15 Thrilling Places for Urban Exploration in Cities

Urban exploration is a thrilling way to discover the hidden, abandoned or forgotten places in cities. From towering skyscrapers to underground tunnels and abandoned factories, urban explorers search for the unknown and capture it through their camera lens. Here are 15 of the best places for urban exploration:

1. The Catacombs of Paris – A network of underground ossuaries holding the remains of over six million people.
2. North Brother Island – Abandoned island off Manhattan’s East River that was once home to a quarantine hospital.
3. The City Hall Station – An abandoned subway station in New York City with beautiful architecture.
4. Hashima Island – Also known as “Battleship Island” located off Nagasaki once housed coal mines and now is an abandoned ghost town.
5. Beelitz-Heilstätten Hospital – An old military hospital in Germany that has been left untouched since World War II.
6. Michigan Central Station – Once one of Detroit’s most iconic buildings, this train station has been left empty since 1988
7. Pripyat, Ukraine -The city closest to Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant disaster evacuated after the nuclear explosion on April 26th, 1986
8-14: Abandoned Asylums around America: Danvers State Hospital (MA), Pennhurst Asylum (PA), Letchworth Village (NY), Waverly Hills Sanatorium (KY), Traverse City State Hospital (MI), St Albans Sanatorium (VA) & Forest Haven Asylum(DC).
15: Eastern State Penitentiary – One of America’s oldest prisons located in Philadelphia which once housed notorious criminals such as Al Capone.

Urban exploration can be dangerous so always make sure you have permission to enter before you explore these amazing locations!