Travel and Places – Page 8 – desolate

Fort Wayne

By dave | October 11, 2009

A good friend of mine worked at Fort Wayne, so naturally we wanted to swing by to visit the historic fort when we were out in Detroit.

Regarded as one of the easiest explores around, naturally we were spotted on the way in and ejected by the police. The officer was very nice to us and called the owner to see if they were willing to let us go. This is one time where having a massive amount of camera equipment with…

Polaroid Trips 5 & 6

By dave | July 5, 2009

Polaroid trips 5 and 6 were focused on the power plant. It was a small building, but lots of fun to explore and a few of my favorite pictures of the place came from here.

Augusta Tissue

By dave | June 16, 2009

This tissue paper mill closed down under somewhat shady circumstances after changing owners several times. The mill was even held by the federal government for a time while the courts worked out what to do with some of the contested assets. During this time the mill was well secured and an extremely risky place to…

Polaroid Trips 3 & 4

By dave | June 4, 2009

Trip 3 to Polaroid was when I managed to reach most of the machines that were still left behind, probably the coolest parts of Polaroid. Trip 4 to Polaroid was when I reached the power plant, which was small but very photogenic!

Polaroid – Trip 1 & 2

By dave | May 28, 2009

POLAROID!! Polaroid, Polaroid, Polaroid! SNOWLAROID? Someone once asked me, accusingly, if I was an explorer or a re-explorer. In other words, did I explore places that other people hadn’t been to (since they were abandoned), or did I just get a bunch of information off the internet and visit places that were well known. Polaroid…

Central Steam Power Plant – May 2007

By dave | May 12, 2009

Central Steam Power Plant in Fitchburg, MA was a great place to explore. It was always a reliable, interesting place to bring explorers visiting from other states or to go when you wanted to take some photos but didn’t want to deal with a big hassle. The entrance was simple but not necessarily obvious if…