In this episode of Mines of Mexico, we explore a mysterious park and an abandoned mine hidden within Mexico’s mining ...

Exploring abandoned mines is dangerous enough on foot. Doing it underwater with a minimal air supply raises the stakes even higher. Inside the Soapstone Mine, explorers encountered collapsed tunnels, ...

Dozens of people get injured or die in the U.S. every year because they don’t follow this simple advice: Stay out of abandoned and active mines and surrounding lands. Abandoned mines are not history ...

OSDOL HAS OUR STORY FROM MONROEVILLE. THREE MONTHS BEFORE LIZ POLLARD’S DEATH, STATE DEP OFFICIALS LEARNED OF A SINKHOLE. AT THIS MONROEVILLE APARTMENT COMPLEX, LEADING TO ANOTHER ABANDONED MINE.

Over the years, our community has shared a lot of amazing pictures taken in abandoned places. Today, to celebrate and look back at their work, we compiled a list of the most-voted pictures from ...

From Europe to North America, an energy revolution is breathing new life into empty, long-forgotten coal mine shafts—by repurposing them into places to store renewable energy. Using "gravity batteries ...

A version of this story was originally published on Jan. 17, 2025. Drivers on Interstate 80 long have grappled with gridlock, sun glare and other unavoidable headaches of traveling in a densely ...

From “Abandoned MILLIONAIRES Family Mansion” (screenshot by the author for Hyperallergic) Urban exploration predates the internet, but has always been associated with video art and photography. The ...