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Subterranean Britain: The Tunnels of the Bradford Beck
(Images: Joe Stenson, reproduced with permission) In British urbex circles, the Yorkshire city of Bradford is known as the drain capital of the north. The tunnels of the Bradford Beck run underneath...
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Wageningse Berg: Football Stadium Abandoned for Twenty Years
(Images: Coert Metz, reproduced with permission) The Wageningse Berg stadium in The Netherlands is a unique piece of football heritage. Abandoned for two decades, the former stadium now lies overgrown...
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Stub Streets & Ghost Ramps: The Abandoned Motorways of Britain
(Image: Hywel Williams, cc-sa-3.0) All over Britain, motorways which have been abandoned, unfinished or built incorrectly are dotted between the cities. Usually hidden from view, these strange...
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Setenil de las Bodegas’ Narrow Streets Concealed by Overhanging Cliffs
(Image: maesejose, cc-3.0) The town of Setenil de las Bodegas in Spain has an unusual quirk. A large number of its restaurants, workplaces and dwellings are set into the rock which overhangs the Rio...
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Cumbernauld Town Centre, a Largely Deserted Dead Mall
(All images by David Warden, reproduced with permission) Cumbernauld town centre was built as a vision of the future – a brave utopia where residents could shop, eat and experience all the...
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Five Unique Outdoor Clocks from America to the UK and Japan
Most of us have to check the time on our watches, smart phones or other devices at regular points throughout the day, but not many clocks or watches are half as interesting to look at as these. Here...
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Abandoned since 1974: Nicosia International Airport in Pictures
Nicosia International Airport was once the main airport for the island of Cyprus, but has now been derelict for nearly forty years. Principally used as the headquarters of the United Nations...
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Rock-A-Hoola: Abandoned Water Park on Historic Route 66
(All images by Michael Alan Goldberg (official website), reproduced with permission) Located on Lake Dolores east of Barstow, the Rock-A-Hoola Waterpark has been abandoned since 2004. Originally built...
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“House” Art: A Retrospective Look at Rachel Whiteread’s Inverted Victorian Home
(Image: Matthew Caldwell (website: Walkytalky.net), cc-nc-sa-3.0) This strange and unique sculpture by artist Rachel Whiteread was the talk of the town back in 1993, when it stood on Grove Road in...
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The Fall of Glasgow’s Red Road Flats
(All images by Stuart McKinnon (Flickr set 1 and 2), reproduced with permission) Once known for their high rates of anti-social crimes, the Red Road flats in Glasgow are now set to be demolished, with...
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“Art Attacks”: Giant Tentacles & Space Invaders Make Eye-Catching Installations
(All images by Filthy Luker, reproduced with permission) Filthy Luker’s work takes the form of the playful and surprising. Giant tentacles burst from buildings, enormous pencils draw lines through...
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The Madrid Rio Project: Adaptive Reuse Transforms former Road into Urban Park
(All images by James Perry of Gcat’s Lair, reproduced with permission) The Madrid Rio Project started when the section of the city’s ring road which ran parallel to the Manzanares River was moved...
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Exploring the Tunnels of Manchester’s Forgotten Subterranean Canal
(All images by James Perry of Gcat’s Lair, reproduced with permission) The Manchester and Salford Junction Canal has been closed for ninety years, originally built to provide a direct waterway between...
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The Final Days of Kutsher’s Hotel and Country Club, an Abandoned Resort in...
(All images by Vintage Midcentury, reproduced with permission) The last of the Borscht Belt resorts, the grand Kutsher’s Hotel and Country Club was one of the many holiday locations which opened in...
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Echoes of Tourism at the Spooky Hotel du Golf
(All images by Raf Debruyne, reproduced with permission) The derelict Hotel du Golf lies in the town of Spa, Belgium. Empty for around ten years, many of the abandoned hotel’s features and furniture...
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‘Sacrilege’: The Impending Destruction of Lakenham Cricket Pavilion
(All images by leaderofourboat, reproduced with permission) Lakenham Sports & Leisure Centre, including the historic cricket ground and pavilion, remain empty amid imminent plans to transform the...
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Eerie Poveglia Island, Abandoned for Over 40 Years
(All images by U1D2X, reproduced with permission) Poveglia Island, located in the Venetian Lagoon in Italy, has a troubled history. Once an isolation centre for plague victims, the island was later...
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Condemned Houses of Liverpool’s Welsh Streets
(Image: Blipem, cc-nc-sa-4.0) Liverpool’s ‘Welsh Streets’ – so-called because they were largely built and occupied by Welsh immigrant workers in the 19th century – have stood empty since 2005. Many of...
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Vehicles Transformed into Art at the International Car Forest of the Last Church
(All images by Ron Pinkerton, reproduced with permission) These amazing psychedelic vehicles form the International Car Forest of the Last Church – an art project featuring dozens of abandoned cars...
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5 Grand Hotels That Used to be Insane Asylums
Fancy staying somewhere unusual on your next trip? The following locations are full of historical intrigue. Here are five hotels from around the world which made their beginnings as insane asylums. The...
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