re: Anybody ever explore an abandoned building, factory, etc.?

many years ago I had access to an old mob camp/ speakeasy about 45 mins west of St. Louis along the Meramac River. It was a really cool rock saloon built around the turn of the 1900's. It was on the property of a wildlife refuge and that had been using it for storage but it was slated to be torn down. My mom, an employee of the wildlife center, was tasked with making sure all was cleared out before the tear down.

Allegedly, there were tunnels down to the river in case of a bust. There were several hallways at the cellar level that were behind original doors. It freaked me out too much to try to open them.

I once visited this pirate themed furniture store back in the 90s. They had a sale section downstairs that I was looking around in, when I stumbled upon this vast backroom on the other side of a wall with all sorts of oddly stacked furniture and oddly positioned doors and entryways. It was very odd and unsettling.

I love this as well.
If you are interested, check out Jason Lanier’s YouTube channel. He is great in his model photography shoots in abandoned places. He has done several at the Six Flags site in NOLA East.

We explored an abandoned power plant a few times. It was mostly wide open inside with some office rooms on the ground floor. There was a ladder on the smokestack and we climbed that. Also a massive dump truck like the kind you see in mining operations on the property which we learned was NOT abandoned because the last time we went there, we got run off by a couple guards as we walked up to the dump truck.

Looking back: we were fricking idiots.

ETA: idiots because the staircase that took you to the roof was rickety, rusted out and wobbly.

Several abandoned buildings for work.

Other than the fear of heights I've developed by getting older and not trusting my balance as much ita fun as hell.