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Photographic essays include explorations of a girls orphanage, insane asylum, hospital, crypt, and steel plant.

Buildings and other man made creations from the start of the automobile age that have started to decay.

Pictures of abandoned and lost cottages in the city, villages or countryside.

Photos of abandoned farms and other rural buildings in decay.

Anything old, neglected, abandoned, falling apart, or rusting.

Sharing photos which show the interesting aspects of abandoned places, buildings and things.

Empty (or nearly) rooms in abandoned houses.

Pictures of anything abandoned, mainly buildings. Rough, ransacked, dirty, torn-down, and messy.

Snap a picture of an old building, house, farm or other structure, tag it with the location, and post it to this group. We may not be able to rebuild them, but we can remember them.

Any kind of buildings (outside/ inside): abandoned, derelict, uninhabited, empty, unoccupied, tumbledown, broken-down, ramshackle, run-down, ruined.

For images of peeling, weathered paint.

A particular style or fashion of a building, especially one that is typical of a period of history or of a particular place.

Barns, sheds, smoke houses, dilapidated farm houses and other rustic and rural buildings.

Beauty in decaying buildings and their accessories.

This is a public group for pictures of bridges or tunnels.

Photos of houses, factories, buildings that are about to be burned or torn down.

Pictures of damaged items and places.

Collecting photographs of dams, spillways, and anything attached to them.

A collection of decaying urban wall textures, spontaneous guerilla art, fragments of political dissent and abstruse messages.

Photos of buildings or significant structures, now demolished or removed since originally photographed.

Photos of light at the scene of an abandoned building or place.

A group to share photos of all things old, rusty and derelict.

A group to illustrate and protest the desecration/ vandalism of cemeteries.

Photos of homes, houses and residences in all kinds of disrepair.

Post your photos of dilapidated buildings (residential or commercial).

Old houses showing decay or breaking down.

Photos of doors, mostly old, in rough shape or otherwise notable.

Could be new or old, urban or rural, but must be clearly decaying and not stuff that could be resolved with a wet cloth and some detergent.

Images that go beyond simple industrial photography. Capturing the color of rust, the feeling of an abandoned factory, the patterns in flaking paint, a vanishing point in a mill.

Sharing photos of old, condemned homes and buildings.

Things forgotten, if only for a minute, or an endless period of time.

Not just abandoned, this group is for things that seem to simply have been forgotten: old cemeteries, rusty cars, swingsets. Non-living things only. These are the things you know will still be there, unattended, if you drive by 10 years from now.

People, places or things which have been abandoned, forgotten or ignored.

In post-industrial environments, there are many reminders, echoes, hints or ghosts of our industrial past.

Group to post photos of favourite historical places.

Pictures (from as many parts of the world as possible) of exteriors of interesting houses/ homes.

Abandoned industrial buildings.

All about abandoned factories, of every type, from every part of the world.

Abandoned industry, decaying machinery and vehicles, derelict industrial buildings and other facilities. The older the building, machine or structure, the better. Abandoned locations preferred but not required.

Industry landscapes at night.

Urban exploration, industrial archeology and modern industry photography.

Photos of scrap, jetsom and flotsom, whatever you call piles of junk that can be recycled back into art.

Photos of urban decay, does not include things that can be restored.

Abandoned, rotting or dismantled military objects and facilities.

Photographs of standing stones, historical monuments (such as castles), and the landscape they exist within.

Old and abandoned buildings, industrial places, burned out places. Some may be creepy looking but anything which has been pretty much forgotten and left to decay.

Buildings and other things that are old, weathered and forgotten.

Old buildings, houses, streets, markets, national monuments, bridges or even a building in ruins.

Old buildings bridges or landmarks. Share the history in pictures of any historic place you may have been.

Group to share photos of old churches.

Pictures of old houses 90, 100 years old or older.

By stone we mean rock shaped by humans. By old we mean at least 100 years, but something like 1000 years would be more appropriate.

Structures of all kinds. Mostly abandoned or still in limited use.

This is a group for pictures of old windows and window frames.

This is a group for pictures where any object or item is being taken over by nature. Overgrown, plants, vines, weeds, obscuring some object.

Pictures of pre-Medieval, Medieval and post-Medieval towers, lighthouses, castles, fortresses, and especially remnants thereof.

Group to share photos of peeling and patched walls.

Shots of man made things that nature has decided to take for its own.

Urban exploration: buildings and sites with posted signs telling you not to go there. (No Trespassing, Restricted Access.)

Photos of building and structures ruined by the passage of time.

Pictures of barns, silos, farms and other rural buildings decaying. Objects now part of the landscape are also welcome, such as tractors, or old farm equipment.

This group is for those who explore the interiors of abandoned buildings in rural settings.

Photos of the items covered with or consisting of rust, or rusted.

Rusting, crusting, rotting, decomposing and just plain falling apart.

For the image without end, a staircase towards the paradise, myth or poetry of the spiral. Group to share images of spiral staircases.

Sharing photos from the inside of storm drains and sewers.

Photos of industrial waste land or old factories.

Anything old, that old rusted car in your back yard, the old abandoned house down the street, that rustic looking boat that has been sitting on blocks for years at your local marina, just about anything you find in your parents or grandparents attic.

Post pictures of anything that has been abandoned. Buildings, junk on the side of the road, and the like.

Factories, mills, mines, refineries, all left to rot, and worse.

Old destroyed objects, abandoned places, houses, factories.

Photos of anything that is rusted and weathered.

Pictures of the unconscious aesthetical creations resulting from the destruction of man-made structures.

Not houses that are falling down, but old houses that can be remodeled and preserved. Old historic houses.

Showcasing the best (top standards) urban exploration photos.

Rundown buildings, neighborhoods and all things within.

Photos and stories about abandoned paper mills, condemned hospitals, decaying barns.

Photos of architectural details and ephemera: bits of carving and molding, doors and windows, peeling paint, rusty metal, old brickwork, decaying wood, graffiti, signs, murals, urban art, billboards. No photos with people in them.

Places in the heart of populated places that are forgotten, or hard to reach.

Going into abandoned buildings, storm drains, tunnels, anywhere man made that is not meant for most people to see.

Dedicated to urbex or urban exploration.

This group is dedicated to creative and artsy photos of oxidation and the wonders it creates.

Photoblog and Flickr group for images of nature in an urban context.

Places and things which have been abandoned.

Collection of industrial photographs.

Resource for essays on decay, urban exploration and the aesthetics of urban ruins.

Draining and stencil graffiti. Urban exploration and graphic art.

Commercial site that allows registered users to post messages on urban adventures and explorations.

Photos of houses in empty spaces, as a lonely strong sign in landscape. Most are abandoned homes.

A project of Kim Koester, Richard Schumann, Stephan Schulz and Johannes Buenemann. Walk through the sights and hear the sounds of a dilapidated structure.

Online galleries from Kim J. Köster.

Photos which show the building acquiring a new character. Shots that are just straight documentary records of simple unoccupied spaces are not appropriate for this group.

A group for those taking pictures in places that have Do Not Enter or No Trespassing signs.

Show off your best abandoned urban relic finds.

This group is intended to contain images that show decay in an aesthetic way.

The group for church and chapel ruins. This can include ruined abbeys, priories, monasteries and friaries.

Stairs in decay, as part of old and abandoned buildings.

Photos of old buildings, structures that look like they have a story behind them. Please add details such as location and the kind of structure it is.

Artistic photographs of machines, metals, gears, engines, pulleys, industrial equipment, axles, miscellaneous mechanisms, grease, grime, grit, junk. The inner-workings of anything. Abstract or linear, anything goes.

Pictures taken in strange places, places pictures should not be taken.

All closed systems will eventually break down and chaos will ensue.

Demolition of old buildings and construction of new places.

New, old and defunct factories in photos.

Exploring in the depths of the concrete jungle.

Things which are preferably old, not used anymore or used for a totally different purpose.

The key is the emptiness, uncanny lack of belonging that the chair represents.

Dust storms and clouds, dust bunnies, drifts of dust and tornadoes for example.

Basements, underground stations, tunnels, underground parking decks, abandoned or still in use.

About the pleasure to be found in decay, the inevitable passage of the pretentious and the grandiose.

A group for photographers who have found themselves being forbidden to take photos of some thing or place.

This group is more specifically aimed at urban exploration photography as an art form using light and or available elements in an artistic fashion.

Pictures of scrap metal, junkyards, rubbish dumps, anyplace where stuff goes to die. Dead metal.

All about the little things in suburbia that are unexpectedly macabre, dying, decaying, or otherwise at odds with the peaceful suburban lifestyle.

This site is dedicated to images of abandoned docks and piers.

Photographs of old, broken, rusty things. Group began for vehicles but has grown to include anything.

Old cars, farm equipment, machinery, that has been put out to pasture.

An exploration of mental hospitals, asylums and housing for the insane.

All kinds of factories: derelict or full of life, new or old, large or small.

Photos of theaters that are either no longer in use (abandoned, condemned) or have been transformed into something else but still structurally resemble theaters.

Shops, stores, restaurants, cafes, retail and public buildings, that have ceased business and are falling into a state of decay and rot.

Add your images to document the death of the service station, or to inject some optimism, add some hope with images demonstrating the restoration/ revival of it.

Photos of abandoned houses, buildings and ruins.

A group for old buildings, barns, shacks, abandoned homes, and any other old falling down structures.

Houses and other buildings that have one thing in common, they lean.

Rusted objects and places. Anything derelict, with a good coat of rust.

Photos taken in prohibited locations. Infiltrating industrial plants, military installations, concerts, train and metro stations.

Anything decaying: urban, rural, industrial, or natural. Photos from around the world.

Rusty old gas pumps and abandoned gas stations.

Pictures of abandoned retail facilities, inside and out.

Pictures of rural buildings deteriorating and decaying. Must be man made and must be rural ie: old or ruined houses, sheds, doors, windows, churches.

Photos and art found in and around abandoned buildings and houses.

This is a group exclusively for HDR photographs featuring decay.

Post your photos of (not abandoned) derelict homes that amaze you because of condition, yard art, or just plain decay. No abandoned or storm-damaged homes, only those that are occupied.

Beautiful things that are tattered, cracked, rusted, bruised, broken, burned, or busted in any way.

The only major criteria for posting images to this group is a rural setting (or at least evoking a rural mood or feeling of isolation) plus a dark aura (or sense of dread). Think rural decay but with a more Gothic or eerie sensibility.

Exploring tunnels, pipes, holes, drains, the world underneath.

Photographs and drawings of derelict machinery.

Shared photographs of war ruins.

Photos of abandonment on a larger scale - abandoned factories, recreational facilities, stores, train stations.

Bikes in peril.

Abandoned,disintegrated, beyond repair,rusty. Photo sharing group.

Group to share photographs from decayed places which still have some beauty.

This group is about viewing a rundown factory, shed, or farm house as beautiful and not an eyesore.

The aim is to collect photos of old manual (hand-powered) water pumps.

Bikes abandoned by their owners.

Trolleyspotters. Photos of abandoned shopping trolleys/ carts.

Photographing abandoned televisions and monitors.

Pictures of sad boats - boats that have had mishaps, seen better days or come to bad ends, down-right decrepit boats, defunct boats, fossilized boats.

Abandoned and closed down hotels.

Broken and abandoned bicycles in photographs.

Destroyed bicycles seen in modern cities.

Supermarket trolleys (or carts) have a tendency to show up in the strangest of places.

Post pictures of anything that has been modified from its original state, wether it be intentional, by nature, or accident.

Photos and stories of old houses (preferably abandoned/dilapidated, though obviously neglected or in disrepair is acceptable) that the photographer once inhabited.

Group to showcase photos of derelict places, rust in ruins.

A group for people who love old towns and cities. Old buildings, streets, bridges, fragments of cities more than a hundred years of age.

Photography group to share photos of abandoned places.

A group about places that you are not supposed to notice.

A group dedicated to any photography Interior or exterior that concerns urban exploring.

Objective of this group is to shoot abandoned buildings anywhere on Earth.

This group is about abandoned buildings in various areas. Note: website listed for this group redirects to a spam site but the Flickr link is good.

Abandoned, discarded and/or sad chairs found and photographed out there in the world.

Ancient and old architecture city views, around the world.

Post all your images of dilapidated places. Anything fallen into a state of disrepair, neglect, decay or partial ruin.

Things forgotten or just left to the elements.

Forts, fortress and fortifications of the world.

A group for pictures of abandoned prisons, fortresses and deserted islands.

Photography group to share photos of homes, mansions, palaces and castles.

Abandoned supermarket carts, shopping carts or trolleys.

Antiques, collectibles, old bits and pieces, old cars and bikes.

Share your pictures of scary looking houses or buildings.

For photographs of anything shabby, weathered and worn.

A group to help compile photos of things that we photographed that vanished afterwards so they can always be remembered.

Decaying wood; buildings, fence posts, at various stages in the aging process.

Anything that no longer exists: a place, a building, a treasured object, or even a pet. Mainly photos of buildings in the group.

Photographs of historical and/ or mysterious places of the world.

Water powered mills from the early 20th century and before. Can be grist mill, saw mill, or any other type of mill. The requirements are that it be water powered and historic.

This a public group for photos of old, pioneering ruins. Photos of objects used in old homesteads, fences,ruins of old homesteads, stations, ranches or other abandoned farms or farming machinery.

Group for posting photographs of old road signs only - button copy or marble reflector signs are especially encouraged.

Fine art photography of abandoned structures.

Images by topic. Ghost towns and other urban exploration photographs.

Underground, military, airfields, hospitals, tourist attractions, mines and other places from around the world.

Photo gallery with contributed images.

Photographically deconstructing the urban environment. Underground tunnels, derelict industrial sites and urban ruins.

Curated collections of photographs.