased out across Britain, the iconic red telephone box has been repurposed as libraries and toilets and transformed into recycled art.
The Last Supper: Creepy “Ghosts” Sculpture Near Rhyolite Ghost Town
Near the Rhyolite ghost town in Nevada’s Mojave Desert stands a strange museum, boasting one of the most evocative art installations of the American west – The Last Supper.
Abandoned Pianos – An Unlikely Urbex Attraction
They might not seem the likeliest of urbex subjects but abandoned pianos have captured the imaginations of photographers and urban explorers all over the world.
8 Awesome Links of the Week (Part Four)
Our weekly link round-up is back, highlighting more great content from our friends, partners and sites we admire and delving into the worlds of urbex, urban and recycled art, offbeat travel destinations and more.
7 of the World’s Most Overgrown Churches – All in One English County!
Norfolk has more ruined churches than any other English county. Many of these abandoned buildings are among the most overgrown churches in the world.
Abandoned Windsor Wax Building – Then and Now
The abandoned Windsor Wax Building has been a landmark of Hoboken, New Jersey since the company was established in 1923 by Leo Fleischmann, a chemist, explorer and adventurer.
6 Incredible Abandoned Gateways to the World
“Gateways to the World” can have many meanings. In this article we explore six incredible abandonments that contributed to the progress of our society before fading into obscurity.
Military Aircraft Graveyard at Burgas Airport in Bulgaria
Abandoned planes and aircraft graveyards are popular subjects of urbex photography. This rusting Cold War collection, at Burgas Airport, is a hangover from Bulgaria’s membership of the Warsaw Pact.
Cold Warning: The Abandoned Radar Stations of the Arctic Circle
The Arctic’s proximity to the Soviet Union made Alaska, Canada and Greenland ideal locations for Cold War early warning radar stations – some now hauntingly abandoned.
Pete Dungey’s Pothole Gardens Highlight Poor State of Britain’s Roads
Oxford-based guerrilla gardener Pete Dungey creates pothole gardens to highlight the extensive problem of surface imperfections on Britain’s roads.
The Doors of Dublin: A Colourful Paddy’s Day Tale
Around St. Patrick’s Day 1970 a poster appeared in the window of the Irish Tourism offices in New York City that was destined to become one of Ireland’s most iconic modern images – “The Doors of Dublin”.