Mr. P. Explores

History teacher, explorer, photographer, podcaster and lover of all things odd, weird and strange!

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Four of my favorite spots n' shots out on the road exploring over the last year, taken on my Nikon D750.

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Link to the Article: https://t.co/ccnvjQ6vi5

I'd love to hear your thoughts! Thanks, all! -Mr. P.

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A new Substack article that takes a look at the history, exploration of and the sad demise of the Detroit Harbor Terminal Building in Detroit, Michigan. Drop by, enjoy the article and photos and have a great evening!

Link to article in the comments below. -Mr. P.

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One of Gary, Indiana's most interesting and unique industrial ruins; Gary Screw and Bolt. At every turn, there is something different to aim one's lens at. Color? Texture? Rust? Light? Lines? GS&B's got 'em all!

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The incomparable ruins of City Methodist Church in Gary, Indiana, as seen on an autumn day in October of 2024.

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Subterranean. The lower levels of an abandoned street car parts factory in Cleveland, Ohio. Nothing quite as good as finding the old circular locker room fountain sinks, even if they have long been removed from their base...

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@jrseegert Me too!

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Decay on a grand scale; a massive crumbling reinforced concrete factory in the middle of Cleveland, Ohio's industrial wastelands.

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@janettoomuchsun But each one is unique on its own. Each one has a personality.

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@Mikethe_B Gotta wonder if they had that all figured out before construction began or if they just went in there winging it with the rivets!

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Superstructure; geometry, rust and lines galore inside an abandoned Cleveland, Ohio factory.

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@JohnGetchel Really no hot place anymore, not without having to pay for the privilege of someone seeing your work. There's a term for this, by an author named Corey Doctorow: "enshittification." Turning a solid platform into garbage to juice it for money, to the point where no one can use it.

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@ksn8tive I totally agree! And I do love the sci-fi look!

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Reflections galore inside the abandoned husk of a former airplane parts manufacturer in Buffalo, New York.

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@DavidUnlikely I can only imagine...

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The shattered ruins of Hara Arena near Dayton, Ohio. Once used for hockey games and other events, it was demolished in 2021.

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@ksn8tive https://t.co/uMCq1RS56t

This guy was HUGE! Prolific! The Packard Plant was one of his crowning achievements. His footprint is ALL over Detroit and other Rust Belt cities!

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A snowy view of Detroit, Michigan's Ambassador Bridge from a gutted and gargantuan cold storage building, circa 2020. This building has since been commandeered and is being turned into apartments and businesses. At the time, it was completely empty and without windows.

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@gaseoushag To see an interesting place be erased? Yes.

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The ruins of Darlington Concrete on the borders of Ohio and Pennsylvania in the late autumn of 2019; it was demolished a year or so later.

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@Guy831500R Don't know for sure, but I do believe the place got sealed up again a few months after this was shot. No idea though. Could be there, or maybe someone grabbed them.

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An old storage garage in the metro-Detroit, Michigan area that was closed and abandoned; filled with old and long forgotten cars from a much different age in the Motor City.

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@RL1347 I have so many friends from down that way that recall hockey games there!

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@Hegedusinthe216 Ahhh, that had to have been an amazing show!

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@DavidUnlikely The secondhand high probably followed you home!

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@JackassWisperer Lots of concerts happened here in the 1990's, too!

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@stevenamcqueen All green with those windows!