MetaFilter posts tagged with urban and exploration

Get yer urban exploration/dead mall fix right here

limeonaire — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:59:13 -0800

"Q: What the hell is this site about? This is a site about urban exploration in the Ozarks." Abandoned water slides, underground tunnels, abandoned buildings and half-demolished malls throughout Missouri were all once fair game for this blog, and remain fair game for those who post in Underground Ozarks' forums.

More abandoned places, because they're creepy and beautiful

dersins — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 09:07:13 -0800

Illicit Ohio has a wide range of photos and essays of abandoned places in Ohio, from the Cincinnati subway system (yes, there really is was one, and it's been discussed here before), to various and sundry prisons, government installations, hotels, hosiptals, houses and more. And don't miss the old vs. new galleries, either.

"The life of our city is rich in poetic and marvelous subjects." Baudelaire

bijou — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 21:09:41 -0800

WebUrbanist: Collective Bloggings about Urban Cultures and Alternative Arts

Daredevils

davebush — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 11:04:31 -0800

What's behind Niagara Falls? Some dudes investigate.

Sewers of Canada

GuyZero — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 06:29:27 -0800

Sewers of Canada Many pictures of Great Canadian Drains.

Disused architecture

econous — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 17:43:15 -0800

Abandonded buildings: photos of.

London Topological

kirkaracha — Mon, 14 Nov 2005 12:28:52 -0800

London Topological and Britain of Drains. Cool urban exploration photos from underneath England by International Urban Glow.

Russian urban exploration

arse_hat — Fri, 03 Jun 2005 21:33:55 -0800

Urban exploration in the Russian style.

Urban Exploration Commandos

peacay — Tue, 24 May 2005 20:45:03 -0800

Action Squad – Urban Adventurers

"In a nutshell, Action Squad explores. This generally occurs late at night, to aid in avoiding other people, particularly those with badges and funny blue uniforms. We climb buildings, sneak into factories, crawl through all kinds of tunnels, spelunk old brewery caves, poke around abandoned buildings, and run across the rooftops."

Missions of the Action Squad are fully documented with descriptions, photographs (historical & intraoperative) and sometimes maps but always with a sense of wonder at the urban flotsam they enjoy exploring.
This is my particular favourite but poke around, there's a fair bit in this gem of a site worth exploring from the armchair. [via]

exploring the abandoned

jdaura — Tue, 18 Mar 2003 05:48:28 -0800

Explore the abandoned - all things we build must pass into an inevitable and steady deterioration. Thanks to those who chronicle civilization's entropy and put it on the web, because it's mad fun to watch.