Lost Connection: 15 Closed & Abandoned Internet Cafés
Before WiFi and smartphones stole their thunder, internet cafés like these closed and abandoned relics offered cheap & easy access to the World Wide Web. As the original public ...
Author: Steve
An outstanding researcher and clever writer who has been with WebUrbanist for over ten years, Steve brings a twist of creative humor into the mix with articles covering abandoned shops and buildings, offbeat signage & branding, eyebrow-raising architecture and much, much more. Steve can also be found exploring green innovations at WebEcoist and examining jaw-dropping pet products and pet-related news at PetsLady.Amazon Calm: Rio’s Deteriorating Olympic Games Venues
Barely completed in time, venues at the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil are going south in a big way now that the athletes have left. The Games of the XXXI Olympiad - ...
Druid Awakening: A Dozen Hard Rockin’ Modern Stonehenges
These 12 modern homages to Stonehenge would likely bemuse, befuddle and bewilder those who constructed the original prehistoric standing stone circle. Much like the original Stonehenge ...
Last Dance: A Dozen Hustled & Bustled Abandoned Discos
Disco ducks and dancing queens can no longer shake their booties since these dozen decrepit abandoned discotheques took down their mirror balls. The 1970s haven't aged well and the ...
Let’s Make A Dill: 11 Closed & Abandoned Pickle Factories
The Age of Pickles ended when home refrigeration arrived, souring prospects for pickling businesses and leaving abandoned pickle factories hither and yon. Folks living in tropic and ...
Makeup Not War: Soviet Army Monument’s Many Makeovers
In recent years the Monument to the Soviet Army in Sofia, Bulgaria has become a colorful canvas for protesters, much to the chagrin of Russian politicians. The Monument to the ...
See Wall: Graffiti Praising & Parodying Donald Trump
Donald Trump is destined to leave his mark on the world stage but the world's graffiti artists have been leaving Trump-related marks for some time. The notorious “wall” Trump has ...
Breaking Vlad: Street Art Takes On Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Putin of Russia is a polarizing figure to say the least, as these examples of street art, graffiti and stencils from all over the world illustrate. Considering his position at the ...
Out Of Limits: 15 Retro-Futuristic Soviet Town Welcome Signs
In Soviet Russia, town welcome you... with retro-futuristic city limits signs that promised more than the blustery, blustering Cold War-era USSR could deliver. The welcome is, er, radiant ...
Wars Star: Street Art & Graffiti Tributes to Princess Leia
Star Wars character Princess Leia, played by the late Carrie Fisher, has been feted in street art and graffiti for a long time in countries far, far away. While spray-painted graffiti and, ...
