[Abandoned Factory via Noctophotographer on Flickr]
Ever wonder what is inside that dark tunnel or deserted structure you pass on your way to work every day? There are a vast number of spooky and surreal abandoned buildings that populate even the densest countries, states and cities. Organized into helpful categories here ...
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30 Awesome Websites for Adverturous Urban Explorers: Urbex Forums, Photos and More
[Abandoned Factory via Noctophotographer on Flickr]
Ever wonder what is inside that dark tunnel or deserted structure you pass on your way to work every day? There are a vast number of spooky and surreal abandoned buildings that populate even the densest countries, states and cities. Organized into helpful categories here ...
15 Creatively Twisted Stuffed Animals: Intentional and Spontaneous Distortions of Childhood Toys
What comes to mind when someone mentions stuffed animals? For most of us words like 'cute' and 'cuddly' or maybe 'kids' and 'toys' come to mind. For these photographers and product designers, however, words like 'twisted' and 'disturbing' or even 'demented' and 'deranged' are perhaps more fitting. Some have explored the innards of these seemingly innocuous childhood toys (more or less literally) while others have had Blair Witch Project experiences with strange, spontaneous and surreal roadside stuffed animal 'art' installations.
5 Modern Secret Room Dreams (and Nightmares): From Creative Hideouts to Dreadful Spaces
Hidden passages have a long history of appearing in fictional novels and films but an even richer past in reality dating back to Egyptian tombs passages for Christians to worship in hiding from Romans. Over the years hidden passages have been used to arrest kings and evacuate popes, hide shogun warriors, facilitate guerrilla fighters, enable drug smugglers and conceal serial killers. In recent times, however, many more modest individuals have created (or discovered) secret passages in ordinary everyday households and there are even companies dedicated to designing secret doors, rooms and passages in middle-class houses. In some cases the discovery of a secret room is a wonderful find but it can also be a twisted nightmare.
10 Impressive Parkour and Free Running Videos: Urban Buildering and Building Jumping in Action
Parkour and free running have increasingly hit the big time, being featured in mainstream movies and prime-time commercial spots. Still, it's important to remember that these amazing arts of urban building jumping, climbing and running originated in offbeat locations and abandoned buildings. These videos feature some of the more raw and original free runners who made this extreme urban sport what it is today. Scroll to the end for some awesome medleys and remixes!
3 Incredible Gatherings: The Largest, Strangest and Scariest Collective Activities in the World
As humans we have a difficult time comprehending large numbers, and vast collections of people perhaps in particular. There is something simply surreal about a pilgrimage that attracts more people than the population of Texas or a festival that draws thirty thousand revelers deep into one of the harshest deserts on Earth. The following three events are vastly different in terms of geography, history and purpose but are all impressive in their own way and right as these images show.
