Big Miss Steak: 10 Eerie Abandoned Meat Packing Plants
As the disconnect between the meat we eat and the places it's processed grows, so does the number of urban and suburban abandoned meat packing plants. Take the former Swift and Company ...
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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.Boom To Bust: 10 Abandoned Fireworks Stores & Stands
Fireworks sales are “fly by night” on several levels, and when boom turns to bust the colors fade faster than the aftermath of a bombshell in a moon-washed sky. Take the outstanding image ...
The Bucks Stop Here: 9 Closed & Abandoned Dollar Stores
Dollar Stores may be the new face of retail in post-9/11 America but when they close or are abandoned, that's change we don't want to believe in. Big Lots? More like Big Lost, know what I'm ...
Gruel Britannia: 10 Abandoned Little Chef Restaurants
Serving up American style with British flavor, hundreds of Little Chef roadside restaurants once warmed up the UK's motorways but less than 80 remain today. “Once a familiar site ...
The Peeling Project: Thinking Outside The Big Box Store
What happened when an edgy architecture firm met an open-minded chain of big box retail stores? The very appealing Peeling Project, that's what. We'll leave it for others to document the ...
Meltdown: 10 Semi-Sweet Abandoned Chocolate Factories
Chocolate factories were once fragrant masters of their delicious domains but many have fallen victim to high costs, cocoa shortages and changing market tastes. Hershey, Pennsylvania, is ...
Just Add Monsters: Chris McMahon’s Modified Thrift Store Art
Artist Chris McMahon looks at cheap thrift store landscape paintings and sees something missing. Then he paints in the hidden monsters for all to enjoy. McMahon first began buying thrift ...
No Sweat: 10 Abandoned Gyms & Deserted Fitness Centers
Gotta be at the gym in 26 minutes? Don't get bent outta shape but no amount of blood, sweat or tears can rejuvenate these abandoned gyms & fitness centers. Weight Of The ...
Abandoned Alien Homestead: Forsaken UFO House in Florida
Painted pink and encrusted with graffiti, the abandoned UFO house in Homestead, Florida, has a backstory as mysterious as its otherworldly architecture. Lions & Tigers & Bears, Oh ...
Scattered Marbles: 10 Smashed, Bashed & Trashed Statues
As our age's great and powerful leaders rise and fall, so do the narcissistic, now Ozymandias-like statues they raised to celebrate their fleeting triumph. Duck, Gaddafi The 2011 Libyan ...
