Vacant properties

There's something both eerie and fascinating about manmade structures that have been depopulated and abandoned for nature to take its course, don't you think? Which is why 28 Days Later is so good.

It's a forum site featuring photos taken inside vacant nightclubs, hotels, theme parks, swimming pools etc by "urban explorers" who run the risk of injury and falling foul of the law. Exploring the site is in itself a delight.

Most of the featured sites are in Britain, but this set, taken by a forum member on a trip to Chernobyl, simply has to be seen. "The eeriness of this place was hard to describe. 50,000 people had just had to up sticks and leave at a minutes notice and everything had been left and abandoned exactly as it was 20 years ago. It must be the most silent place you can possibly visit on earth. Nothing around for 50km so no man made background noise. And no natural noise. No birds, no insects, no wind, no nothing. So silent it seemed deafening".

(Thanks to The Last Bus Home for the link.)