Writing On The Wall
OK, I'm just a bit weirded out by this. Anyone know who did this, or if it's really a message to me? This is the largest one I've seen, but not the only one this summer. Please comment if you have any clues, or if you are Mike.
Fluid Dynamics 101
I really needed a success today... Failmeet 2010 lived up to its name in so many epic ways, and it's looking like what was supposed to be my coming out as an explorer is actually about to be my disastrous fall from any semblance of respect. Took yet another temp-ban from UER today, and they gave me an ultimatum of explore somewhere new and quit or get banned. (Yes, you should be just as confused as me, this doesn't seem like a good set of options at all.) So I found a new place in Brockport, and convinced Ian to…
Benson Mines
Benson's Mines wasn't anything new to me, I'd already been a few times last year, and seen most of the upper complex. But like any good location, it's full of secrets. This time, those secrets included an entire second complex on the other side of "Lake" Benson (the body of water created by the flooded mine). Much more isolated, this lower Benson would have survived in much better condition except for the out buildings being destroyed by fire in 1974. These leftover mine tracks go everywhere around the property, the particularly circular ones still hosting 4-wheeler racing, and the rest…
Undisclosed Location #35
A meat packing plant on the west side of Rochester. The underground of it stinks to and through high heaven STILL from all the rotting meat that presumably was left there when the place closed in 199x. You do? I'd like to learn a little bit about it for my files. Crusty, rusty machinery Great gobs of greasy grimy somethings... What an innocuous name for a meat grinder
Sandstorm
Back at Flintkote with the UR UrbEx. I'm still amazed we made this one happen, with Andrew on it and all! More giant machinery here The destructed ruins of what was once a relatively grand train station on the way to Niagara Falls. It was already closed for decades by the time it burned in 1974, and now only the brick and stonework somewhat remain. More fire damage... we probably could have brought this steel mill down with our hands. Some deranged protest... Lockport was left out of the Interstate highways, and someone wasn't happy? I guess? So many rusting…
Dear Mr Supercomputer
A return to Sykes Datatronics, a relic of that alternate reality where the Genesee valley was the cradle of the computer age. They did give us the floppy disk, the automated answering machine (press 4 for more information), and some of the first database software. And a big abandoned factory near the soccer stadium. Now that's a relic: original Macintosh, still in its box One of the weirdest things about this place is its floors. Despite being a solid concrete structure, the wood floors warped into crazy ridges up to two feet taller than the building. Squish. Say dirty. (Programmers...)…