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WebUrbanist | Archived Articles on Abandoned Places

Ever wanted to explore abandoned places? Real-life urban exploration and building infiltration can be challenging, dangerous and even illegal. Here is your chance to try out urbex from the comfort of your computer – from deserted buildings to entire abandoned towns and cities, here are some of the most amazing abandoned locations around the world.

Into Abyss: World's Largest Deserted Underwater Film Set

Urban explorers sneaked into the abandoned Cherokee Nuclear Power Plant where 'The Abyss' was filmed, capturing images of the set before it was demolished.

Remote and Abandoned: The Decaying Dutch Harbor Bunkers

Over 100 bunkers and other structures left behind on the Aleutian Islands off Alaska after World War II still dot the remote countryside, crumbling into ruin.

Haunted House? The Abandoned Mansion of Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs is known as the visionary head of Apple, but there were other facets to his life as well. This is the tale of his magnificent abandoned mansion.

Tired Out: Spain's Abandoned Sitges-Terramar Racetrack

Built in 1922, the steeply banked concrete curves of Spain's Sitges-Terramar auto racetrack have slumbered in quiescence for the better part of a century.

Abandoned Hollywood Theater Hidden Above New York Bodega

These photos give us a glimpse of a nearly century-old abandoned theater above a grocery store in New York, in a building which is due to be demolished.

Surreal Estate: China's Village of Empty Villas

In the Year of the Dragon, white elephants abound as an eerie village of empty and abandoned villas epitomizes China's ever-expanding real estate bubble.

Art in Abandoned Places: 14 Inspiring Projects

Beams of colored light, murals crafted from tape, unexpected messages and jaw-dropping sculptures turn abandoned places into guerrilla art galleries.

Global Warning: The Arctic's Abandoned DEW Line Stations

High above the Arctic Circle, the mid-1950s vintage remains of the DEW Line sit preserved by some of the coldest temperatures found outside Antarctica.

Halloween Horror: America's 13 Scariest Haunted Houses

Demented clowns with chainsaws, monster spiders, human meat-processing, crazed killers - face all of these horrors and more at America's scariest haunted houses.

Twisty Mystery: 100s of Ancient Underground German Tunnels

At least 700 cramped, mysterious tunnel systems exist beneath urban and rural Germany with many more in the rest of Europe - but what were they for?

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