Spent a couple hours tonight poking around in an abandoned research lab building at my school. Coolest part was either the subbasement or the massive transformers (the floor and the floor above them were literally shaking from just under 4,000,0000 watts of combined power. Full story & photos at www.urbex12.com
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God damn man, you go on the coolest adventures.
stop being so cool
my night was full of disappointment and confusion.
I'll be going with you on your next one.
So what happens if anyone catches you going through these places? A fine?
Quote from: YPR on April 10, 2011, 01:43:30 PM
So what happens if anyone catches you going through these places? A fine?
It depends on a number if variables. In most situations, if you don't have any spray paint, crowbars, drugs, or weapons on you, and you honestly explain what you were doing, you'll get off with just a warning. Most of the time when explorers get arrested or ticketed it is because they either a. tried to run from the cops, b. tried to lie to the cops, c. had b&e tools on them, or d. were guilty of another crime.
Campus police could possibly fine us, especially if they knew about the site, but if they don't, they would probably just make us leave the building.
The two times I've been confronted by cops, I started asking them questions about the function/history of the place, both times thy didn't know but seemed convinced that I wasn't up to anythig awful, and told me to be careful/stay away.
I'm actually exploring a huge abandoned warehouse downtown with some friends this week. I am excited
Quote from: MF Doom on April 10, 2011, 08:24:46 PM
I'm actually exploring a huge abandoned warehouse downtown with some friends this week. I am excited
I forget where does david live.
Quote from: applesauce on April 10, 2011, 11:35:33 PM
I forget where does david live.
Somewhere in Washington... I think he goes to Western Washington or something like that
Quote from: applesauce on April 10, 2011, 11:35:33 PM
I forget where does david live.
Bellingham Washington.
I'll post pictures. I think we're going on Wednesday.
whoa cool. I love 'reactor metallurgy(!) laboratory'
I WENT TO AN ABANDONED MENTAL INSTITUTION TODAY IT WAS COOL
Quote from: Travis on April 11, 2011, 08:52:51 PM
I WENT TO AN ABANDONED MENTAL INSTITUTION TODAY IT WAS COOL
Pics or did it happen?
Quote from: applesauce on April 11, 2011, 09:17:56 PM
Pics or did it happen?
no pix but i actually did lol. they actually did an episode of ghost adventures or something about that place
akudood;
Quote from: Travis on April 11, 2011, 09:23:03 PM
no pix but i actually did lol. they actually did an episode of ghost adventures or something about that place
Yup. Sure.
Quote from: applesauce on April 11, 2011, 09:35:28 PM
akudood;
Yup. Sure.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uC-PTmOMiD0[/youtube]
Quote from: Travis on April 11, 2011, 09:37:23 PM
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uC-PTmOMiD0[/youtube]
I see no Travis. baddood;
Spent about 3 hours walking through old industrial areas tonight, and found two great sites. One is a large complex that includes a 200ft+ tower. We're returning around 5:00AM on Sunday to hopefully see the sunrise over downtown and the lake from the top. I am really fucking excited.
Oh, and I changed the name of the topic so that I don't have to keep making new threads every time I do something new. bassir;
Where do you live? I need to adventure with you.
At some point, I'm going to go to the abandoned va hospital. I've never explored an abandoned building or whatever. I've only explored cities (by cities I mean Asheville)
Quote from: Not Sid on April 14, 2011, 06:54:07 AM
Where do you live? I need to adventure with you.
At some point, I'm going to go to the abandoned va hospital. I've never explored an abandoned building or whatever. I've only explored cities (by cities I mean Asheville)
Chicago
Explored a grain elevator, a paint factory, and a couple small warehouses this Saturday/Sunday night. As always, more photos and story at www.urbex12.com
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Wow, that is seriously fucking awesome.
Love your work as always.
EDIT:
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My texture artists love your images. Great references. These are from the draining pics earlier this year. Again, thank you. More to come.
suicide sucks; that is false but cool grafiti
Spent a few hours scouting out on the west side tonight. A friend managed to set the security system off at an abandonment, we startled some gangbangers, and found an iffy way into a massive abandoned candy factory. The factory was used as Gotham General Hospital in The Dark Knight.
I'm excited for Friday!
Spent six hours last night in a fucking huge ass candy factory and still only got through about 50% of it. Probably the coolest place I've ever been, at least above ground. As always, full story, more photos, and some history at http://www.urbex12.com/
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wow, cool shit. pity there isn't more accessible stuff like that around here.
did you meet willy wanka?
Spent last night there as well. We concentrated on the rooftops and mechanical areas that we missed last time.
As always: http://www.urbex12.com/
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it's stunning to see how much more compelling and profound an image of structures is over one of people. it's like they tell the stories of thousands of eyes that stare at you from every busted window and rusted ladder.
those pictures are cool pictures
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Oh poo, Boyah doesn't like HTML. Click the links anyways and view fullscreen. They are interactive panoramas.
ah, fruit of a sleepless night. awesome.
I am starting to feel like it wouldn't be a bad idea to invest in a DSLR and a tripod, assuming I make it though the summer without depleting my cash reserves first.
I got a Canon 1400 is for my birthday last year, and I have honestly been very happy with it. The size is quite optimal; I used to carry it in my pocket daily. It's also on the pretty high-end for point and shoots. The only thing is that I keep breaking it. It went through the ice with me into the Mississippi back in January and broke the lense and screen. Paid out the ass to get it fixed, only to drop it on concrete and into water a week after I got it back, breaking the screen again. :(
I'm currently using a friend's camera that's only 10 mega pixels and I am not digging it at all...
I think what I need to do is fix my 1400, get a tripod for it, and then buy one of those underwater meh point and shoots that can take anything and use that dedicated for drains and such.
BUT I DON'T WANT TO SPEND MONEY. >.<
sell your photos, commission tours, bling your blog, who knows, gotta be a way to make money to spend money.
Sell my photos? n_u Naw, they're quite commonplace.
Guided tours would be fun, but it's not exactly the kind of thing most people are into, nor is it something I could market online or anything.
on campus sometimes we have poster sales. i think some of your panoramic images touched up 2'x3' might be more interesting than you think. yeah, i was thinking you could lure people there and then murder them for money.
Lol, got chased by someone in that factory on Friday.
Quote from: applesauce on May 15, 2011, 12:20:50 PM
Lol, got chased by someone in that factory on Friday.
Tell. TELL.
I love reading about your adventures. giggle;
Hit up Phalen yesterday. Nearly finished it. It was a lot better when it wasn't raining. We did a first: exited through a manhole about 4 miles upstream of where we came in, and then walked back above ground. It was strange popping out of a manhole in some random park in some neighborhood I had never been to.
As always, more after the jump: http://www.urbex12.com/
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welcome to the worm hive mother fucker prepeare to die .
I really want to join you on one of these
I want to go with Travis. >.<
Quote from: FAMY2 on May 19, 2011, 01:20:12 PM
I want to go with Travis. >.<
lol come to new jersey and i'll take you cjlubdoods;
Quote from: villinman666 on May 19, 2011, 11:27:29 AM
welcome to the worm hive mother fucker prepeare to die .
Yeah that was kinda gross. It was in an area where there were two tunnels the water could take downstream, but one was higher at the upstream junction and poorly graded, causing it to have stagnant water. Not sure how the THOUSANDS or worms got there though.
And I fail at multiquoting (read: lazy), but come to Chicago or Minneapolis when I am home and we will do it. WE'LL FUCKING DO THAT SHIT
Ay me and my friends wanna try this for the summer, I have some questions:
1: what do we bring
2: where do we find an abandoned place like this
3: when should we do this (Night or Day)
Bring:
Flashlight
Gloves
Appropriate footwear. Depending on the place that might be tennis shoes, hiking boots, waterproof boots, waders, ect)
Wear clothes that you don't mind getting wet, muddy, and/or torn.
Camera.
How to find:
maps.google.com
maps.bing.com
biking
driving
walking
Local UE websites in your area.
In the long term, UER.ca has a lot of stuff, but becoming a "full member" takes a very long time (6 months+) and without that, it really won't help you.
For buildings in a city, cruise old industrial areas, either by car, bike, or by air with Bing's flyover option. Look for buildings with collapsed roofs, large numbers of missing windows, and graffiti on the upper levels.
Anything underground is a different story and may require research and/or extensive knowledge of the local topography and/or history.
Night vs. Day:
Really depends on the situation.
So I went drain boating today. Meaning we took a canoe up a drain for a six-mile trip 90 feet beneath the streets of Minneapolis. We wanted to do another drain in Saint Paul too today, but that was foiled by rain.
As always, more photos and full story at http://www.urbex12.com/
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What's the closest you've come to death while doing this
I'll quote this blog post of mine: http://www.urbex12.com/2011/01/sandmans-drain-abandoned-drain-38th.html
QuoteFurther along the river we arrived at the massive outfall of the **th street drain. The outfall was over ten feet wide and 20 feet high, carved out of a huge sandstone cliff face. Although the ice went all the way up to the outfall, we knew that it would be very thin in front of the entrance due to the water exiting the drain.
We inched along the cliff face, doing our best to stand on the piles of debris that had fallen from the cliff and to not walk on the ice. Chuck went first, followed by myself, then Sandman, and Snorkel last. Testing the ice with a large walking stick, Chuck realized that the water was only a couple inches deep; if we stood on the ice, a sheet would break off, sink under our weight, and rest on the bottom (think of a partially frozen deep puddle and you'll know what I mean). We crept along like this, spaced about ten feet apart, staying as close to the cliff face as possible. We were making slow but steady progress towards the outfall when, suddenly, Chuck fell straight through the ice, plunging over his head into the Mississippi river! As he fell through, the sheet he was standing on (which I was also on) shattered and, under my weight, slid away from the wall, taking me with it and into the river! The water was deep, so deep that I didn't touch the bottom. Chuck and I quickly swam forward and clambered up the outfall and into the drain. The air temp was 2 degrees. We were now stuck in the drain, open water at exactly 32 degrees stood between us and the exit.
We quickly decided that Sandman and Snorkel would go back and get the raft and rope (~1.5 miles upriver) while Chuck and I would retreat deep int othe drain where there would be warm air. We set off, only to come to the base of a ~25 foot dropshaft that we had no chance of getting up only a hundred yards or so inside the drain, nowhere near deep enough for it to be warm.
Luckily, when we made it back to the entrance, Snorkel and Sandman were close enough that they could still hear us, and came back. Plan B was for Sandman to call someone to bring a car to the bluff above us, and Chuck and I would swim out once they got there. While we were waiting, I, covered head to toe in ice, shivering, and the water on the inside of my boots beginning to freeze, realized that we couldn't wait for the car. The longer we waited, the less likely we would be able to make the swim and climb up the bluff. Besides, if I was going to wait soaking wet in near-zero degree weather, I would rather it be on the side of a road than in an inacessible drain!
We decided it was time to leave. I went first, sliding down the concrete, now covered in ice from the water we had splashed climbing out, and into the icy river. Floundering forward, I tried to climb up onto the ice in front of me, which was crumbling beneath me. Eventually I got to where it was thick enough for me to slither up onto and drag myself across to eventually stand up. Chuck followed suit, and we made our way up the bluff to the road, where the car arrived about 6 minutes later.
We're both very lucky to have made it out okay. That'll be the last draining for me this winter, thank you very much!
So will you be draining again this winter girl;
Quote from: YPR on May 28, 2011, 01:25:19 PM
So will you be draining again this winter girl;
I think I will, just more cautiously.
whenever i see this thread, a voice inside my head says 'urban ~sprawl~' myface;
Quote from: applesauce on May 28, 2011, 01:19:38 PM
So I went drain boating today. Meaning we took a canoe up a drain for a six-mile trip 90 feet beneath the streets of Minneapolis. We wanted to do another drain in Saint Paul too today, but that was foiled by rain.
As always, more photos and full story at http://www.urbex12.com/
pictures
dem legs
I'm headed out the door to go climb a half-built skyscraper.
Wish me luck! hocuspocus;
Didn't work out. Got chased away by security guards at two locations, infiltrated but ran into locked doors at two others. Oh well.
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Ooh la-la! Still kicking ass.
As always: http://www.urbex12.com
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Do you ever find any interesting items while exploring these areas?
Quote from: applesauce on June 13, 2011, 05:52:17 PM
Ooh la-la! Still kicking ass.
As always: http://www.urbex12.com
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This pic is so awesome. I alsoe like the outside "establishing" shot. I go to an art school for sound design but all they teach us there are film techniques which is odd....but yea I was taught to always film the outside of a building that you are in to establish where you are.
^Thanks. I'm not sure if you can tell, but those are giant furnaces, about 50 feet tall.
Quote from: Trevor on June 13, 2011, 05:58:14 PM
Do you ever find any interesting items while exploring these areas?
What do you mean? There's usually plenty of old small metal things of various types.
I'd say it looks like a piece of toast that has a face on it.
Quote from: applesauce on June 13, 2011, 10:08:38 PM
^Thanks. I'm not sure if you can tell, but those are giant furnaces, about 50 feet tall.
What do you mean? There's usually plenty of old small metal things of various types.
any interesting junk that you find worthy of taking and keeping?
i love junk akudood;
That's stealing, and is wrong.
Spent the afternoon at the Damen silos, and then the night a Brach's. There was a guard on duty at Brach's, but we were fucking ninjas and went undetected. gimpdood; So fucking kickass.
GARY TOMORROW!!!
Quote from: applesauce on July 14, 2011, 11:03:12 PM
Spent the afternoon at the Damen silos, and then the night a Brach's. There was a guard on duty at Brach's, but we were fucking ninjas and went undetected. gimpdood; So fucking kickass.
GARY TOMORROW!!!
who
Quote from: On Stid on July 14, 2011, 11:04:59 PM
who
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ILt3wNTZ7Q[/youtube]
If you don't explore while dressed as the music man i am gonna bop you one.
I do not posses the appropriate garments. >.<
Mothingfucking Gary. Shit is surreal. So fucking abandoned, so fucking ghetto. Blocks upon blocks of abandoned houses, many abandoned highrises. And no one gives a shit about shit. Nearly got mugged repeatedly. But holy fuck, check this shit out. It's a whole 'nother world down there. No blog posts yet, need time to write it and put it in order, but here are some photo highlights:
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I hope you enjoyed your tour of fabulous Gary, Indiana.
That place is creepy + pretty.
Holy shit, these are awesome O_0
Quote from: Hiro on July 16, 2011, 11:07:39 AM
Holy shit, these are awesome O_0
Thanks. Gary is such a strange place. We got verbally attacked by gangs twice just walking down the street at like 11am. Pretty sure we almost got mugged by one. Imagine at night!
Finally finished with the last of the Gary posts, after being negligent for a week. Still need to do the 2nd Dixie trip...
http://www.urbex12.com/
That theater was featured on Life after People (History Channel). The roof collapsed and everyone was like fuck it.
Quote from: Socks on July 28, 2011, 09:08:28 AM
That theater was featured on Life after People (History Channel). The roof collapsed and everyone was like fuck it.
Which one? Palace or memorial? I'm assuming memorial, because Palace totally still has a roof.
Epic shit this morning. Got in an old coke plant, got chased away by security at an oil refinery, got in an old feed mill, and then some other building that I don't know what it was. All were wonderful. Photos later brothers.
Posted the updates from this past weekend. Not too interesting.
Hopefully I'll get the stuff from today up tonight/tomorrow. Waiting on a friend to get her photos to me before I put it all together. Will post here when I do.
http://www.urbex12.com/
Some from the updates posted.
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I promise next updates will be much cooler. happydood;
fuckin half life level
Got the update on Acme Steel done.
Check the link for more photos, some history, and the story.
http://www.urbex12.com/
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These recent trips have some really nice pictures.
Quote from: Hiro on August 04, 2011, 02:08:32 PM
These recent trips have some really nice pictures.
The ones from today aren't mine. They belong to the woman in that photo, who has a fancy camera.
So next week I am meeting up with some guys and hitting some pretty recognizable Minneapolis landmarks. I'm talking big fucking things. :3
I am fucking stoked. giggle;
So in the last week I've visited the world's most complex urban tunnel system, the roof of the second tallest building in Minnesota, met a guy who is one of the top 5 most acclaimed urban explorers of all time, gashed both my hands open on broken glass (while climbing through a second floor window of a church), and much more.
FUCK YEAH I LOVE THIS SHIT
So I've explored two different steam tunnel systems, three hospitals, and that candy factory again since I last posted here.
lucky saddood;
Kicking ass in some steam tunnels last night:
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Tonight I plan to swim through an underground cesspool of yuck and oil that is blocking our passage into the rest of a cool underground tunnel system. I am king.
Also I plan to bring you video, Boyah.
Quote from: applesauce on September 22, 2011, 07:41:35 AM
Tonight I plan to swim through an underground cesspool of yuck and oil that is blocking our passage into the rest of a cool underground tunnel system. I am king.
wear a snorkel
Quote from: applesauce on September 22, 2011, 07:41:35 AM
Tonight I plan to swim through an underground cesspool of yuck and oil that is blocking our passage into the rest of a cool underground tunnel system. I am king.
Are you sure it's safe myface;
I hope so.
Hopefully no acid is involved hocuspocus;
take all the oil and recycle it for big money
A+, would do again.
[spoiler]Oh wait, I already did. 7 times. And I will never do it again. [/spoiler]
But fucking yes win
Quote from: applesauce on September 23, 2011, 12:57:04 PM
A+, would do again.
[spoiler]Oh wait, I already did. 7 times. And I will never do it again. [/spoiler]
But fucking yes win
Wait, what? lol
Also, where's the pictures, maaaan?
He didn't want his pink camera to get all dirty...
I broke that camera already, btw. Ima tell newegg it was DOA lol.
I have video, but need to put it up...will do sometime tonight I think.
Quote from: applesauce on September 23, 2011, 04:10:28 PM
I broke that camera already, btw. Ima tell newegg it was DOA lol.
I have video, but need to put it up...will do sometime tonight I think.
What? How did you break it in less than a week? lol
did you break it while dancing. did boyah force you to break your camera
OH MY GOD TODAY FUCKING RULED SO MANY AWESOME PLACES SO MANY AWESOME PEOPLE 12 WONDERFUL HOURS LET ME DO IT AGAIN PLEASE
I thought Boyah would lol at this:
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yay now we can be strippers together~
Quote from: applesauce on September 25, 2011, 10:52:17 AM
I thought Boyah would lol at this:
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giggle;
Quote from: applesauce on September 25, 2011, 10:52:17 AM
I thought Boyah would lol at this:
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OH YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. n_n
I posted like 4 updates at http://www.urbex12.com over the last couple days, though I'm still over a month behind. hocuspocus;
Coolguy coolvid is being uploaded now.
holy shit you are apple sauce.
~Mind Blown~
LOL THE VIDEO IS ONLINE
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDIDoRXo8Xo[/youtube]
dude dude you are shirtless put your shirt back on you are bathing in filth man dude dude
but also, you guys should get some water-proof hard-cases to put electronics in, like a sealed box or something.
but seriously that seems so fun giggle;
What was the banging noise? >.<
LOL I'd be terrified even with lights on. And who replaces the light bulbs? n_u
seriously wtf was that banging noise
I really feel like this is the start to some viral youtube horror series, like marble hornets.
SOME STEAM IN A PIPE PROBABLY
Oh my god yesterday was so epic. Explored that huge candy factory in the afternoon again with a huge group of friends, had a birthday party on the roof. Climbed around a big room of girders and pipes with a flooded floor. Walked around some train tracks hiding from metra trains in the ghetto. Ate taco bell. Sat on the river and talked forever. Climbed the university club roof, exited via the women's locker room and the main fucking lobby confusing the shit out of the guards, then climbed an under renovation 45-floor gothic skyscraper holy fuck it was cool. then found some utility tunnels but couldn't get in them...need better key.
tonight I did more roofs
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God dammit applesass I am so jealous of your hobby :'(
Quote from: Hiro on October 11, 2011, 01:41:15 AM
God dammit applesass I am so jealous of your hobby :'(
happydood;
BUT I am jealous of your mustache.
[spoiler]not really[/spoiler]
[spoiler]though kinda[/spoiler]
Quote from: Molotov Emir 1986 on October 11, 2011, 01:58:21 AM
happydood;
BUT I am jealous of your mustache.
[spoiler]not really[/spoiler]
[spoiler]though kinda[/spoiler]
Well I trimmed it too much so it's not as good right now saddood;
holy fuck guys I climbed a 480 foot crane
Is that legal
Quote from: Yip Yipper on October 12, 2011, 01:57:29 AM
Is that legal
how the fuck do you think that would be legal. really.
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Quote from: Molotov Emir 1986 on October 12, 2011, 02:08:03 AM
how the fuck do you think that would be legal. really.
Maybe you know someone? doodhuh;
'Night dick, cool view though
Quote from: Yip Yipper on October 12, 2011, 02:15:44 AM
Maybe you know someone? doodhuh;
'Night dick, cool view though
Sorry b
did you spit on people from above
holy motherfuck O_0
Quote from: N o t S i d on October 12, 2011, 03:39:57 AM
did you spit on people from above
lol I really did have to pee though but I didn't
JESUS. YOU HAVE LOTS OF BALLS. >.<
A week from today I am going to a giant urban exploration camping party on a farm
all the big shots in the upper midwest will be there and I'll be rubbin elbows with the likes of slim jim, freak, and other childhood heros of mine giggle;