Urban Exploration!

[Conduit]

This thread is discussion and story-telling about the art of going places you really shouldn't be. I'll also add some important links to the main page for people who want to get into it.
Share stories and locations, don't do anything stupid, and have fun!

General Draining Tips / Approach To Draining

PICTURES ARE AWESOME! TAKE THEM!

[Nine Volt]

Best I've done (as of yet) is climb on top of an old furniture factory, hop the fence on my local public pool, and check out a sawmill. Oh, and hop the fence of my old elementary school's playground (on the weekend, ofc). Gonna see about exploring an abandoned office building in the industrial park down the street from me. There's also an abandoned factory near that but all the accessible perimeter is blocked off with a barbed wire fence :/

[topitmunkeydog]

dude urbex is the coolest thing evah

For my art class I interviewed some person about that but I've never done it. However I am hoping to do a segment on urbex in my magazine eventually.

It's a great idea. makes me feel like a little kid going on an adventure.

[Conduit]

Im hoping to do a pretty good one this weekend, weather permitting. I'll upload pics once I'm done.

[Acsii]

If anyone's in Melbourne australia that wants to do this with me I'd be more than willing... just be aware I'll be in 'guy mode'

[Nine Volt]

Yeah, now that winter's pretty much over I'll see about trying to find places with a couple friends. I don't live in a city, unfortunately (the closest city, Worcester, isn't a place you want to walk around, at least in the urban areas).

[the4thImpulse]

General Draining Tips / Approach To Draining

PICTURES ARE AWESOME! TAKE THEM!

That sounds like it could be quite a lot of fun, and being a photographer those pictures were inspiring.

I have climbed on quite a few churches, not really impressive or anything. We climbed to the top of a four story stone bell tower once at night, twas a nice view.

[Symphon]

Me and some friends explored a burnt down and cut off part of my town. Specifically explored a really old, burnt gas station that was supposedly haunted. The experience there definitely confirmed that. We also found a cool little suitcase while we were exploring that had some clothes in it (mind you, this suitcase was in the middle of a building that burnt down) and a few bucks in it. It was pretty cool.

[Forza SoundFire]

I sometimes wear full concert dress (bow-tie and all) and just see where I can get into. A surprising number of high-end theatres, concert halls, etc will let you in if you look confident (especially if you have a prop like an instrument case)!

[Alycs]

Yeah, you can get into 90% percent of places and do 90% of anything without anyone saying if you just look confident.
One of my camp counselors at music camp once walked straight though central camp (with about 250 people around) in boxers and a undershirt, and no one stopped him. It was literally the most hilarious thing ever.

On the subject of draining; about 30 minutes from me is the city water-treatment facility, and they really don't care about people walking around. If you make sure no one is paying close attention (or you have a REALLY good excuse/reason) you can actually get directly into the sewers from a set of stairs in the back of the plant. There is a giant waterfall from the cleaned water, and there are a ton of really cool plants growing nearby (they use them to clean the water before the actual purification begins), so its like an underground jungle.

[TranquilHooves]

Um, the link sent me to the site but unfortunately it had malware on it apparently.(Or maybe Avast is high...)
Just thought I'd let you know >.>

[Alycs]

I just checked it out with a BitDefender scan, its clean.

[Magnitude Zero]

mfw those cramped-ass tunnels



Yeah I'll stick to my rivers, woods, and mountains, thanks. :<

[Acsii]

I took this once when URBEXing... we got to this point and saw this sign so we turned back

Basically the fence is electric

[Conduit]

If anyone's in Melbourne australia that wants to do this with me I'd be more than willing... just be aware I'll be in 'guy mode'

Apparently Melbourne is like capital of the world for this stuff. Search up the Cave Clan, they pretty much know everything about every bit of the Australian underground.

I envy you.

I'll bring my good camera this weekend and see if I can get some cool shots for you guys!

[Acsii]

If anyone's in Melbourne australia that wants to do this with me I'd be more than willing... just be aware I'll be in 'guy mode'

Apparently Melbourne is like capital of the world for this stuff. Search up the Cave Clan, they pretty much know everything about every bit of the Australian underground.

I envy you.

I'll bring my good camera this weekend and see if I can get some cool shots for you guys!

Yea Melbourne's got a lot of this stuff I prefer above ground stuff though... due to personal traumatic reasons

[cplbradley]

Minneapolis is considered an Urbex hotspot apparently. I wouldn't know. I'm too afraid of getting mugged to try it

[Mr. Bigglesworth]

Interesting concept. But no, I'd never do this. It's essentially exploring a grotty ol' drainpipe from what I can tell. The photos are neat though.

[Acsii]

It's not just drain pipes... that's just piping... it's essentially exploring cool places... mostly abandoned

[Acsii]

About to dump some photos... I was walking around Lifou, New Caledonia and found an abandoned concrete shack thing near a beach... so I took some photos... they aren't too good because my meter was broken and I had to take photos and then get out of there... so yea... they're a bit dark

[Conduit]

Huge Picture dump incoming!

These are some crappy iPhone pictures from a couple of drains me and my friends did this weekend.


The entrance to Tube City


Just past the entrance


This manhole was already open when we got there. It was completely surrounded in deep snow though.


Me at a little outdoor area we found. Not sure where this was topside, but it was about 15 feet tall, and opened up fully to the sky


Looking back in from the outdoor area


Checked 35 years ago? Seems safe enough.


My friends head sticking out of a manhole we popped


Tunnel got taller here. Curse being 6' 4"


Popped a manhole and found ourselves right next to a highschool, and a red light. The looks on peoples faces were priceless.


After a long trek we saw an exit, unfortunately it was barred off. My friend managed to get his hand through the bars to get this picture of the sign. Again, waving at the people in the park was hilarious.


Me in the guillotine room. I'm now ded


Sketchy manhole ladder


Getting further underground. The natural lighting here was amazing. Also my finger is in the bottom of the picture, because I'm professional at taking pictures.


Huge tunnel we found, biggest I've seen to date.


Even further underground.


Friend shining a light down the big tube.


Quick group tag and time stamp for future generations to enjoy.

We also found tags from a local urbex group from 2002, and a tag from Australia's Cave Clan. It was pretty cool.

[TheMalenEst]

The Goose, in Sweden was a radarstation in Karlskrona. The station was built 1952 and by the time of opening it operated a PS-16( a radarsystem used by the swedish airforce in the 1960. In 1965 it was replaced by PS-65. The bunker contained operatorrooms, a workshop, storagerooms and barracks. The PS-65 system was cancelled in 1982 but the bunker remaind in service untill 1992 and in 2004 the bunker was sealed. Me and some old friends decided to go there last year.

These pictures are not mine but it looked pretty much like this

[Conduit]

That place looks beyond cool. I wish there was stuff like that near me.

[SticktheFigure]

I snuck into an abandoned aluminium factory when I was thirteen. Unfortunately, it's been full of construction lately. I guess the owner finally decided to fix up the poor place. What a shame for me.

[randomblockfilms]

Huge Picture dump incoming!

wowowowoWOWO!! now i go in storm drains with my friends sometimes and we can get around then neighborhood with em and stuff, but your's looks soo much cooler!!!! deep underground pipes and such. ours only go down like 5 feet :( this is just another reason why i dont like California a whole lot. they don't have these cool abandoned things.