i.e., breaking into abandoned buildings and looking around. this stuff is fascinating

Forgotten Detroit (http://www.forgottendetroit.com/)
The Kohrman Report (http://kohrman.blogspot.com/)

http://www.forgottendetroit.com/national/images/22.jpg

http://www.forgottendetroit.com/caddy/images/bc-16.jpg

http://www.forgottendetroit.com/jeffbapt/images/08.jpg

http://www.forgottendetroit.com/mcs/images/18.jpg

http://www.forgottendetroit.com/stcyrils/images/2003-19.jpg

http://www.forgottendetroit.com/caddy/images/bc-20.jpg

http://www.forgottendetroit.com/uat/images/47.jpg

http://www.forgottendetroit.com/madison/images/05.jpg

http://www.forgottendetroit.com/adams/images/29.jpg

http://www.forgottendetroit.com/madlen/09.htm

http://www.forgottendetroit.com/leeplaza/images/26.jpg

http://www.forgottendetroit.com/fsh/images/28.jpg

I'm too cowardly, so I just stick to Fallout 3.

can't urban exploration inclu<d>de roaming around the tops of buildings, subways, and generally uninhabited areas of the cityscape

There's a pretty cool illicit ohio website illicitohio.com >> and one of the major dudes that does this wrote a really good book on urban exploration (which I have yet to buy). but yea, big fan here.

exactlythesame: yes. it can also in-clude general "areas you're not supposed to be"

creepy but very cool

I've been enjoying exploring houses and on the off-chance I can get into them, actual buildings, while they are being constructed for many many years.

There probably aren't too many abandoned buildings in Austin, but I haven't been looking too hard.

i want to do this. that ohio site was pretty cool slunken

one time i was in a building that was gonna be demolished and i kicked a can of paint down a hallway and broke a few glass panes

i dont know why youd want to visit a placce that was already trashed oh wait i guess for the chaotic beaty gimme abreak

one place i would like to visit is a nuclear test site and if i ever get cancer or whatever ill try and make it happen

I've been enjoying exploring houses and on the off-chance I can get into them

doorways aren't getting any wider, eh big guy

I've been to the haunted hospital/asylum that's talked about on one of the sites about Detroit.

The stuff isn't rocket science. Go in the daytime. Go with somebody else you trust. As long as you're not doing anything illegal (drinking/drugs/etc) and you get caught you can always say you didn't know you weren't allowed to be there. Most places like this are not "locked" in any sense of the word. You just have to maybe hop a fence or two. Obviously if you're going into places in the middle of a city this is going to be more difficult.

A couple more golden rules are not to vandalize shit (again, illegal) or take anything. I've broken that last rule a couple times. My buddy and I used to be obsessed with abandoned farm houses out in Kansas (there are a ton) and I would always take a souvenir (a page from a calendar or a birthday card covered in dirt).

Which reminds me of a really good photo-book called "Ghosts in the Wilderness" which is of abandoned places in America's west. By Tony and Eva Worobieg.

I live in the detroit area and I love that website. I'd be afraid of asbestos/mold exposure though.

fuck I just noticed the first pic has a huge sign that says ASBESTOS.

that's hilarious.

I think one of the dudes (I'm kind of scrambling to find his page - he's the guru of all this stuff - the guy that wrote the legit book) recommends wearing a dust mask. But also it's not like you're going to be living there, so exposure for a few minutes to even an hour ain't gonna kill you.

edit: so you know that hospital/asylum I"m talking about? I can't for the life of me remember the name of it.

ah, infiltration.org

I think one of the dudes (I'm kind of scrambling to find his page - he's the guru of all this stuff - the guy that wrote the legit book) recommends wearing a dust mask. But also it's not like you're going to be living there, so exposure for a few minutes to even an hour ain't gonna kill you.

edit: so you know that hospital/asylum I"m talking about? I can't for the life of me remember the name of it.

there is no safe exposure to asbestos. Trust me I used to be the industrial hygienist for asbestos abatement projects.

I think one of the dudes (I'm kind of scrambling to find his page - he's the guru of all this stuff - the guy that wrote the legit book) recommends wearing a dust mask. But also it's not like you're going to be living there, so exposure for a few minutes to even an hour ain't gonna kill you.

edit: so you know that hospital/asylum I"m talking about? I can't for the life of me remember the name of it.

I know of it but I can't think of the name either.

Yea I just read the guy's how-to on infiltration and he suggests a respirator and what-not. As far as the asylum am I thinking of Eloise in Wayne Co.?