Regional discussion
All regional chat goes hereIf you want to ask about a specific geographic location or talk about places to explore near you, use this thread.
General questions, advice, and newfriend help
Help, advice, and tips generalDon't know where to start? Want to talk about gear? Have a question about exploring? This is the place for it.
does anyone know any feasible way to grab Smg and go inna Sewer/Abandoned area/other urban area. Anyone know about exploring abanadoned urban areas, sewer, abandoned bunkers/shelters and other stuff like that. and any stories from urban exploration in general?
I'm from /k/ and Genuinely want to get more into exploring abandoned city areas cause as i've started to think the new era of exploration is exploring the unsustainable areas we have built. so any tips, and advice for a new person in this and any stories.
http://sensus-12965.livejournal.com/1209.html
Guy exploring a spooky abandoned nuclear plant
Post the area you live in (and potentially have people recommend you places to explore).
650 Bay Area California reporting in.
Found video...
I found a video while I was exploring near an abandoned railroad in the woods... Anybody recognize this?
Crossover from
I am interested in these Titan missle complexes that are littered around the Denver area.
Required reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HGM-25A_Titan_I
http://w3.uwyo.edu/~jimkirk/titan1.html
Im thinkin i might have to go check out streloks stash at some point. Any anons been there?
urbex
If anyone is interested, I made an e-book out of this, as I couldn't find a digital copy and happened to own it, and someone requested. It's not perfect, but it's 'complete', any future/improved versions will be in >>>/pdfs/906
If you have any feedback, find anything missing or out of order, let me know there or here, and I'll polish it up into a better final version. (I know a few images and the entire timeline in the appendix is fucked, new version will be in above thread).
I'm not sure who the money goes to, as the author passed 10 years ago, but for my own comfort here's a link to buy the actual book, and/or copies of his zine: http://www.infiltration.org/aaa-paypal.html
If there is an extreme amount of interest, I may purchase and digitize the zines in that link too.
Some RurEx and a question for board owner
I live right by a place with no name, where a bunch of people are basically living in sheds. There is part of it/near it that I have named the "Trash Maze". You walk into the woods a ways, following small foot worn trails, and you start seeing trash everywhere. Stuff like busted kids' toys, broken vacuum cleaners, the further you go in you start seeing evidence of small campfires, and useless things purposely strung up in the branches of trees. One tree has a bunch of coathangers all on one limb, an a mirror, and a bunch of cooking utensils, and a busted oven on the ground below it. You keep walking and you see CDs and bags hung up in trees and there is a spot with an open suitcase, with clothes pouring out of it and strewn all over the place, like someone stole it and then ransacked it for fun. there's a half-busted umbrella perched on a little chair surrounded by batteries and broken CD players, all kinds of stuff, all separated out by little footpaths. every group of trees/bushes is its own little scene of artfully arranged garbage that you cant see from far away, you can only see it if you get into the bushes. basically it looks like a bunch of goblins tried to build a village out of broken stuff they stole.pic is from around that area, but i took that pic years ago before i had found the actual trash maze, which i've yet to get pics of. I may have taken some video though, I'll check my files later.
question for board owner: would you like to cross link with >>>/poverty/ to bring us both traffic?
Is it a good idea to take some sort of armament with you on expeditions? Nothing lethal, something like pic related to distract squatters or something
Nazi Bunker anon
This thread is for nazi bunker anon to post in when his adventure finishes.
Gear
Let's talk about the gear we bring with us on explorations.Usually I bring:
Maglite
Paracord
3M half mask respirator
P100 filters
Glowsticks
Chalk
Mechanix m-pact gloves
Hiking boots
Pack of cigarettes
Water
And I have it all tucked nicely in my MOLLE assault pack.
What do you bring?
Hi there, I found out about this guy today and am wondering if there are any other guy's like this?
Preferably without all the "oohhh spooky abandoned sounds". Stuff tense enough I find, don't need the added in wind effects.
We have urbex and rurex, but what about suburbex?
Found two abandoned houses near the beach
IRC Channel
This will probably never be active enough to take off, but I went ahead and made #urbex on irc.rizon.net, if anyone wants to drop by! I'll try to lurk there as much as I can and see if we can get at least a tentative lurker base going.
Urbex can be dangerous
Yet again, we find ourselves with a reminder that Urbex is a dangerous activity. At the same time, these guys did it right. They called for help when someone was injured, and they're complying with police. Hopefully the DA doesn't try to throw the book at them.
http://www.kare11.com/story/news/2015/06/26/man-fall-40-feet-vacant-grain-elevator/29319591/
What injuries have you sustained while exploring?
Eastern Europe
Hey guys, an anon from Eastern Europe here (well not exactly, but it's pretty similar), nice board you have here. I've been urbexing for the last year, though I stopped doing it these days, still I have some cool photos, so I thought I'll share
Documentaries
Gotta know how did that rustbelt came to be too...
Urbex music
South eugene exploration
Hey /urbex/, I live in South Eugene in Oregon and I was wondering if anyone knew of any shit around the area? I'm within walking distance of the University and I dont much mind trekking long distances if it means getting something good, I could get a bike but I'm not licensed to drive at the moment, so if anyone knows of anything within long walking/biking distance of the university, that'd be appreciated
Ever been in a dangerous situation?
One time a friend and I went on the roof of a 5 story building. We were walking around when we saw some writing on the roofing liner, big circles with "DO NOT STEP" in them. Figured it was either a building engineer or a kind urbexer pointing out roof sag.
It was only until we explored the inside of the building a bit more that we noticed a huge collapse in the corner of the building. Every floor from the first to the roof was sitting in a big pile of debris, about 50ft x 50 ft. We very easily could've fallen through the roof because there was nothing supporting it below in that corner of the building.
Has anyone here ever scoped out the abandoned Cincinnati subway system? It runs all through the town, but was never finished, so the entire thing is empty.
new here, said I'd share a story I like to call The Worst Idea Ever
>working as photographer in nightclub
>leave work one night, after having more than a few drinks (free pints on the job)
>walk past post office
>rear gate is open
>decide to go in and take pictures
>go round a corner, next to the employee bathrooms there's this big telecoms tower
>hear someone go into the bathroom
>hide behind a corner
>after I'm sure he's gone I decide it's time to leave
>walk out towards gate
>it's locked
>fuck
>attempt to shimmy up a telephone poll next to a wall and hop in to an alley behing the building
>this proves harder than anticipated
>fall 7ft to the ground, land on my left hip
>camera bag is on my right side, no damage
>call my friend
>he knocks on front widow, security guard comes to let me out.
>fucked up for the next two days, muscle aches
The pictures I got fucking sucked. Deserved it though.
Grain silo
Pics from a recent excursion.
School
Heard this place needs more content. This was the spoopy school I explored. Not sure if it was worth it since the neighbor called the cops and I was in handcuffs for an hour trying to convince them that I wasn't a burglar trying to steal copper.Fucking pigs man. But the case got dropped because I was from out of town, the public trespassing notice had expired, the keyholder to the place couldn't be reached, and the detective didn't want to bother.
So guise, I found this out, some material for urbex huh?
Here's my shitty try at urbex.
There aren't many places to explore anyway, it's small town.
And is this only urbex board?
Wasn't there another one?
Sorry for shitty quality camera, I'm poorfag.
Did any of you ever got caught while trespassing during Urban Exploring?
If so, what were the consequences, or did you get away with it?
Your ideal explore
Where's one place you'd love to explore?Pic related, abandoned amusement parks are awesome.
Drain General
Continued from>>>/b/1349584
Drain General
Exploring, finding, mapping, etc discussion
>greentexts appreciated
Starting thread with images from
http://www.infiltration.org/drains.html
Common questions (feel free to answer these, or ask more)
>I live in X, are there drains near me?
>What sort of gear should I bring? What clothes should I wear?
>What shouldn't I bring?
>Will I get into legal trouble?
asked no one ever, but wth
>Where can I meet people to explore drains with?
>Where can I find resources/maps on the internet?
keep it nice and on topic, all non-drain related things belong in a different thread
INGRESS
You guys should check out Ingress if you like urbex.Basically you play with your GPS by walking to real world locations and capturing landmarks for your team. It's one of my new favorite things in the entire world. Also has a great community.
Post an email ITT if you want invite codes.
Map Thread
I explored an abandoned farm recently and made this map using extant satellite imagery, which was a bit dated. I filled in interiors and which sections are now overrun by nature. Also labels based on what I called the rooms while exploring.
Anyone else make similar maps?
Have any of you Urbexed a factory before? Preferably while still running. A couple of friends and I scouted the area around one in the town we live in. We're curious in it due to the fact that there might be some interesting information about whatever the fuck in there. On the edge of the perimeter there is a building for telelcommunications, I'm interested in that. Outside the tele building there is a cabinet with a huge lock on it, and next to it is a big box that is apparently filled with rat poison, but the cob webs on it indicate it hasn't been touched for months. The factory itself is very large, frequently you can see workers entereing and exiting, and cars going through. In the twenty minutes we were there about ten cars left, also a train goes through, and whenever I get near the factory it's usually stationed. accross the street from the tele building is the cities packaging company, around the telecommunications is a fence with barbed wire, and inside the fence are many large busses and vans. I can get pictures Monday one of my friends has a pretty good camera and we can get good shots of the area if anyone's interested.
Pic related it's the map of the area
These photos were taken in an abandoned madhouse in Argentina, i know those filters look fucking awful, but a friend of mine took those photos and photoshoped them.
Who /stalker/ here?
Does anyone else bring guns and vodka when going exploring in an area where you know nobody will see you, so you can pretend that you're innazone?
cool shit you've found
Post cool and interesting things you've found exploring
Songs that remind you of urbex
I was thinking of making a meetup thread, but let's start with one that's more sure to get repliesSo, I know you guys have em. What are the songs that remind you of urbex?
>embed related
I'm pretty sure you guys can't beat this one
First Time
Hey guys. I recently explored an abandoned furnishing factory warehouse that I've heard about in my town. It was pretty neat so I thought I would share.
This was my first time doing urbex and I really enjoyed it. Definitely going to try and find some new spots.
And to add some discussion value to this thread, post pics and stories about the first location you ever explored.
NY Capital Region
Anyone here 518? Plenty of good places to explore here. I'm gonna dump some pictures
New to the board, gonna dump a few of my adventures. I'm technically more of a graffiti wanker than a proper explorer but to be honest I tend to prefer the walking around than painting nowadays so sometimes don't even take paint any more.
This first one is from a burnt out theatre in a suburban part of Birmingham (UK)
I just moved to the south coast of England, Brighton. If anyone is from around here and want to head out together then let me know.
/urbex/ vidya
Post vidya related to urban exploration.I'll start. Shame pic related ended up like it did.
Just got back from a trip. My roommate and I explored an abandoned cement factory.
Hey Guis,
I want to share some Photos, I made 2008 with a friend of mine. Location is Heidelberg, Germany and the building is a hotel built in the early 1900s. I heard that Marylin Monroe and even JFK were visiting it in the 1920s since the hotel was the most expensive in the city.
Anyway it's funny because it was years before I first heard about urban exploring. Definitely a great experience. Enjoy~
Legalities
Let's have a discussion on possible legal consequences for urban exploration.In my state (Illinois), there needs to be a trespassing sign at an entrance or inside the land in order for it to count as criminal trespassing. There could also be a public notice published in a newspaper, or purple markers on trees for large properties. Providing notice that trespassing is not allowed means that it's easy to prove intent (tort) that someone is on the property unlawfully. However in some places it's up to the individual to know property lines and where they are at all times!
In my state criminal trespass to land is a class B misdemeanor which means up to $1500 fine and/or 180 days in jail. Other class B misdemeanors include littering, window peeking, telephone harassment, speeding over 30 mph, and computer tampering.
I was picked up by the cops in Michigan one time and I overheard the cops take a few things came into consideration. First, the public trespassing notice expired and there was no sign on the building. Also I didn't break anything in order to get into the building as a window had already been open for my entry. I was also able to convince them that I wasn't there to steal anything, something they at first suspected, which could constitute a felony of burglary. And if I was carrying tools that could be deemed burglary tools I think I'd be pretty screwed because that constitutes intent to commit a crime. In my research I found that Michigan laws are a little different in that they need to prove that entry is not "open to the public" or that entry was expressly denied somehow. They didn't know what to charge me with and told me to meet with a detective who also gave up on the case and told me to go home.
Now if I were to say, break a fence and get caught in the process, I may also get charged with destruction of property, a class A misdemeanor, but I can't really say for sure. Most states require that there's intent to commit a crime inside which would fall under burglary, but otherwise regular trespassing and tampering with an entrance seems to be separate acts (and not as harsh a penalty).
At any rate, I would recommend researching your local laws. Basically I figured out that I won't get in trouble for entering buildings without trespassing signs, doubly so if it seems "open to the public". I also found a neat loophole I might exploit in the future (pic related). Officer, I was simply entering this abandoned building to beautify it! Oh and of course if you're caught, either do not admit wrongdoing or simply don't talk to the police. I would recommend bullshitting to the extreme and playing innocent. Repeat after me: "I didn't think my entry was unlawful". Don't make the cops' jobs easy by handing them intent on a silver platter!
What is /urbex/'s favorite places they have explored so far?
Mine was a hardly touched factory. Just beautiful place.
Anyone here every try scrap prospecting?
Road Trip
I've been taking a road trip through TX with family, and on the way to going where we're going have been plenty of neat places to stop and check out without having to detour too hard. I don't have full pick of destinations or durations, and my shit camera is my shit phone, but I can at least contribute to the board a little. Just started the trip so I'll be dropping by as time to permits to drop a few more.Starting with non-descript abandoned house #28945732 along the highway heading in to texas from NM
Spring cleaning
Hey guys, I made a few changes around here. Check out the board rules: http://8ch.net/urbex/rules.htmlPretty straightforward. I also made two stickies as you've probably seen, just to reduce the clutter of common topics.
If you feel inclined, please post where you're from in the >>433 regional sticky. And if you have any useful tips or tricks, please post them in the >>432 newfriend and advice sticky.
One quick question: Do you guys wants board IDs? I think they're unnecessary but I know they can be useful at times.
All comments can go in this thread, or you can e-mail me as well if you want some 1 on 1 sexy time.
This board may be as dead as the places we go. We need activity now.
explore these ruins
Any Western PA bros know of any good spots to explore?
How to into /urbex/: Newfag edition
Sup /urbex/,I noticed that there doesn't seem to be any stickies on this board that there tends to be for noobs like myself, so I thought I'd just post a thread on this.
The idea of urban exploration sounds very intriguing to me. It would have been even better to explore the oceans back in the days or explore space in the future, but we happen to be caught in the middle and I can only explore dank memes for so long before I start to feel like I should go outside.
So for the prospective urban explorer, is there anything I need to know? Safety is obviously an issue, and I don't know if there is certain gear or skills you guys use frequently. This is also probably a question I need to answer for myself, but how does one find places to explore? If any of you go to sewers or storm drains frequently, I definitely want to hear about that shit in particular.
>tl;dr Help noobs get into urban exploration
>Pic somewhat related
I want to go on a good urban exploration of decay in Detroit, Cincinnati, and (maybe) Toledo.
Anyone know any good urban exploration tours or groups that are focused in these cities? I am a 2nd year urban planning student studying in historic preservation and yadayadayada and this seems very interesting to me.
Apartment complex
It's cold as hell outside but we said fuck it and went to this giant abandoned apartment complex. Built in the 1920's by Sears company for their black employees, it reminded me of a slightly classier version of a Soviet apartment complex. It's been decaying for a long time now and there's barely anything left.
Any good locations in the Pacific Northwest?
I'm thinking about doing the inawoods challenge with anons from /stalker/ and need a good place to camp out.
Lost and Found
If you guys find any cool shit like say an old record or an old camera, anything really, do you take it or leave it where it is?Personally id leave it alone due to me being paranoid about ghosts and shit.
Los Angeles Urbex
Any 562/323 locations worth visiting? please don't say Linda VistaAlso, has anybody gotten into the Wax Museum by Knott's Berry Farm
Pic semi related, I took it in the San Gabriel river on a particularly foggy morning
The ghetto
This week we went to the south side ghetto. Our original planned site was sadly under demolition when we got there, so we found some alternatives. First, an abandoned house with signs of drifters using it for sex and drugs. Then a huge abandoned masonic lodge, almost 100 years old, that's been crumbling for decades.
I live just north of Flint, so with the recession of '08 and the almost total flight of the Auto industry that means that there are piles of abandoned buildings, you could potentially go an entire block without seeing a single inhabited structure. Downside is that Flint is one of the most crime-ridden cities in the U.S. and if I were to go crawling around I'd probably end up either shot or stabbed for my shoes.
I just want to indulge my inner Stalker.
Abandoned waterslide
Went to this abandoned waterslide in the suburbs. It was really overgrown, and the fence was really fucking high for an abandoned lot. This neighbor bitch and her dog kept yapping so we couldn't stay long.
Urbex
Melbourne Stormwater Drain exploration with the Cave Clan. caveclan.org.auImages taken by Echo
Treasures of your town
Here's an abandoned hospital, which fronts the sea and hosts some beggars. Features an underground flat and a chem lab abandoned too.Btw I live in Cagliari, Italy
Exploration Tips
So I live right by this place, I drive by it on the way home from class three days a week. It's haunted me from the moment I saw it and I would love to get inside, but the biggest problem (besides the rampant asbestos) is the fact that it's situated directly next to some kind of police/state trooper headquarters.So what would be the best way to get in there, if it's possible at all? I've been thinking on it for years at this point.
2 spooky
Scariest places you've been?Pics related, sbandoned school kindergarten.
Radio
Just came across this board, thought it was awesome. Here is my contribution. This was my first any only time exploring an old abandoned building so far. Hope to do more this summer.
Banner Thread
So, while the drain thing is on hold, I thought we could get a banner thread going (I noticed there is only one, not sure if BO wants more, hopefully he can let us know :D) I only have a few that I whipped up rather quickly, maybe someone with decent pictures can do better than me!
Southern Indiana/Louisville area
So, a guy I know runs an urban exploration blog for the area. Figured y'all would be interested in it.I've explored a few places in the past, but I don't have any pictures or anything I'm afraid.
Here's the link.
http://eerie-indiana.blogspot.com/
Startup Help
So, to cut to the chase, I'm very interested in starting to do urban exploration, but have no idea where to start.Does anyone have any tips about things to look for/stuff to bring/even defence things?
I really have no clue where to begin. Help would be much appreciated.
Urban exploration protips
What are your personal tips for a fellow explorer?I have a few:
- When trying to find potential exploration sites, use https://www.flickr.com/map and search for keywords like urbex and abandoned. Lots of pictures are geotagged!
- Rusty nails and other sharp objects will ruin your day. Best to wear thick boots and jeans.
- I always try to inconspicuously scout a location first. Google maps satellite to look for fences, potential entryways, etc so I can plan where to park and where exactly to go to get in. Googling the site may give you comments on websites from other people who have been there before.
- Going during the night time sucks because of visibility, and because flashlights are easy to spot by cops. You can use a red filter on a flashlight if you really want to, but I suggest always going out in the very early AM or in the middle of the day when everyone's at work. Or, if it's a construction site, on a weekend.
I went to jail. Unfortunately all the inmate quarters were completely locked down and inaccessible.
California
This is my first day on /urbex, what are some *cool* places in Southern California where I can go?>tl;dr: cool abandoned places in SC to go.
Rurex? Yeah, Rurex, whatever.
So in this thread, I wanted to chat a bit more about rural exploration. I grew up in Joshua, Texas and there's just really not a whole lot of exploring options when it comes to the more urban areas of the town, plus I lived way a bit out in the country, so exploring the countryside was mostly all I could do with friends.Anyways, I was just wondering what the kind folk at /urbex/ ever found exploring the countryside.
My friend and I used to go out quite a bit at night, usually on Friday or Saturday, since we did it most when we were schoolkids and we call it George Johnning. Basically its the "aliases" that we would use if we ever got caught by anyone. I would be John Abraham and he would be George Lincoln. Not the greatest, but we never got caught, so it's not an issue. Anyways, many of the houses out in the rural areas are cheap mobile homes, the type that are hauled to the countryside in halves on two separate trucks, but fortunately for the curious, many of these homes were abandoned. It was easy to tell which houses were and weren't occupied though. Most unused houses didn't have cars parked in front of them or just never had lights on, so we would patrol the area a few times before we entered, just to make sure. Breaking in is usually pretty easy. The houses sit on land acres from neighboring houses, and a few of them were old enough that the glass or doors had already been busted open by previous intruders.
I always just found it interesting to go from house to house and see the remnants of what was there. A lot of them still had tons of furniture and belongings. Food rotting in the fridge, computers and monitors strewn about rooms, clothes and beds up-heaved. It was neat stuff. One time in particular, we went to a house not too far away from my friends. A little bit risky as it was so close, but we never got caught for anything, so it's all good. We got into the house pretty easily, the back door was unlocked, but it looked like most of everything was left intact. The house was messy, but it didn't smell bad, at least. The back door opened directly into the living room area. There was an old corner couch, the kind that fits snugly into a corner, obviously. There was a pretty nice coffee table with a glass top in between the couches, and it had a lot of random shit on it. Lighters, ash tray, etc. Opposite of the couch was a small table completely covered about a foot high with Maxim magazines, and a few of them were spilled on the floor. There was a hallway beyond that, leading to a room filled with random computer parts, and a really large magnifying glass on a stand. There was an old CRT monitor on a desk and random shit on the desk, but I don't remember what exactly the PC parts were, I wasn't really into computers at the time. On the opposite side of the house was a bedroom, which I'm guessing would be the master bedroom. These houses aren't too terribly big, so they don't have a lot of rooms to begin with. The bedroom was kinda small. It had a old, stained mattress without any sheets, a few clothes scattered here and there, and a nightstand with a can of black paint in the drawer. My friend and I opened the closet in the bedroom and found a few more interesting things. There was an acoustic guitar with a few strings missing, a gas-mask without a filter, a full carton of .22 LR rounds, a few chisels, a hammer, and an old army helmet. I think that my friend still has the guitar and the bullets, but all I remember after we found them was that my friend frantically looked all through the house for a gun, and in hindsight, it was amusing.
I might update this thread with more findings and stories later on, I'm sorta tired and I made this on a whim. And this board looks somewhat slow, no offense, but it may give me ample time to go out with my friend again sometime and take some pictures of different places.
Hey, I am getting started in urbex. I have scouted a few places that I think would be great to explore, but I have no clue what to take with me. What do you recommend for a small little trip.
(PS, it is an old amusement park, pic from chernobyl)
Warehouse
Just some run-down warehouse.
Graffiti
Graffiti thread.