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You can explore the different locations listed on the site by genre, country, interest or date of exploration. This passion being by nature quite ephemaral, you will find that many locations are already gone.
You can also browse the latest website updates, find out more about urban exploration, about the author or his books!
Happy virtual exploring.
Name & description |
Type |
Rating |
Status |
Country |
Exploration Date |
Publication Date |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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The Cinema Theater Varia : an art nouveau theater from 1910, abandoned since 1986... A piece of art from the architect Emile Claes. Historical urban exploration! |
 Public building |
Reconverted |  Belgium |
2005-08-01 | 2005-08-01 | |
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The Horror Labs or The Veterinary School of Anderlecht : built in 1903, these listed buildings definitely deserved an exploration. Before the reconversion into lofts, we had the chance to infiltrate the place... |
Public building |
Reconverted | Belgium |
2005-11-11 | 2008-03-21 | |
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The Castle of Ilbarritz : Forbidden Places opens the doors of the mysterious organ's castle. |
 Private building |
Reconverted |  France |
2006-08-19 | 2008-02-24 | |
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The Palais Garnier : V.I.P.trip into the heart of the Opéra de Paris. |
Public building |
Active | France |
2010-02-23 | 2013-12-09 | |
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Castle of Mesen, Lede : a superb and futureless castle. Abandoned for years, it will be demolished soon. |
Private building |
Demolished | Belgium |
2005-03-01 | 2005-03-01 | |
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Portopalo's castle : unbeatable sight, swimming-pool, sumptuous garden... The residence of your dreams... in the 80's! |
Private building |
Endangered |  Italy |
2006-10-09 | 2006-11-25 | |
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The Sauvenière's swimming-pool : huge sports complex from the 1930's, partially abandoned, the Sauvenière's baths await a new life. |
Public building |
Reconverted | Belgium |
2006-03-01 | 2006-03-01 | |
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Old Newark county Jail : and old creepy prison abandoned since 1970... |
Public building |
Abandoned |  USA |
2006-04-08 | 2006-06-28 | |
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Gary, Indiana, ghost town : yet another victim from the steel industry recession. 6 photos galleries for this city that readhed up to 200,000 inhabitants! |
Public building |
Endangered | USA |
2006-08-12 | 2006-09-19 | |
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Château Bijou : exploration of a real little operetta castle, with its stucco bas-reliefs and cornices and its Italian coloured frescoes... |
Private building |
Endangered | France |
2006-12-27 | 2007-04-03 | |
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Val Benoît's University : the engineers have left the former university campus of Val Benoît! Explore these huge modernist buildings from the 30s. |
Public building |
Reconverted | Belgium |
2006-11-06 | 2010-12-25 | |
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Spreepark - The Abandoned Amusement Park : located downtown East-Berlin, this theme park is now lost forever, and fights with the ghosts of its past... |
Public building |
Endangered |  Germany |
2008-08-16 | 2011-12-31 | |
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1936 Berlin's Olympic Village : like the 29 other Olympic villages, the 1936 edition has only had a short moment of glory. But unlike the others, the 1936 Olympics is possible the most significant games in our history |
Public building |
Abandoned | Germany |
2008-08-17 | 2012-08-03 | |
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Internationale Film-Union GmbH : Little copy and synchronization studio lost in the woods. Don Camillo, Laurel & Hardy among many others have been germanized here... |
Private building |
Demolished | Germany |
2009-05-17 | 2012-10-17 | |
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The Castle of Noisy - Miranda : creepy, sneaky and filthy castle, come and have a walk into Sleeping Beauty's castle... |
Private building |
Endangered | Belgium |
2004-11-05 | 2014-02-20 | |
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Abandoned Castles from South West of France : random discoveries during wanderings in my home country. |
Public building |
Endangered | France |
2015-01-01 | 2015-01-05 | |
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Abandoned holiday camp : located in the Landes (Southern West France), this abandoned camp is built in the forest, around an old pretty villa. |
Public building |
Demolished | France |
2005-05-01 | 2005-05-01 | |
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RTT home : a nice and colorful vacation residence built in 1950 by an Art-Deco Belgian architect. |
Public building |
Demolished | Belgium |
2005-05-01 | 2005-05-01 | |
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Diamond's opera : this page was just made to explain what infiltration means: -going into places you are not supposed to- :-) |
Public building |
Active | Belgium |
2006-07-23 | 2007-01-15 | |
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Otzenrath ghost town : the Garzweiler min won. Its continuous growth lead to the expropriation of this small German village. |
Private building |
Demolished | Germany |
2005-07-01 | 2005-07-01 | |
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Erpent manor house : just a beautiful 19th Century house being demolished, with a wonderful abandoned greenhouse |
Private building |
Demolished | Belgium |
2005-08-01 | 2005-08-01 | |