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• 20th Century Castles

  http://www.missilebases.com/
  Offers information about decommissioned underground missile site properties. Includes photos and descriptions.

• Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields

  http://www.airfields-freeman.com/
  Information on vanished or abandoned airfields and little-known airfields with unusual histories. US locations.

• Abandoned America

  http://www.abandonedamerica.us/
  Collections of American ruins with hundreds of derelict buildings to explore. Matthew Christopher, architectural photographer.

• Abandoned Mine Lands

  http://www.abandonedmines.gov/
  This is an official U.S. Government website managed by the Bureau of Land Management.

• Abandoned Missile Base VR Tour

  http://www.triggur.org/silo/
  This presentation will take you on a full tour of a decommissioned, abandoned underground missile complex.

• Alaskan UE

  http://drainfreak.com/df/main.htm
  Drains, steam tunnels, abandoned buildings, military leftovers and more in Fairbanks, Anchorage, Juneau and Sitka.

• All Abandoned.com

  http://www.allabandoned.com/
  Photos of abandoned and active locations with a focus on exploring New York and the northeast United States.

• American Urban Exploration

  http://americanurbanexploration.webs.com/
  World-wide urban exploration, based out of the "Good Ol'" USA

• American Urbex

  http://americanurbex.com/
  Documents history of abandoned locations in the US.

• Back Roads Journal

  http://above-the-norm.blogspot.com/
  Sharon Day and Julie Ferguson exploring in the southwest, US.

• BEG: Bangor Explorer's Guild

  http://ue-bangor.tripod.com/main1.html
  The guild of an explorer in Bangor who likes abandoned buildings, tunnels, drains and caves.

• Below the Capital

  http://www.belowthecapital.org/
  Transit exploring in Washington, DC.

• Carl Weese

  http://www.carlweese.com/index.html
  Abandoned farm houses and drive in movie theaters.

• Christopher Payne

  http://www.chrispaynephoto.com/
  Images of industrial ruins and vanishing building typologies. Subjects include asylums and substations.

• Coal Fields of the Appalachian Mountains

  http://www.coalcampusa.com/
  Exploring abandoned coal mines.

• Dead Malls

  http://www.deadmalls.com/
  History and personal recollections of abandoned shopping malls in the USA.

• Defunct Amusement Parks

  http://www.defunctparks.com/
  A collection of defunct amusement park information, searchable by state, with history and photographs of some parks.

• Drudgery

  http://www.drudgery.org/
  A collection of urban decay photographs from many several locations. US.

• Flickr: Ghost Towns

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

• Flickr: Kentuckiana Haunted Places

  https://www.flickr.com/groups/khp/
  For photos and comments on places that are known to be haunted or scary in and around Kentucky.

• Flickr: Rust Belt

  http://www.flickr.com/groups/rustbelt/
  Show us your smelters, your open-hearth furnaces, your train tracks, your sulfur-burning, coal-fired plants, shuttered factories, and abandoned warehouses. Show us our cities, deserted streets and blighted neighborhoods. Show us the forgotten broad shoulders of industrial America.

• Flickr: The Old West

  http://www.flickr.com/groups/38345626@N00/
  Anything that reminds you of that yesteryear: barns, cattle, six shooters, hats, ranches, horses.

• Forgotten Towns of the Eastern United States

  https://www.flickr.com/groups/1306070@N25/
  Ghost towns and remains of towns and villages which are no longer populated. Locations east of the Mississippi River.

• Gallivanters

  http://linkring1.tripod.com/
  Tunnel explorers at the University of Arkansas, featuring illustrated expedition accounts.

• Ghost Town Gallery

  http://www.ghosttowngallery.com/
  Pictures of ghost towns and historic places in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Idaho, Montana, Utah. Picture gallery, driving directions, historic information, maps.

• Hey Bill Brown

  http://www.heybillbrown.com/
  Photos and descriptions of disused and abandoned urban facilities in the US. Still publishes Dreamwhip Zine as well.

• Jordan Liles

  http://www.jordanliles.com/
  Personal stories of historical exploration. Based in the US.

• Kathryn Nee

  http://www.kathrynnee.com/
  Freelance photographer based in Atlanta, GA. Urban exploration and commercial photography.

• Lifeless World Photography

  https://www.flickr.com/people/93614282@N06/
  A look at the world with the human element removed. Images by James Zaratin.

• Lost and Forgotten Bridges of Arkansas - Flickr

  https://www.flickr.com/groups/801100@N25/
  Dedicated to lost, abandoned and forgotten Arkansas bridges. Many old bridges are in secluded places or rarely used.

• Lost Destinations

  http://www.lostdestinations.com/
  The website for those who love to get "lost"- explore places abandoned, haunted, forgotten, spooky, unusual, mysterious, historical, mythical and unknown. Based in the US.

• Lost Indiana

  http://www.lostindiana.net/
  Contains information about abandoned buildings and places in Indiana.

• Midwest Lost

  http://www.midwestlost.com/
  Urban exploration and road geekery. Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and the midwest, US.

• Modern Day Ruins

  http://moderndayruins.com/
  Dedicated to the not-so-forgotten abandoned places.

• Modern Ruins

  http://modern-ruins.com/
  Photographs by Phillip Buehler.

• National Register of Historic Places

  http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/
  Part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect historic and archeological resources. Listings of historic and vacant places.

• New England Ruins

  http://www.dobi.nu/photos/
  Photography by Rob Dobi.

• Only In Your State

  http://www.onlyinyourstate.com/
  Travel guides with unique, hidden, abandoned, creepy, and historical places. Viewable by individual US states.

• Opacity.us

  http://www.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.

• Passionate Perspective Photography

  http://passionateperspectivephotography.weebly.com/
  Artistic photography in ruined places. US based. Candy Delaney.

• Phoenix Trotting Park

  http://www.phoenixtrottingpark.com/
  A comprehensive history, photos, and bibliography of the Phoenix Trotting Park harness racing track in Goodyear, Arizona.

• Preservation Online

  http://www.preservationnation.org/magazine/
  The national, private organization chartered by Congress to encourage public participation in the preservation of sites, buildings, and objects significant in American history.

• Shadows and Rust

  http://shadowsandrust.com/
  Urban exploration photographs from the US.

• Stealth Force Beta

  http://www.spril.com/StealthForceBeta/
  A portfolio from a group of troublemaking explorers who once operated at New Mexico Tech.

• Strange New England

  http://www.strangene.com/
  Field guide to New England's legends, curious history and weird destinations.

• Strange New England

  http://www.strange-new-england.com/
  A field guide to New England's legends, curious history and weird destinations. Exploration and dark tourism.

• Uncharted Sights

  http://unchartedsights.blogspot.com/
  A blog about urban exploration and photography of abandoned places. Colorado and Wyoming mainly.

• Under City - Steve Duncan

  http://undercitywebsite.blogspot.com/
  An urban exploration, guerrilla historian and photographer. US based.

• Underground Eureka Springs

  http://undergroundeureka.com/
  Exploring the Eureka Springs underground tunnel system. Arkansas.

• Underground Ozarks

  http://www.undergroundozarks.com/
  A forum for discussing urban exploration in the Ozarks.

• What's Left of Birmingham

  http://leftbirmingham.blogspot.com/
  WLoB is a photolog with an emphasis on urban decay, rural decomposition, and industrial relics. Based in Alabama.

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