Lukol Directory: Recreation: Outdoors: Speleology: Urban Exploration

Flickr: Old & Forgotten
Buildings and other things that are old, weathered and forgotten.
http://www.flickr.com/groups/old__forgotte...

Industrial Archaeology & History Ring
The ring contains sites of interest to industrial archaeologists and industrial historians.
http://s.webring.com/hub?ring=iahring&id=9...

75mg
This is a collection of paintings involving abandoned institutions. Includes photographs of sites visited.
http://www.geocities.com/dammaschstatehosp...

Flickr: Urban Explorers
Photos and stories about abandoned paper mills, condmened hospitals, decaying barns.
http://www.flickr.com/groups/urban_explore...

Sleepy City
Photography site dedicated to underground tunnels, derelict industrial sites and urban ruins. Discarded by society these interesting and historic locations wait quietly for the occasional urban explorer. Includes categorized images, message boards, and links.
http://www.dsankt.com/

Salon: Online and Underground
Article by Janelle Brown about the urban exploration trend.
http://dir.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/01/...

SU: Urban Explorers
StumbleUpon group for everybody who enjoys abandoned and derelict places, worldwide. Includes restoration and preservation sites. Share photos, impressions, and memories.
http://urban-explorers.group.stumbleupon.c...

Photographing Abandoned Houses
Tips and suggestion on how to turn old abandoned houses, into fantastic photographic subjects.
http://www.webaperture.com/articles/lib/hw...

The Institute for Urban Speleologic Studies & Archeology
The IUSSA was formed to encourage urban exploration and urban archeology. Locations, dictionary, forums and magazine.
http://www.iussa.org

Opacity.us
A collection of histories, exploration accounts, and thousands of photographs of various abandoned structures in the United States and Europe. Features many derelict psychiatric hospitals and asylums as well as documenting abandoned prisons, large industrial sites, and other historical places.
http://www.opacity.us

The Urban Exploration Ring
Webring for sites about exploration and urban speleology.
http://www.webring.com/hub?ring=draining

Flickr: Ghost Towns
Lost places, once inhabited towns and forgotten futures of the American Old West.
http://www.flickr.com/groups/ghosttowns/

Industrial Archaeology
Urban exploration and photographs by Jef Poskanzer.
http://www.acme.com/jef/photos/archaeology...

Modern Ruins
Photographic essays include explorations of a girls orphanage, insane asylum, hospital, crypt, and steel plant.
http://www.oboylephoto.com/ruins/index.htm

The Urban Explorers Network
Longest-running cooperative collection of UE information on the Web. Info on dozens of sites from around the world, submitted by fellow explorers.
http://www.urbanexplorers.net

Corrosion: Industrial Archeology
Corrosion explores the phenomena of urban decay through exploration and still & motion photography of (mosty) abandoned buildings, storm drains, and steam tunnels.
http://www.geocities.com/corrosionia/

Macca's Stuff: Urban Exploration
Commentary and reviews of urban exploration sites.
http://maccastuff.com/under.php

Modern Ruins Photography Webring
Lots of European sites in this ring for photographs of abandoned sites and ruins from the Industrial fringe of cities and landscapes.
http://i.webring.com/hub?ring=modernruinsp...

Abandoned Asylums and Sanatoriums Webring
For sites about the history, exploration and photography of abandoned asylums, sanatoriums and hospitals.
http://www.webring.com/hub?ring=abandoneda...

ProjectZ
A collection of articles concerning urban exploration, put together by a group of likeminded hackers, including in-depth reports of abandoned underground station explorations.
http://projectz.org/?cat=3

PURP: Penguins Under a Reactionary Planet
Draining and stencil graffitti. Urban exploration and graphic art.
http://purp.8k.com

Spooky Stuff
A forum for sharing underground exploration stories.
http://p220.ezboard.com/bspookystuff

RuralRuin's LiveJournal
Sharing photographs from explorations around the world.
http://community.livejournal.com/rural_rui...

Flickr: Rural Decay
Pictures of barns, silos, farms and other rural buildings decaying. Objects now part of the landscape are also welcome, such as tractors, or old farm equipment.
http://www.flickr.com/groups/ruraldecay/

Zone Tour
A non-profit association to promote industrial archaeology and architecture, and to reveal a particular point of view about the city. Database of urban exploration. International but mainly France.
http://homepage.mac.com/peint/zone-tour/in...

Urban Exploration Email List
Discussing adventure in places you're not supposed to be.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Urban_Explor...

The Derelict Sensation
A cultural project inviting contributions from anyone interested in derelict buildings or abandoned spaces. Interviews, research and photographic galleries.
http://www.thederelictsensation.com/index....

Yahoo Groups: Modern Ruins
A forum for photographers of modern ruins. Discussion and shared photographs.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/modernruins-...

Flickr: Urban Decay
Rundown buildings, neighborhoods and all things within.
http://www.flickr.com/groups/decay/

Urban Sites by City
An archive of information on underground urban sites and structures throughout the world.
http://www.vad.freehosting.net/urbansites/...

Articles of the Mind
Personal journal, includes urban exploration adventures and discussions.
http://abandonspaces.livejournal.com/

RottenEggs Urban Adventures
Commercial site that allows registered users to post messages on urban adventures and explorations.
http://www.rotteneggs.com

Jack Gardens
Photo gallery of modern ruins, urban exploration.
http://jackgardens.com

Dylan Trigg: The Poetics of Decay
Resource for essays on decay, urban exploration and the aesthetics of urban ruins.
http://www.dylantrigg.com/

Ratfinks
Urban exploration journal.
http://www.notinsane.net/ratfinks/

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Related Topics:
Arts: Architecture: Building Types: Hospitals and Asylums
Arts: Architecture: History
Arts: Architecture: Preservation
Arts: Photography: Techniques and Styles: Night Photography
Business: Transportation and Logistics: Urban Transport: Transit Systems: Subways
Science: Social Sciences: Archaeology: Periods and Cultures: Post-Medieval: Industrial
Society: History: By Topic: Places: Ghost Towns
Society: Paranormal: Ghosts
Society: Death: Death Care: Cemeteries: Image Galleries



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2006