For sites which focus on images (photographs) of urban and rural exploration. Sites which focus on a specific location should be listed in the Regional subcategories.
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- Modern Ruins Photographic essays include explorations of a girls orphanage, insane asylum, hospital, crypt, and steel plant.
- Industrial Archaeology Buildings and other man made creations from the start of the automobile age that have started to decay.
- Flickr: Abandoned Cottages Pictures of abandoned and lost cottages in the city, villages or countryside.
- Flickr: Abandoned Farms Photos of abandoned farms and other rural buildings in decay.
- Flickr: Abandoned, Neglected, Weathered, or Rusty Anything old, neglected, abandoned, falling apart, or rusting.
- Flickr: Abandoned Places and Things Sharing photos which show the interesting aspects of abandoned places, buildings and things.
- Flickr: Abandoned Rooms Empty (or nearly) rooms in abandoned houses.
- Flickr: Abandoned to Time Pictures of anything abandoned, mainly buildings. Rough, ransacked, dirty, torn-down, and messy.
- Flickr: Antiquity Abating Snap a picture of an old building, house, farm or other structure, tag it with the location, and post it to this group. We may not be able to rebuild them, but we can remember them.
- Flickr: Any Derelict Building Any kind of buildings (outside/ inside): abandoned, derelict, uninhabited, empty, unoccupied, tumbledown, broken-down, ramshackle, run-down, ruined.
- Flickr: aPeeling Paint For images of peeling, weathered paint.
- Flickr: Architecture of Old A particular style or fashion of a building, especially one that is typical of a period of history or of a particular place.
- Flickr: Barns, Sheds and other Rustic Rural Buildings Barns, sheds, smoke houses, dilapidated farm houses and other rustic and rural buildings.
- Flickr: Beauty of Decay Beauty in decaying buildings and their accessories.
- Flickr: Bridges and Tunnels This is a public group for pictures of bridges or tunnels.
- Flickr: Condemned Photos of houses, factories, buildings that are about to be burned or torn down.
- Flickr: Damage Pictures of damaged items and places.
- Flickr: Dams & Spillways Collecting photographs of dams, spillways, and anything attached to them.
- Flickr: Decaying Urban Artscapes A collection of decaying urban wall textures, spontaneous guerilla art, fragments of political dissent and abstruse messages.
- Flickr: Demolished Demolition Gone Photos of buildings or significant structures, now demolished or removed since originally photographed.
- Flickr: Derelict Light Photos of light at the scene of an abandoned building or place.
- Flickr: Dereliction A group to share photos of all things old, rusty and derelict.
- Flickr: Desecrated A group to illustrate and protest the desecration/ vandalism of cemeteries.
- Flickr: Desperate HouseLives Photos of homes, houses and residences in all kinds of disrepair.
- Flickr: Dilapidated Buildings Post your photos of dilapidated buildings (residential or commercial).
- Flickr: Dilapidated Houses Old houses showing decay or breaking down.
- Flickr: Doors Photos of doors, mostly old, in rough shape or otherwise notable.
- Flickr: Doors and Windows in Decay Could be new or old, urban or rural, but must be clearly decaying and not stuff that could be resolved with a wet cloth and some detergent.
- Flickr: Enter the Machine Images that go beyond simple industrial photography. Capturing the color of rust, the feeling of an abandoned factory, the patterns in flaking paint, a vanishing point in a mill.
- Flickr: Exploring Abandonments For those who explore inside abandoned and semi-abandoned buildings. Just taking pictures from outside isn't enough.
- Flickr: Fixer-Uppers Sharing photos of old, condemned homes and buildings.
- Flickr: Forgotten Things forgotten, if only for a minute, or an endless period of time.
- Flickr: Forgotten Things Not just abandoned, this group is for things that seem to simply have been forgotten: old cemeteries, rusty cars, swingsets. Non-living things only. These are the things you know will still be there, unattended, if you drive by 10 years from now.
- Flickr: Forsaken By Society People, places or things which have been abandoned, forgotten or ignored.
- Flickr: Ghosts From The Machine In post-industrial environments, there are many reminders, echoes, hints or ghosts of our industrial past.
- Flickr: Historical Places Group to post photos of favourite historical places.
- Flickr: Houses and Homes Pictures (from as many parts of the world as possible) of exteriors of interesting houses/ homes.
- Flickr: Industrial Abandonment Abandoned industrial buildings.
- Flickr: Industrial Archaeology All about abandoned factories, of every type, from every part of the world.
- Flickr: Industrial Decay Abandoned industry, decaying machinery and vehicles, derelict industrial buildings and other facilities. The older the building, machine or structure, the better. Abandoned locations preferred but not required.
- Flickr: Industrial Night Shots Industry landscapes at night.
- Flickr: Industry Urban exploration, industrial archeology and modern industry photography.
- Flickr: Junk Beauties Photos of scrap, jetsom and flotsom, whatever you call piles of junk that can be recycled back into art.
- Flickr: Macro Decay Photos of urban decay, does not include things that can be restored.
- Flickr: Military Decay Abandoned, rotting or dismantled military objects and facilities.
- Flickr: Mouldy Old Stones Photographs of standing stones, historical monuments (such as castles), and the landscape they exist within.
- Flickr: Octagon Houses (and Other Curious Buildings) Group to share and discuss photos of round shaped houses. Some are derelict but it's not necessary.
- Flickr: Old & Abandonned Old and abandoned buildings, industrial places, burned out places. Some may be creepy looking but anything which has been pretty much forgotten and left to decay.
- Flickr: Old & Forgotten Buildings and other things that are old, weathered and forgotten.
- Flickr: Old Buildings and More Old buildings, houses, streets, markets, national monuments, bridges or even a building in ruins.
- Flickr: Old Buildings Bridges Landmarks Old buildings bridges or landmarks. Share the history in pictures of any historic place you may have been.
- Flickr: Old Churches Group to share photos of old churches.
- Flickr: Old Houses Pictures of old houses 90, 100 years old or older.
- Flickr: Old Stones By stone we mean rock shaped by humans. By old we mean at least 100 years, but something like 1000 years would be more appropriate.
- Flickr: Old Structures. Structures of all kinds. Mostly abandoned or still in limited use.
- Flickr: Old Windows and Frames This is a group for pictures of old windows and window frames.
- Flickr: Overgrown This is a group for pictures where any object or item is being taken over by nature. Overgrown, plants, vines, weeds, obscuring some object.
- Flickr: Palaces, Castles, Towers, Pagodas, Fortresses And Ruins of Old Pictures of pre-Medieval, Medieval and post-Medieval towers, lighthouses, castles, fortresses, and especially remnants thereof.
- Flickr: Peeled and Patched Walls Group to share photos of peeling and patched walls.
- Flickr: Reclaimed By Nature Shots of man made things that nature has decided to take for its own.
- Flickr: Restricted Access Urban exploration: buildings and sites with posted signs telling you not to go there. (No Trespassing, Restricted Access.)
- Flickr: Ruins Photos of building and structures ruined by the passage of time.
- Flickr: Rural Decay Pictures of barns, silos, farms and other rural buildings decaying. Objects now part of the landscape are also welcome, such as tractors, or old farm equipment.
- Flickr: Rural Exploration This group is for those who explore the interiors of abandoned buildings in rural settings.
- Flickr: Rusty Photos of the items covered with or consisting of rust, or rusted.
- Flickr: Rusty and Crusty Rusting, crusting, rotting, decomposing and just plain falling apart.
- Flickr: Spiral Stairway For the image without end, a staircase towards the paradise, myth or poetry of the spiral. Group to share images of spiral staircases.
- Flickr: Storm Drains & Sewers Sharing photos from the inside of storm drains and sewers.
- Flickr: Tales of the Forgotten Lands and Places Photos of industrial waste land or old factories.
- Flickr: That Old Timey Feeling Anything old, that old rusted car in your back yard, the old abandoned house down the street, that rustic looking boat that has been sitting on blocks for years at your local marina, just about anything you find in your parents or grandparents attic.
- Flickr: The Abandoned Post pictures of anything that has been abandoned. Buildings, junk on the side of the road, and the like.
- Flickr: The End of Industry Factories, mills, mines, refineries, all left to rot, and worse.
- Flickr: The Old Old destroyed objects, abandoned places, houses, factories.
- Flickr: The Rust Bucket Photos of anything that is rusted and weathered.
- Flickr: The Unconscious Art Of Demolition Pictures of the unconscious aesthetical creations resulting from the destruction of man-made structures.
- Flickr: Things that Moved Things that moved but don't anymore. Broken down and retired vehicles. Planes, trains, automobiles, riding mowers. Does not include buildings and things that never moved.
- Flickr: This Old House Not houses that are falling down, but old houses that can be remodeled and preserved. Old historic houses.
- Flickr: TOP UrbX Showcasing the best (top standards) urban exploration photos.
- Flickr: Urban Decay Rundown buildings, neighborhoods and all things within.
- Flickr: Urban Explorers Photos and stories about abandoned paper mills, condemned hospitals, decaying barns.
- Flickr: Urban Fragments Photos of architectural details and ephemera: bits of carving and molding, doors and windows, peeling paint, rusty metal, old brickwork, decaying wood, graffiti, signs, murals, urban art, billboards. No photos with people in them.
- Flickr: Urban Secret & Forgotten Places Places in the heart of populated places that are forgotten, or hard to reach.
- Flickr: Urban Spelunkers Going into abandoned buildings, storm drains, tunnels, anywhere man made that is not meant for most people to see.
- Flickr: Urbex Dedicated to urbex or urban exploration.
- Flickr: Vanishing Beauty This group is for all of those beautiful, old things which are disappearing from our world: old buildings, wonderful old walls, old mechanical devices like typewriters and parking meters. If you can't preserve it physically, preserve it photographically. No sunsets.
- Flickr: Weathered Wood Images of wood that's been weathered. Whether by wind, sun, water, or a combination. The grayer, the rougher, the better. Buildings, pier pilings, driftwood, you get the picture.
- Flickr: Wonders of Oxidation This group is dedicated to creative and artsy photos of oxidation and the wonders it creates.
- Flickr: You Can't Take Pictures Here Places, situations where you have been told not to take pictures. Examples are military, government or scientific establishments of any kind, hospitals, churches.
- Urban Nature Photoblog and Flickr group for images of nature in an urban context.
- Flickr: Abandoned Places and things which have been abandoned.
- Bill Hocker Photographs Collection of industrial photographs.
- Dylan Trigg: The Poetics of Decay Resource for essays on decay, urban exploration and the aesthetics of urban ruins.
- Forsaken By Society Trilogy - Places CARF's photo weblog. Places forgotten by society.
- PURP: Penguins Under a Reactionary Planet Draining and stencil graffiti. Urban exploration and graphic art.
- RottenEggs Urban Adventures Commercial site that allows registered users to post messages on urban adventures and explorations.
- Flickr: Lonely Houses Photos of houses in empty spaces, as a lonely strong sign in landscape. Most are abandoned homes.
- 99 Rooms A project of Kim Koester, Richard Schumann, Stephan Schulz and Johannes Buenemann. Walk through the sights and hear the sounds of a dilapidated structure.
- Kim Koester Online galleries from Kim J. Köster.
- Flickr: Infiltration Pictures of places you're not supposed to go.
- Flickr: Abandon: The Secret Lives of Deserted Buildings Photos which show the building acquiring a new character. Shots that are just straight documentary records of simple unoccupied spaces are not appropriate for this group.
- Flickr: No Trespassing A group for those taking pictures in places that have Do Not Enter or No Trespassing signs.
- Flickr: Urban Abandonments Show off your best abandoned urban relic finds.
- Flickr: Beautiful Decay This group is intended to contain images that show decay in an aesthetic way.
- Flickr: Church Ruins The group for church and chapel ruins. This can include ruined abbeys, priories, monasteries and friaries.
- Flickr: Stairs in Decay Stairs in decay, as part of old and abandoned buildings.
- Flickr: If These Walls Could Talk... Photos of old buildings, structures that look like they have a story behind them. Please add details such as location and the kind of structure it is.
- Flickr: Trespassing This group is for shots taken in areas where most people don't often venture (not necessarily breaking trespassing laws). The spin of this group should be somewhat journalistic, so as to show a viewer an off-limits area.
- Flickr: Machinescapes Artistic photographs of machines, metals, gears, engines, pulleys, industrial equipment, axles, miscellaneous mechanisms, grease, grime, grit, junk. The inner-workings of anything. Abstract or linear, anything goes.
- Flickr: Abandoned Furniture Take photos of furniture you've come across on the street and submit them here.
- Flickr: Strange Places Pictures taken in strange places, places pictures should not be taken.
- Flickr: Urban Entropy All closed systems will eventually break down and chaos will ensue.
- Flickr: Beyond Repair Anything so far beyond decay you know it isn't coming back.
- Flickr: Construction and Deconstruction Demolition of old buildings and construction of new places.
- Flickr: Factory New, old and defunct factories in photos.
- Flickr: Tunnel... Corridor... Underpass... Exploring in the depths of the concrete jungle.
- Flickr: Not in Use Things which are preferably old, not used anymore or used for a totally different purpose.
- Flickr: League of the Empty Chair The key is the emptiness, uncanny lack of belonging that the chair represents.
- Flickr: Museum of Dust Dust storms and clouds, dust bunnies, drifts of dust and tornadoes for example.
- Flickr: Subterranean Areas Basements, underground stations, tunnels, underground parking decks, abandoned or still in use.
- Flickr: Entropy About the pleasure to be found in decay, the inevitable passage of the pretentious and the grandiose.
- Flickr: Forbidden A group for photographers who have found themselves being forbidden to take photos of some thing or place.
- Flickr: Chairs at Abandonments It's an eerie phenomenon, but there always seem to be an odd chair or something of that genre in abandonments. Only post chairs, sofas, benches and the such found in abandoned, desolate locations.
- Flickr: Art of Urbex This group is more specifically aimed at urban exploration photography as an art form using light and or available elements in an artistic fashion.
- Flickr: Junk Pictures of scrap metal, junkyards, rubbish dumps, anyplace where stuff goes to die. Dead metal.
- Flickr: Suburban Decay All about the little things in suburbia that are unexpectedly macabre, dying, decaying, or otherwise at odds with the peaceful suburban lifestyle.
- Flickr: Downtrodden Docks This site is dedicated to images of abandoned docks and piers.
- Flickr: Old, Rusty & Corroded Photographs of old, broken, rusty things. Group began for vehicles but has grown to include anything.
- Flickr: Out to Pasture Old cars, farm equipment, machinery, that has been put out to pasture.
- Flickr: Asylums for the Insane An exploration of mental hospitals, asylums and housing for the insane.
- Flickr: Factories All kinds of factories: derelict or full of life, new or old, large or small.
- Flickr: Former Theaters Photos of theaters that are either no longer in use (abandoned, condemned) or have been transformed into something else but still structurally resemble theaters.
- Flickr: Closed for Business Shops, stores, restaurants, cafes, retail and public buildings, that have ceased business and are falling into a state of decay and rot.
- Flickr: Death of the Service Station Add your images to document the death of the service station, or to inject some optimism, add some hope with images demonstrating the restoration/ revival of it.
- Flickr: Eyðibýli - Abandoned Houses Photos of abandoned houses, buildings and ruins.
- Flickr: Old And Beautiful A group for old buildings, barns, shacks, abandoned homes, and any other old falling down structures.
- Flickr: Leaning Houses Houses and other buildings that have one thing in common, they lean.
- Flickr: All Things Rusty Rusted objects and places. Anything derelict, with a good coat of rust.
- Flickr: Photographing Prohibited Photos taken in prohibited locations. Infiltrating industrial plants, military installations, concerts, train and metro stations.
- Flickr: Decaying Anything decaying: urban, rural, industrial, or natural. Photos from around the world.
- Flickr: Abandonded Gas Stations Rusty old gas pumps and abandoned gas stations.
- Flickr: Dead Malls & Vacant Retail Pictures of abandoned retail facilities, inside and out.
- Flickr: Rural Deterioration Pictures of rural buildings deteriorating and decaying. Must be man made and must be rural ie: old or ruined houses, sheds, doors, windows, churches.
- Flickr: Abandoned Building Art Photos and art found in and around abandoned buildings and houses.
- Flickr: HDR Decay This is a group exclusively for HDR photographs featuring decay.
- Flickr: Trashy Houses Post your photos of (not abandoned) derelict homes that amaze you because of condition, yard art, or just plain decay. No abandoned or storm-damaged homes, only those that are occupied.
- Flickr: Battered Beauty Beautiful things that are tattered, cracked, rusted, bruised, broken, burned, or busted in any way.
- Flickr: Rural Darkness The only major criteria for posting images to this group is a rural setting (or at least evoking a rural mood or feeling of isolation) plus a dark aura (or sense of dread). Think rural decay but with a more Gothic or eerie sensibility.
- Flickr: Tunnels, Pipes, Holes. Exploring tunnels, pipes, holes, drains, the world underneath.
- Decayed Machinery Photographs and drawings of derelict machinery.
- Live Journal: Ephemeral Village's Journal Photo journal for small towns only. Documenting disappearing towns, once bustling and useful, now decrepit and crumbling.
- RuralRuin's LiveJournal Sharing photographs from explorations around the world.
- Flickr: War Ruins Shared photographs of war ruins.
- Flickr: Abandonments Photos of abandonment on a larger scale - abandoned factories, recreational facilities, stores, train stations.
- Flickr: Bicycle Unfriendly Bikes in peril.
- Flickr: Wrack & Ruin Abandoned,disintegrated, beyond repair,rusty. Photo sharing group.
- Flickr: Decayed yet Hauntingly Beautiful Group to share photographs from decayed places which still have some beauty.
- Flickr: Old Buildings are Beautiful This group is about viewing a rundown factory, shed, or farm house as beautiful and not an eyesore.
- Flickr: Old Water Pumps The aim is to collect photos of old manual (hand-powered) water pumps.
- Flickr: Abandoned Bicycles Bikes abandoned by their owners.
- Flickr: The Original Abandoned Shopping Trolley Project Trolleyspotters. Photos of abandoned shopping trolleys/ carts.
- Flickr: Abandoned TVs Photographing abandoned televisions and monitors.
- Flickr: Sad Boats Pictures of sad boats - boats that have had mishaps, seen better days or come to bad ends, down-right decrepit boats, defunct boats, fossilized boats.
- Flickr: Abandoned Hotels Abandoned and closed down hotels.
- Flickr: Broken Bicycles in the Streets Broken and abandoned bicycles in photographs.
- Flickr: Molested Bicycles Destroyed bicycles seen in modern cities.
- Flickr: The Broken Bicycle Project Photographs of bicycles in various states of disrepair. If it's missing wheels, rusted, bent, the chain's falling off, it's hanging from a tree, the frame is all that's left, if it's messed up in any way, take a photo and post it.
- Flickr: Abandoned Trolley Project Supermarket trolleys (or carts) have a tendency to show up in the strangest of places.
- Broken, bent, rusted, or worn Post pictures of anything that has been modified from its original state, wether it be intentional, by nature, or accident.
- Flickr: My Old Abandoned Home Photos and stories of old houses (preferably abandoned/dilapidated, though obviously neglected or in disrepair is acceptable) that the photographer once inhabited.
- Flickr: Rust and Ruins Group to showcase photos of derelict places, rust in ruins.
- Flickr: Old City A group for people who love old towns and cities. Old buildings, streets, bridges, fragments of cities more than a hundred years of age.
- Flickr: Abandoned Places / Lugares abandonados Photography group to share photos of abandoned places.
- Flickr: Unplaces A group about places that you are not supposed to notice.
- Flickr: U.E. A group dedicated to any photography Interior or exterior that concerns urban exploring.
- Flickr: Project Abandoned Buildings Objective of this group is to shoot abandoned buildings anywhere on Earth.
- Flickr: Abandoned But Not Forgotten This group is about abandoned buildings in various areas. Note: website listed for this group redirects to a spam site but the Flickr link is good.
- Flickr: Sad Chairs Abandoned, discarded and/or sad chairs found and photographed out there in the world.
- Flickr: Old City Views Ancient and old architecture city views, around the world.
- Flickr: Dilapidation Post all your images of dilapidated places. Anything fallen into a state of disrepair, neglect, decay or partial ruin.
- Flickr: Neglect and Rust Things forgotten or just left to the elements.
- Flickr: Fortresses, Forts & Fortifications of the World Forts, fortress and fortifications of the world.
- Flickr: Prisons, Fortresses, Deserted Islands A group for pictures of abandoned prisons, fortresses and deserted islands.
- Flickr: Stately Homes, Palaces and Castles Photography group to share photos of homes, mansions, palaces and castles.
- Flickr: Abandoned Trollies Abandoned supermarket carts, shopping carts or trolleys.
- Flickr: Old Stuff Antiques, collectibles, old bits and pieces, old cars and bikes.
- Flickr: Scary Houses Share your pictures of scary looking houses or buildings.
- Flickr: Weathered and Worn For photographs of anything shabby, weathered and worn.
- Flickr: Vanished A group to help compile photos of things that we photographed that vanished afterwards so they can always be remembered.
- Flickr: Old Wood Decaying wood; buildings, fence posts, at various stages in the aging process.
- Flickr: Gone Forever Anything that no longer exists: a place, a building, a treasured object, or even a pet. Mainly photos of buildings in the group.
- Flickr: Historical/ Mysterious Places Photographs of historical and/ or mysterious places of the world.
- Flickr: Historic Water Mills Water powered mills from the early 20th century and before. Can be grist mill, saw mill, or any other type of mill. The requirements are that it be water powered and historic.
- Flickr: Underneath the Bridge Everything you find under a bridge: graffiti, people, water, trash, traffic as long as it's under a bridge.
- Flickr: Historic Homesteads This a public group for photos of old, pioneering ruins. Photos of objects used in old homesteads, fences,ruins of old homesteads, stations, ranches or other abandoned farms or farming machinery.
- Old Road Signs - Flickr Group for posting photographs of old road signs only - button copy or marble reflector signs are especially encouraged.
- The Light Of Decay Fine art photography of abandoned structures.
- Urbex Pics by Ghost Town Zeugen der Zeit Images by topic. Ghost towns and other urban exploration photographs.
- Crazy Places Underground, military, airfields, hospitals, tourist attractions, mines and other places from around the world.
- FFUrbex Fotografie - Flickr Photo gallery with contributed images.
- Sewer Fresh Photographically deconstructing the urban environment. Underground tunnels, derelict industrial sites and urban ruins.
- Lisanne Harris - Sadly, Utterly Abandoned Curated collections of photographs.
- Lost Collective Brett Patman's unique photos of abandoned and neglected buildings.