Bucket List: 12 Battered & Abandoned KFC Stores
There are nearly 20,000 KFCs worldwide but success isn't guaranteed. Here are 12 that kicked the bucket when the financial chickens came home to roost. The Bucket Stops Here (images via: ...
Category: 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.
Decaying Detroit: Google Street View Shows Change Over Time
The dark architectural equivalent of 'Faces of Meth,' these compiled Google Street View images of Detroit from 2009 through 2013 paint a poignant portrait of decay in the city. Entitled ...
Ghost Estates of Ireland: Symbols of an Economic Collapse
Built with visions of suburban prosperity in more optimistic times, the empty shells of former dream homes dot the countryside among piles of construction rubble and fallen-down fences. Economic ...
No Spoking: 11 Closed & Abandoned Bicycle Shops
Bicycle shops should be doing great in this era of energy conservation but the cold equations of business economics are, for many bike shops, all two wheel. ...
Cracked Mirrors: 12 (More) Eerie Abandoned Observatories
These twelve abandoned observatories tell no universal tales; their heavenly visions now fatally fogged as their expansive domes lie locked and shuttered. ...
Tuned Out: 11 Off-The-Air & Abandoned Radio Stations
Don't touch that dial or pause for station identification, these eleven decrepit, decommissioned and DJ-less radio stations have signed off forever. ...
Real-Life Panopticons: Deserted Dystopian Prisons in Cuba
Imagine life inside a ring of cells around a central watchtower, where you can never be sure whether you are being observed. This surreal setup became an extreme reality under dictator Gerardo ...
Empty Spaces: Photo Book Documents Eerie Urban Ruins
Crumbling cathedrals, decaying theaters and half-destroyed camping cabins: urban explorer Johnny Joo has seen it all, and he doesn't just document these abandoned places, he does so with an eye for ...
Diamonds Aren’t Forever: 10 Abandoned Jewelry Stores
These 10 abandoned jewelry stores, designed to be secure oases of luxury retailing, are now as lonely as a busted ring that's forever lost its sparkle. ...
Giving Up the Ghost: Residents of Toxic Town Won’t Leave
Hell no, the last residents of Picher, Oklahoma won't go - even though their town is officially labeled a hazardous waste site, and there are only 10 of them still clinging to the remains of its ...
