The Lure of Urban Exploration

The struc­tures that mankind have built are breath­tak­ing. It’s a mod­ern mar­vel to see many of these struc­tures, but what has started to fas­ci­nate me is when these struc­tures are left des­o­late. For what­ever rea­son, maybe it closed down, every­one just left, or a litany of other rea­sons. To see these aban­doned mar­vels is for some rea­son very fas­ci­nat­ing, and this is often referred to as “Urban Explo­ration.”

My inter­est was peaked by fol­low­ing the Web Urban­ist blog, and I decided I wanted to try and see/capture some of it here in Day­ton. I called Mr. Mar­tin who is “in the know” on these things, and he showed me some amaz­ing spots. An aban­doned train cen­ter, paper fac­tory, and some other closed fac­to­ries in Day­ton. In the paper fac­tory a home­less man liv­ing in there even gave us a tour around! It was a hum­bling expe­ri­ence. I thought shar­ing the pic­tures would peak someone’s inter­est as mine was.