Steven Siegel has a very cool set of photographs over on Flickr of New York City in the 80’s. This type of photography of urban decay has always been one of my favorites.

Via Yahoo News.

Oddee has a fantastic post about the 10 Most Amazing Ghost Towns in the world. The article has some great photographs, but even more interesting is that each photograph is accompanied by a short background story about the place and how it came to be a ghost town.

One of my favorites:

Via Kottke.

Photo found in Google Earth: