Urban Exploration3,049 subscribersActivity Log • 1 active'Urban Exploration' is a @curie curated community supporting Urbex Photography and Stories content from around the WorldSubscribePostUrban ExplorationCommunityAll postsTrending CommunitiesWorldmappinHIVE CN 中文社区SplinterlandsActifitLeoFinanceBlack And WhiteHive FoodHive LearnersPhotography LoversASEAN HIVE COMMUNITYHolozing CommunityHive GamingExplore Communities...Urban ExplorationTrendingHotNewPayoutsMutedslobberchops (81)2 years agoTales of the Urban Explorer 'Resurrected' is LIVE!After a meeting with @steddyman last Saturday, I concluded that ' Tales of the Urban Explorer ' was ready to go LIVE. A 'Bacon and Eggs' breakfast is a Saturday pastime we…naradamoon (73)5 years agoA SMALL RECONNAISSANCE WALK THROUGH THE PARK "LOS CAOBOS".The park "Los Caobos" is a park located in the capital of Venezuela "Caracas". It was built during the government of General Marco Perez Jimenes, being a very large park with a…slobberchops (81)6 years agoA Shortish Guide to Urban Exploring in the United KingdomI have been meaning to write this for some time and the details forthcoming are based on my own experiences, which compared to some are not so extensive. A few HIVE…koenau cross-posted @koenau/abandoned-places-holidays-in-a-barrelkoenau (75)9 hours agoAbandoned Places: Holidays in a BarrelImagine a place where the air smells of pine needles and nostalgia, where a giant steel barrel once stood guard over the laughter of thousands of children. Today, the "Gabriel…koenau cross-posted @koenau/the-drum-palace-of-weissenfels-where-rock-history-meets-ruinskoenau (75)8 days agoThe Drum Palace: Rockin' RuinsWhat do AC/DC’s Phil Rudd and Nine Inch Nails’ Alex Carapetis have in common? Their legendary rhythm is rooted in a crumbling "Drum Palace" in Weißenfels, Germany. Inside the…koenau cross-posted @koenau/forgotten-monument-the-workers-holiday-paradisekoenau (75)15 days agoForgotten Monument: The Workers' Holiday ParadiseIt was the first holiday resort built by the East German trade union FDGB itself. The "Fritz Heckert" holiday home still stands today on a hill on the edge of the Harz Mountains…yecier (69)18 days agoA walk through Santa Ifigenia cementeryYes, Santiago de Cuba is home to the cemetery that houses the most heroes in Cuba and that is perhaps why it is declared a national monument. But today I'm not going to talk to…koenau cross-posted @koenau/a-dream-castle-in-the-middle-of-nowherekoenau (75)21 days agoThe Dream Castle in the Middle of Nowhere Deep in the Uckermark, the skeletal remains of a magnificent English Tudor-style castle stand as a haunting monument to a vanished era. Built by Baron von Warburg in 1861, this…slobberchops (81)24 days agoTales of the Urban Explorer: The British Rope Works...'I had to remind myself I was in Liverpool, and ‘crime’ is quite normal here'...slobberchops (81)26 days agoTales of the Urban Explorer: Black Abbey Street...'not even some used needles dripping with heroin to photograph; bummer'...reallegend (41)28 days agoSupper realistic photo, koenau cross-posted @koenau/old-lungs-fresh-air-the-forgotten-clinickoenau (75)29 days agoOld lungs, fresh air: The forgotten clinicFor a long time, the fate of the magnificent Bauhaus-style lung clinic on the edge of the Harz Mountains seemed sealed. Where once state-of-the-art medicine met architectural…slobberchops (81)last monthTales of the Urban Explorer: Wood Top Infants School...'some nasty, spiky-looking wrought iron deterrents gave us disapproving looks... and was that grease paint?'...davidsantafe (70)last monthPostcards from Havana(en/es)ENGLISH VERSIÓN ✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️ It had become so common for me to walk at least two or three times a month through the streets of Havana, especially the cobblestone streets…koenau cross-posted @koenau/forgotten-sugar-plant-the-brick-castlekoenau (75)last monthForgotten Sugar Plant: The Brick Castle Creaking timbers, fluttering pigeons, and the skeletal remains of a vanished empire. Once the "Zuckerfabrik Glauzig AG" - a global titan with its own railway - this red-brick…terrywayne (73)last monthBurnt HistoryThis house had a large fire that caused $500,000 in damage, back in 2023. Thankfully only one man was home at the time and both he and his dog were rescued by firefighters, with…koenau cross-posted @koenau/rocket-city-where-the-baltic-sea-has-touched-thespacekoenau (75)last monthRocket City: Where the Baltic Sea has touched the SpaceIn Peenemünde, the Third Reich once conducted research on its "wonder weapons." Later, the East German NVA turned this secret tip of the island of Usedom into a restricted…soyunasantacruz (77)2 months agoMy first urban exploration 😥Curiosity killed the cat, as the saying goes, but I came out alive and kicking. 😆 For years, I had wanted to explore and get to know this place on the shores of the Taiguaiguai…koenau cross-posted @koenau/haunted-houses-greed-in-the-valley-of-ghostskoenau (75)2 months agoHaunted Houses: Greed in the valley of GhostsWhere kings once marched and Goethe found inspiration, a socialist dream is crumbling into silence. There are Haunted Houses in the German Harz Mountains - Whitnesses of a Greed…koenau cross-posted @koenau/the-ghost-on-the-hill-ruins-of-childhoodskoenau (75)2 months agoThe Ghost on the hill: Ruins of childhoodsOnce a bustling center of socialist education, the POS „Ernst Schneller“ now stands as a decaying fortress overlooking the Harz mountains. With 850,000 views on YouTube, it’s a…