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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.

Is It Safe? Nine Creepy Abandoned Dentist Offices

These nine creepy abandoned dentist offices feature chairs even a weary marathon man wouldn't sit on. Listen to your inner drill sergeant, this will hurt a bit! ...

Transits Of Venus: 8 Women-Only Subway & Train Cars

Subway sandwich: good if you're hungry, bad if you're a female commuter. These 8 women-only transit cars offer groups of gals a grope-free rail road trip. ...

Scanning The Skyline: 10 Bizarre Barcode Buildings

You're gonna need a bigger scanner. These 10 larger than life Universal Product Barcode emblazoned buildings epitomize the digitization of modern society. ...

Trouble Feature: 10 Abandoned Drive-In Movie Theaters

Drive-in movie theaters stand for the great American auto-centric suburban dream, though as time goes by fewer and fewer of the outdoor screens remain standing. ...

Good Pie & Farewell: 10 Crusty Old Abandoned Pizzerias

Hold the anchovies and everything else! These 10 crusty old abandoned pizzerias have sliced their penultimate pepperoni and will cut the cheese no longer. ...

Royal Blush: Japan’s Abandoned Queen Chateau Soapland

Fleeting moments of pleasure, a lifetime of neglect: that pretty much sums up the Queen Chateau soapland, a now-abandoned “brothel with baths” in Mito, Japan. ...

You’re Fired: 9 Smokin’ Hot Abandoned Match Factories

Churned out by the billions in enormous unsafe factories, matches were indispensable whether the aim was repelling Morlocks or merely lighting one's pipe. ...

End Of The Story: 12 Abandoned & Forgotten Bookmobiles

Remember bookmobiles? Bookmobiles were bus-like rolling libraries that brought the joy of reading to folks who didn't have easy access to books. Remember books? ...

Cute, Kitschy, Cool: 12 Clever Chinese Desk Fan Designs

Intended for low-cost mass production but displaying a wide variety of clever conceptual designs, these 12 Chinese desk fans may blow but they sure don't suck. ...

Highest Steam: 9 Abandoned Railroad & Train Bridge Trestles

Durable by design and situated by necessity in difficult to access locations, train trestles are often all that remain when railroads are closed and abandoned. ...

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