I was expecting to see the ruins of Motor City when I clicked the link.

Detroit and Butte Montana both well on their way. Butte at about 25% of its heyday population.

Dawson City even less.

and now we present an empty brain, Gordon Brown

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/11/07/g20-meeting-scotland.html

Quite interesting. All I could think of was this is what the greenies/lefties want for us.Can we ship them to some of these places,WITHOUT any modern gear??

VERY empty place . . . Al Gore's dinner plate ?

Interesting, and quite the symbols of lack of foresight.

What a great picture of the rise and fall of the world's civilizations and peoples. Makes me wonder what is under the sand in places like the Saharah, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq etc.
What kind of hidden treasures would we find?

Who knows - maybe this December 2012 thing might help this problem out.

It sure can give you that feeling that you are experiencing what it will be like when the world ends.

Glacierman - I think we can all guess what you'd find under the sand in Iran - a nuclear weapons development lab - of course.

And when they finally accidentally find the WMD's under the sands in Iraq - GWB is going to have alot of apologies coming his way.

Depends on how many weapons inspectors accidentally keep falling off of 17 story window and stair wells. Then we can get some real answers.
Seems like the UN doesn't like it when those coming back from their inspections come back with different findings than what is in the "script".

One of my favourite abandoned places is the Bokor Hill Station near Kampot in Cambodia. It was a major resort during the French colonial period and there are some impressive large buildings still there.

Oradour sur Glane is a solemn, thought provoking visit. It's in the Limousin, an easy visit if you are going to the SW of France

Oradour-sur-Glane is featured in the opening, and interestingly, closing credits of the Thames BBC production 'World at War'. Laurence Olivier's somber tone sets the mood for the entire 26 episode series.

when I finally get to europe it is on my itinerary seeing as I plan on being there for at least 6 months to also see such places as Beethoven's apartment and such.

*&^%$!# nazis.

One of my favourite sites for photos of abandoned places. Click on a circle within the wheel and a series of photos comes up.

http://www.abandoned-places.com/thumbnails.htm

Great link - Speedy - Thanks! That photo wheel could keep a guy busy for hours.

Loved Troy Paiva’s night photography of lost wheels;
kind of sad that style and character are being been replaced by bland utilitarianism.

Lady motorcycle rider in Chernobyl.
http://www.kiddofspeed.com/chapter1.html

Ghost towns are always fascinating. On the prairies there are more than enough symbols of civilization that moved on, some are quite eerie. I've photographed many ghost towns and abandoned homesteads and some seem like the inhabitants just up and left, leaving dishes on the table and magazines on the coffee tables. It often feels like you are intruding rather than capturing a moment in time on film. Fusilier, Sask comes to mind. It is kind of like being Indiana Jones with less snakes and no bad guys. There are a ton of places in the mountains that were just abandoned when the mines petered out or a richer mother-lode was discovered elsewhere.

Inevitable Ozymandias link.

Last time I checked, the house we lived in thirty years ago had been abandoned - the front door was ajar, the windows broken, leaves and trash over the front step. Real cold chill time. That was the house where my son took his first steps, where we brought our baby daughter home from the hospital - more than three full years of memories. Going to go and check again this year, but I really don't expect it to be even standing.

Wish I could take photos as poignant as those on dirjournal.com

curious, if Suzuki, Gore and the Lenin wannabe from Toronto have their way, you won't be flying anywhere to visit these places.

Furthermore, if the "religion of peace" people have their way, this is what all of North America will look like.

Duuuuuhhh like helloooo guys! Should we not be cleaning the mess up instead of taking pictures?

I think some of these places were used in the "Life After People " series on History channel

Greenie porn.

vanitas vanitatum omnia vanitas.