As the “great recession” settled in and our rust-belt cities got even rustier, photographers discovered that there’s beauty and even quiet dignity in abandoned, crumbling and decaying spaces.

Phrases like "chipped tiles," "cracked concrete," and "stray debris" undersell the artistic beauty London photographer Gigi Cifali found while chronicling the decay of public pools throughout ...

An increase in emissions from nearby industry will accelerate decay at the world's largest rock art gallery, located on WA's Burrup Peninsula, former public servant and conservation scientist Ian ...

Atlas Obscura on Slate is a blog about the world's hidden wonders. Like us on Facebook, Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter @atlasobscura. Watching the deterioration of his impoverished, crime-ridden ...

He intends to transform a decaying communist-era restaurant building in the city into a home for his collection of East German art. Before the fall of the Berlin Wall, the popular restaurant ...