We are drawn to the ones with the power still on. We don't shy away.

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Posted by R3d heres a little bit of video from the bowling alley.... http://youtu.be/DYVf3s6whq8?t=4m1s

Love hearing the guy in the background saying, "It works! Oh my god dude!" at 4:39. Hahaha. Pure joy and excitement.

Posted by IndoAnomaly Love hearing the guy in the background saying, "It works! Oh my god dude!" at 4:39. Hahaha. Pure joy and excitement.

ahhahahahahahhaha thanks! not many people notice that, or just dont say anything about it.


heres what basically got us busted in that prison....
http://youtu.be/qxV6RjLXHH8?t=4m22s

WOW! NEVER HAVE I ever found running computers in abandonments but I've found running lights. Haha not as cool though.

Super interesting stories!!

- Artemis

Posted by AdventureDan Over the last several days I have had the opportunity to explore a very large abandoned bank with my little brother and friend. Most of the electricity in the place is cut off, but here and there a light flickers, an access card reader beeps incessantly, an exit sign glows, and in this case, a computer turned on! While exploring the basement's vast network of maintenance areas, we found an office labelled "ENGINEERING DEPT." Upon entering we found a dark and cluttered, unlit office. Sitting on the desk, was an ancient looking computer set up, complete with floppy drives and a CRT monitor. My brother curiously hit the power button and to our surprise, like a scene out of LOST, the dinosaur stirred to life. So I decided I'd try my hand at a little digital urbex. 1. Yes that is Windows 95 lol click to view After waiting about 20 minutes, (can't believe i used to have the patience for that when i was younger) it finally posted an error about imminent hard drive failure, and suggested starting in safe mode via BIOS, so i restarted the computer and changed it to safe mode and it finally started up. (Which is nice because W95 doesn't require a password in Safe Mode) 2. click to view I dug around for a little in the drives, but all i found was technical prints for the AC systems and for the electrical breakers. 3. click to view I noticed the recycle bin was full so i checked in there and found a file that had been deleted Feb. 1st, 2007. Exactly 8 years and 1 day ago. (pic was taken on the 2nd) 2. click to view I turned off the computer properly after having satisfied my curiosity, and we continued on. (pics to come from this awesome location soon!) But anyways, I was just curious if anyone else had any experience with finding working ancient technology in abandonments that have electricity running? Thanks! - Awesome story dude! I too liked lost, ( until season 6 where I was super confused on the back and forth future shit ) Saying that, you should of jack the computers "Jack" get it? lol.... - Artemis

Posted by R3d heres what basically got us busted in that prison.... http://youtu.be/qxV6RjLXHH8?t=4m22s

It's sort of unreal seeing those lights turn on one by one and knowing that an explorer brought that light to a world dark for so long. What a unique experience!! Sorry to hear you got locked up for that.

Theres a foundry I visited that still had a couple of room with electricity because it was used to store goods I think. (the rest of the foundry was abandoned) Nothing as cool as finding working computers thought.

This is a damn interesting Thread. I have in the Midwest section that two story abandoned middle school that after over 15 years it still has electricity. Working fridges, certain room and hall lights will slowly flicker on....pretty sweet.


also. I LOVE that photo on page one of the Fallout-esque Monitor.

I also think I blame LOST and it's underground Dharma Bunkers for getting me so into urbexing and finding similar shit. Just crazy cool.

Westwood Theatre, Toronto.

I think there was a working computer at Concord Floral a few years back too.

New favorite thread.
I have found some working lights but most of the buildings are out.
The arcade and Fallout computer are the best though. I hope to find stuff like that some day!

Once I had tornado sirens go off while in a partially-abandoned gelatin factory. Does that count?

This one is pretty boring compared to what you all have found, but while exploring an abandoned landscaping business, the electricity was still on. In what I believe was one of the offices, an orange light periodically flickered, and when I checked the electrical meter outside it was still drawing power.

Some local real estate company has been trying to find a buyer for three years or so, but considering the state of the place I would consider it abandoned. It's nothing but a trashed- out shell with missing pieces of wall and such.

I wish I could've tried the lights, but considering it was in the middle of a residential neighborhood next to a highway (with a highway patrol station only a few blocks away) I didn't want to call attention to myself.

This is probably from about 8 years ago.
http://s303.photob...p4.html?sort=3&o=0

Aaronni was pressing the buttons...

This place had power and lights still worked inside back then.
It's kind of nerve wrecking to crawl under primaries feeding the transformer.

Posted by Deuterium It's kind of nerve wrecking to crawl under primaries feeding the transformer.

I bet that thing was huge!

I don't have the picture of the specific one, but it's like this one sitting on a metal grated platform and you had to duck under carefully to stay away from the primaries which are the bare cables you see attached to the big stubs. You don't have to touch to get zapped at that voltage.

Posted by wolfdragon88 This is a damn interesting Thread. I have in the Midwest section that two story abandoned middle school that after over 15 years it still has electricity. Working fridges, certain room and hall lights will slowly flicker on....pretty sweet. also. I LOVE that photo on page one of the Fallout-esque Monitor. I also think I blame LOST and it's underground Dharma Bunkers for getting me so into urbexing and finding similar shit. Just crazy cool.

As you can tell by my username I am a huge Lost fan. All the Dharma stations and the other old buildings on the island is one of my favorite parts of that show. I had been interested in abandoned places and old buildings for years, but Lost really helped along my curiosity about Urbex.

Posted by jonrev Once I had tornado sirens go off while in a partially-abandoned gelatin factory. Does that count?

That must've been pants-shittingly terrifying to have that go off.

Not really, they do it every first Tuesday.