Oh my gosh! Neptune, you're back!!

There’s a abandoned asphalt road that still leads into Wilmington. The surrounding foliage has almost taken it over. Some parts of it can still be seen. Like where South 17 (Part of 421) merges into 74/76. Picture below. Whenever I take this route, every once in a while I’ll look to see if its still there. These snapshots are from google maps.



It was cut in half when 421 was built (or so I’m told) On the other side the road continues onward to the Cape Fear river where it ultimately stops. The USS North Carolina Memorial Road merges into it. Another picture below.

Tanks, ships and planes underwater at Saipan:
http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/mensch/0,1518,565651,00.html

A bunker found after 63 years at the Danish beach:
http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/mensch/0,1518,563021,00.html

Nice abandoned mine Wampa! there's one in my region too that was converted into a nature reserve with animals in semifreedom, have a look at it, it was a mine from which they got iron.

This site of a guy that explores abandoned places, the explorations he makes have excellent pictures that show you it all very well, he also writes several lines about it but in Spanish, they are not too big, if you translate them you may understand it.

This is the site:
http://www.lugares-abandonados.com/index.htm

The first part is about "buildings" in general, id have a look, its quite interesting, well, i dont know how high your interest in this is, so i leave it to you

The second part, where it says "Historias de Carretera" is about roads and vehicles abandoned in them, perhaps more interesting since ti is about cars, here's the link:
http://www.lugares-abandonados.com/historias-de-carretera.htm

Once again, if you are willing to, translate it so you can know what they are talking about, well, im refering to Wampa now but this goes as well for those of you who like this stuff as well.


PD: Raul, if you happen to read this mind you that the guy of the website has the abandoned track i talked you about on hold to post soon, you may be interested

I knew I had pictures somewhere of the old abandoned lead mine that I visited a few years back. It was used from 1906-1972, and has since been converted to Missouri Mines State Historic Site. http://www.mostateparks.com/momines.htm




By the way, here is another interesting site I stumbled upon regarding abandoned places. I like this guy’s philosophy about urban exploration.
http://www.infiltration.org/ethics-nodisclaimer.html
http://www.infiltration.org/observations-abandoned.html

A propos Namibia (a bit off topic, it belongs more to the database).
I love the Bud Specer-movies from the 70ies, so "Piedone L'Africano", which was set in South Africa and mainly Southwest-Africa, the later Namibia.

For a very short time, at the chase scene in the Namib-desert (the police Lancruiser's are following the ambulance), you could see on the rolling-over police-cars written the German word "Polizei" - strange, 60 years after it wasn't a German colony any more.

Ecclefechan that was cool ! you are a murderer im going to report you, dont think that this is going to stay as it is

Now its time to see Raul's new places

Few more interesting places


Kadychan in Siberia, Russia. A town which was heavily dependent from mining operations. But when the mine was closed people didn't see a reason to live there anymore.

http://retardzone.com/2007/11/15/abandoned-city-in-russia/

Goldfield, Nevada. Once the biggest city in Nevada with a population of 30,000 people. It's nearly a ghost town because only 500 people live there now.

http://www.ghosttowngallery.com/htme/goldfield.htm
http://www.westernmininghistory.com/gallery/nevada/goldfield/modern/towns/1/

Kings Park Psychiatric Center, New York. Numerous hospital buildings and a power plant. A huge place to explore and it is quite easy to get lost in there.

http://www.opacity.us/site3_kings_park_psychiatric_center.htm

One other interesting institution was Philadelphia State Hospital. It was just demolished a year ago. What makes these places interesting is that they were very self-reliant. Own power plants, all services under same roof (car garage, movie theatre etc.) Underground tunnel network connected all buildings.

http://www.opacity.us/site10_philadelphia_state_hospital_byberry.htm

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I think these were the most interesting places I know. Can't think of many more places.

I love exploring abandoned places. I've done lots of exploration of abandoned hospitals and houses within the past year. You can view my pictures on Flickr:

http://flickr.com/photos/aqualite/

This is my far the most interesting ofo the places I've visited, I think:
http://flickr.com/photos/aqualite/sets/72157604467506990/

Check the "dead body" :D:
http://flickr.com/photos/aqualite/2402664233/in/set-72157604467506990/