urban exploration

Abandoned: The Second Life Of The Dupont Underground, Washington, DC (Photos)

April 16, 2018 by Lucia

Previously: The City Hall Subway Station. Washington, DC isn’t a great city for urban exploration. Historically, there hasn’t been a lot of industry here that would lead to the kinds of spaces Continue Reading > about Abandoned: The Second Life Of The Dupont Underground, Washington, DC (Photos)

February 5, 2018 by Lucia

Previously: Dogpatch USA. You’d never know it just looking at it, but the New York City subway system is full of secrets. Those tiny ledges jutting out from walls? They’re often indicative of old Continue Reading > about Abandoned: The Fading Splendor Of New York’s Old City Hall Subway Station

August 18, 2014 by Lucia

Previously: North Brother Island. In upstate New York, there’s a town called Dover. Within Dover is a hamlet known as Wingdale, and in Wingdale lies the ruins of the Harlem Valley Psychiatric Continue Reading > about Abandoned: The Last Remnants of the Harlem Valley Psychiatric Center (Photos)

May 12, 2014 by Lucia

Previously: The 1984 Winter Olympics. On April 26, 1986—a Saturday—a systems test began at reactor number four of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Pripyat, Ukraine. The steam to the turbines Continue Reading > about Abandoned: Pripyat and the Chernobyl Disaster (Photos)

March 19, 2014 by Lucia

Previously: Six Flags New Orleans. When Sarajevo won the bid to host to the 1984 Winter Olympics, it marked the first time the Winter Games had been held in a Communist state. Then part of Continue Reading > about Abandoned: Echoes from the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo (Photos)

January 29, 2014 by Lucia

There’s something about abandoned places that I find utterly fascinating. They don’t always have literal ghosts (although sometimes they do); rather, they’re haunted by something else: The specter of Continue Reading > about Abandoned: The Ghosts of Six Flags New Orleans (Photos)