7 Abandoned Wonders of Residential Architecture
Palatial chateaus, ordinary suburban homes, skyscraper residences and vertical slums alike have been abandoned by their human inhabitants and given over to rot and ruin. Whether they represent ...
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Instant Abandonment: Faux Desert City Built to be Bombed
Normally, urban design is done with death and destruction in mind - but prevention, rather than facilitation, is the focus. This unique mini-city was made to be destroyed, pummeled into the dust ...
Coast Stories: 9 More Abandoned Lighthouses
A long, long time aglow... but even the brightest shining light will inevitably fade to black. Such is the case with these 9 abandoned lighthouses, rendered into obsolete obelisks by the ...
7 Abandoned Wonders of Institutional Architecture
Churches, prisons, psychiatric hospitals and courthouses given over to the elements can sometimes taken on a mythic significance, given a haunting, creepy beauty by the passage of time. Removed ...
7 Abandoned Wonders of Commercial & Industrial Architecture
These castle-like structures, skeletal high-rises and rusting remains of the golden age of industry are monuments to themselves, still standing despite decades of neglect. Formerly factories, ...
Matthew Christopher: Photographer of Abandoned Places
Some of the locations have storied histories, and others remain a mystery - photo shoots of spaces that must remain off the map to avoid disturbing delicate or dangerous ruins, or trespassing on ...
High & Dry: 8 Amazing Abandoned Aquariums
Recreating the sea on land is no easy task, especially when a stable and viable marine ecosystem is the crux of the plan. When things go wrong, however, the life leaves and what's left looks ...
Then & Now: Hybrid Images of a Deserted School in Detroit
It is one thing to see a building in a state of disrepair and imagine what it would have been like when it was occupied and vibrant. It is quite another to overlay a photograph, taken from the ...
Abandoned No More: New Lives for 13 Disused Spaces
While many abandoned places are ultimately demolished (and sometimes temporarily serve as settings for unexpected art installations), some get a second chance at life with restoration projects ...
Empty Pews: 7 More Amazing Abandoned Churches
Abandoned churches may symbolize to some the weakening of religion in the modern age but that's far too simplistic an explanation – people can move, churches not so much. These 7 amazing ...
