Directory of Urban Exploration Resources

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Urban exploration involves exploring (usually abandoned) man made structures such as ghost towns and derelict houses, old mines, rail tunnels, closed factories, and public infrastructures such as storm water drains and bridge rooms. Also known as industrial archaeology.

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Resources in This Category

• Abandoned Places on Web Urbanist

  http://weburbanist.com/category/architecture/abandonments/
  From deserted buildings to entire abandoned towns and cities.

• Atlas Obscura

  http://www.atlasobscura.com/
  Travel tips, articles, strange facts and unique events. Posting about lost and ruined places around the world.

• Strange Abandoned Places

  http://strangeabandonedplaces.com/
  Curated collection of haunted, mysterious and abandoned places.

• Urban Ghosts Media

  http://www.urbanghostsmedia.com/
  Looking at urbex, urban exploration, urban art and the abandoned places of the world.

• Urban Sites by City

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

• World Abandoned

  http://www.worldabandoned.com/
  Images, videos and stories of abandoned, derelict and forgotten places throughout the world.

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