It's called urbex, short for urban exploration, and it is the increasingly popular practice of venturing into the ruins of the city: former hospitals, abandoned ... and 400 theaters closed for ...

Eric Holubow is sneaking into abandoned buildings. Holubow’s hobby is Urban Exploration — UrbEx for short — which involves penetrating and photographing long-empty churches, hospitals ...

The phenomenon of urban exploration has taken the internet by ... from creepy former prisons to abandoned hospitals. One urban explorer even showcased an abandoned train burried deep in the ...

"My journey into urban exploration began with an abandoned hospital in the heart of Osaka, Japan," Nakamura tells the BBC. "The thrill of sneaking into the abandoned building, the rich history ...

It’s a phenomenon that has been increasing in popularity these last 15 years or so—despite how dangerous these abandoned places may be. And urban exploration isn’t just for tourists ...

Broadly speaking, urban exploration, or "urbex", is the exploration of abandoned built environments, by those driven by a fascination with lost histories and decaying aesthetic. Some trace the ...