descriptions will be added later, but for now here's some pretty pictures to look at/ some spots to go to
This place really solidified my love of urbex. During the pandemic it was a safe haven for me, a cool place within walking distance where I could get away from my family and do whatever- I was too scared to go inside the first few times but I went back at least once a week for a while trying to build up the courage. Inside was a lot of old 80s toys, the most unsettling to me was the old Mickey Mouse pillow covered in dirt. Me and some friends were pretty dedicated to finding out who used to live here and why it was abandoned, even going to the archives of the library to find any info. The consensus was that the family didn’t pay taxes. A couple years later someone burned the whole thing down, I suspect the neighbors. Either way, it was very sad when it happened and felt like an end of an era of sorts for me.
Houses are always my favorite explores no matter what cool large building I get in. I like seeing a look into someone else’s life and the mystery of why it was left there. Anything commercial or industrial, it's probably as simple as they ran out of money and the location wasn’t good enough to sell, or something along those lines. But why would anyone abandon all their memories and possessions so suddenly? Its fun to speculate about, and research when possible. I grew up in the Wilmington area, and for as long as I can remember there’s been an abandoned house near the Mr. Ticket by the highway. This house was actually 2 right next to each other, both abandoned. One had a lot of kids' stuff from the 2000s while the other was mostly empty, aside from police tape in the basement…I was very curious what happened here, but google brought up nothing. Conveniently, my grandmother has lived in Wilmington for the last 40 years so I figured she would know something. She didn’t, and she directed me to my aunt who as a kid had a friend who lived right next door. She also didn’t, and I’ve been left to wonder since what happened in that house. Recently it was torn down to make room for condos.
This place was one of my first explorations back when I was 14. Me and my dad took a 4 hour drive down to the tip of the cape to see this abandoned airforce base that was so low security there were families walking their dogs inside the buildings. There was a large abandoned factory, barracks, and a whole neighborhood of houses. It was mostly empty inside the buildings, aside from one that had a random sign that said something like “Rock. Rap. Jazz.” and had a random name on the other side (which of course 14 year old me took). Me and my dad had spent so much time exploring the rest of the place that we didn’t get to the neighborhood, and I vowed to go back again to see it. 4 years later, I did! Me and my boyfriend had just started dating, and we made the long drive down to the cape, and…the neighborhood was completely demolished and the rest of the base was locked up like it was hiding government secrets. This was definitely a bummer but there was a random kid on a dirt bike who showed us an amazing view of the cape cod shore from a giant cliff. Very sad I never got to see the neighborhood, but this place will always be special to me because it was one of my first explorations, and because that’s still one of my favorite memories with my boyfriend.
