Urban explorers pride themselves on exploring the coolest’s and most dangerous abandoned places they can get into. From decrepit psychiatric wards to forgotten state prisons, and even abandoned military installations. The cooler the look and sound of the place, the bigger the thrill they get when exploring. Some urban explorers like to push their boundaries. Exploring plain ol’ abandoned buildings just doesn’t give them the thrill they used to get like when they first started exploring. So, naturally, they move on to other locations. More interesting locations that are new to them. Places that ..read more

Urban exploration for me is more than just walking around an abandoned empty building. Urban exploring helps me clear my mind, it relieves my stress, fills my soul, and inspires me to get in touch with my creative side. I’ve actually come up with many of the posts I’ve written here on my blog while I’m out exploring. It’s hard not to be inspired when I’m in a quiet place with nothing but my thoughts. If you’ve been urban exploring I’m sure you know the feeling all too well. It’s something that you have to experience yourself to understand. If you’re new to urban exploration but haven’t actuall ..read more

A common question I often see new urban explorers ask is, when should they wear a respirator mask? This is honestly a really good question and it’s something that is important for every urban explorer to know. The abandoned buildings we explore can potentially be full of dangers we don’t often expect. One of the most overlooked dangers of urban exploration is exposure to harmful elements that can be inhaled into your lungs. Which can cause you health problems. Wearing a respirator mask is definitely something you as an urban explorer should do. It’s true you don’t always need to wear one. But ..read more

According to the United States Bureau of Land Management, there are approximately 500,000 abandoned mines spread out across the continental United States. These abandoned mines can be found in just about every state in our nation. Mining is something that has been done since before the creation of the United States. Up until the 1970s, mine operators could freely mine for valuable minerals on government property without any oversight. Because of this, miners would exhaust a mine’s resources then simply abandoned it and move to a new location. Leaving behind hundreds, perhaps thousands of mines ..read more

Urban exploration leads curious and adventurous people into forgotten places. What many explorers fail to realize is that these buildings, although they are no longer being used, are situated on private property. Entering a site without the explicit permission of the owner/s can lead to legal issues. So if you’re wanting to explore an abandoned building and you’re asking yourself if urban explorers can be arrested, the answer is a resounding YES. Many people who are new to urban exploring aren’t aware of trespassing laws, or perhaps they simply ignore them. Below I go in-depth on what you as a ..read more

Interest in exploring abandoned mines has exploded in popularity in recent years. Everyone from urban explorers to amateur archaeologists and cave enthusiasts are increasingly visiting and exploring abandoned mines all around the world. Much of this interest stems from social media influencers like Frank from the Exploring Abandoned Mines and Unusual Places Youtube channel which has over 400 thousand followers. As more people are exposed to this hobby, interest in mine exploration will continue to grow. But exploring mines is not as simple as it sounds. It is as dangerous as it is thrilling an ..read more

Throughout the United States, and even around the world, luxurious and expensive mansions are left behind to decay. These mansions can be abandoned for a number of reasons. Perhaps the owners simply don’t care about the place or they might have run into financial issues that forced them to leave the property. There’s also a multitude of other reasons such as structural damage to the property that proves too costly, water damage, pest infestation, divorce, property taxes, or even the owners being so rich that they simply forgot about the property which is one of the dozens they own around the c ..read more

Without abandoned places, there would be no urban exploration. The very nature of our hobby drives us towards manmade places that have been forgotten. These places, although they appear to be completely abandoned, are still the rightful property of someone and are still protected by law. Urban exploration attracts us to abandoned buildings, but are we allowed to enter these places without getting into trouble? Nobody lives, works, or even cares for abandoned buildings. So what is the problem with entering just to have a look around? Here I will discuss if is it illegal to go into an abandoned ..read more

Ever wondered about the history of the many abandoned underground places there exist around the world? You don’t typically hear about these interesting places in textbooks or media nowadays. But just because people don’t often talk about these abandoned places anymore, doesn’t mean they don’t exist. You can find them everywhere, hidden away beneath the busy streets of modern society, lie many of these secret underground cites, tunnels, and bunkers, most of them abandoned. Even if you can’t actually travel to and explore these abandoned underground places, you can at least marvel at their histo ..read more

Famous Youtuber and urban explorer, ExploringWithJosh, asked his followers to share a few stories of strange things found in abandoned houses. Some of the replies were a bit creepy and unsettling, to say the least. One guy found a machete next to a blood-sprayed door, another said she came across a medical bag full of human body parts. I personally have my limits when it comes to exploring. But some explorers are fearless and will venture into just about any abandoned house, no matter how creepy they look. It’s in these darks and forgotten corners of the world that the strangest things have be ..read more