Abandoned building with a damaged roof and broken doorway in a dry, grassy field under a clear blue sky.

Better to burn down than fade away

📍Dinosaur, Colorado (2017)

#photography #abandoned #ruralexploration #rurex #ruraldecay

A desert cemetery with simple crosses and stones, featuring a large prickly pear cactus and scrub brush under a clear blue sky.

Maybe it will happen today...

📍Arizona (2024)

#photography #cemetary #graveyard #rurex #ruralexploration #vintageLens
(Canon FL 28mm f3.5)

Exterior view of a brick building with signs for "Gifts & Antiques" and "Ice Cream Parlor".

Ice Cream From Ye Olde Days

📍Nebraska (2024)

#photography #ruralexploration #rurex #ruraldecay #abandoned

Abandoned Chevron gas station with a "Gift Shop" sign under a cloudy blue sky.

This is not a place for the gifted

📍Jordan Valley, OR (2017)

#abandoned #photography #smalltown #ruralexploration #rurex

La Moda Sostenible y responsable con tejidos más naturales y menos contaminantes siempre han tenido papel principal en RadioTerapia. Ha sido una suerte poder haber entrevistado a las fundadoras y haber participado en las Jornadas de Moda Sostenible de Extremadura.Me encanta colaborar con Asoc #RUREX

We had a prairie wedding
There was a preacher and a neighbor or two
I gave my golden thing a gold wedding ring
And the both of us said I do.
#tombstone_tuesday #graveyardbeauty #sing_me_a_picture #rurex #cloudporn #deepdopetones

Abandoned roadside building with signs for "Brisket" and "Catfish Baskets" in front of dry grass and gravel under a cloudy blue sky.

How People Used To Get Catfished

📍Texas (2023)

#abandoned #ruraldecay #rurex #ruralexploration #photography #vintageLens
(Pentax Super Takumar 35mm f3.5)

An abandoned gas station with directional signs reading "Self-Serv", "Gas", and "Discount" under a cloudy blue sky.

Permanently discounted and forgotten

📍Sanderson, Texas (2023)

#abandoned #photography #ruraldecay #rurex #ruralexploration #vintagelens
(Pentax Super-Takumar 55mm f1.8)

Abandoned gas station with weathered equipment and canopy under a clear blue sky.

The Internal Crucifixion Engine Has Failed

📍New Mexico (2023)

#abandoned #photography #ruraldecay #rurex #ruralexploration #vintageLens
(Juplen 35mm f2.5)

Irresistible windows in Lake City, #SouthCarolina.

#photographer #brokenwindow #urbex #rurex #artistsofbluesky

Abandoned white grain elevator and storage buildings with corrugated metal roofs under a partly cloudy blue sky, on a dirt road.

The Dark Side of Grain Production

📍Colorado (2024)

#abandoned #ruraldecay #rurex #photography #ruralexploration

Hollow House

#photography #darkphotography
#13eard_photography #13eard #landscapephotography #moodytones
#abandoned #abandonedplaces #abandonedhouse #urbex #urbexphotography #urbexworld #forgottenplaces #decay #decayphotography #rurex
#moody #foggy #misty #haunting #eerie #darkmood #spookyvibes

Abandoned gas station in a desert landscape on old Route 66, featuring a rusted fuel pump, graffiti-covered building, and tall lamp posts under a cloudy sky.

Twin Arrows thinning out

📍Route 66, Arizona (2022)

#abandoned #photography #ruraldecay #rurex #ruralexploration #us66

A weathered concrete shelter with a sloped metal roof covered in graffiti stands on a dry, dirt landscape. The backdrop features a cloudy sky, a reservoir, mountains, and a paved road.

Doing the curtsy

📍Arizona (2023)

#photography #abandoned #ruralexploration #rurex #ruraldecay #vintagelens
(Minolta MD Celtic 28mm f2.8)

An abandoned, weathered building with a prominent, rusted yellow clock sign. The building is made of wood and metal, with visible decay and damage, set against a bright blue sky. A sidewalk and asphalt road are in the foreground, with trees and a building in the background.

Happy clock manipulating weekend to those who celebrate.
(I don't because we don't do that nonsense where I live)

📍Washington (2019)

#abandoned #photography #ruraldecay #rurex #ruralexploration

A black and white photo of a rustic old building with no windows and a modern white door on the left side. There are stacks of wood chips in the foreground.

Building / Door... One of these things is not like the other.

📷 Pentax K-70
🔘 Pentax 18-135mm APS-C

#Photography #StreetPhotography #Art #Monochrome #BlackAndWhite #B&W #BnW #Architecture #Architectural #Rural #RuralGaze #Rurex #EastCoastKin #BlueSkyArtShow #PhotoOfTheDay #Pentax #P469

Dilapidated, graffiti-covered building in a deserted landscape with dramatic, stormy skies overhead.

Every American outpost ends up the same

📍Route 66, New Mexico (2024)

#abandoned #ruraldecay #rurex #photography #us66 #ruralexploration #vintagelens
(Nikon Nikkor 24mm f2)

Dilapidated house with a damaged roof, overgrown with tall grass, under a blue sky.

Get used to more American decay

📍Texas (2023)

#abandoned #ruraldecay #photography #rurex #ruralexploration #vintagelens

#travelphotography #photo #architecture #abandonment #photography #urbexphotography
#decayandbeauty #rurex #retrovibes #landscape

Abandoned white stucco roadside building with a canopy, set in overgrown grass under a blue sky.

Not even a good tax shelter

📍Somewhere in the midwest, 2016

#photography #abandoned #ruraldecay #rurex #ruralexploration

You don't have to go home, but you don't want to stay here

📍Truth or Consequences, New Mexico (2025)

#ruralexploration #photography #rurex #smalltown #vintagelens
(Canon FD 24mm f2.8)

The hollowing out of the American Dream continues unabated to this day

📍Washington (2020)

#abandoned #photography #ruraldecay #rurex #ruralexploration

#Shack #Facade #OverGrown #Forgotten #Empty #Alone #Brick #WeirdWeekend #Detail #BeauityInDecay #Decay #Dilapidated #Rurex #Architecture #Ennuikend #Abandoned #MidwestGothic #Texture #Lonely #FilmPhotography #35mmFilmPhotography #35mm #HarmanPhoenix200ii

Dusty Steaks

📍Trinidad, Colorado (2023)

#abandoned #photography #rurex #ruralexploration #VintageLens
(Juplen 35mm f2.5)

A black and white photo of a very rustic and boarded up cabin in the woods.

A rustic cabin tucked away in the woods.

📷 Pentax K-70
🔘 Pentax 18-135mm APS-C

#Photography #StreetPhotography #Art #Monochrome #BlackAndWhite #B&W #BnW #ForestFriday #Nature #Architecture #Architectural #Rural #RuralGaze #Rurex #Abandoned #EastCoastKin #BlueSkyArtShow #PhotoOfTheDay #Pentax #P461

Spraypaint Haven

📍Route 66, Arizona (2024)

#abandoned #photography #ruralexploration #us66 #graffiti #rurex #ruraldecay

After the grill is turned off

📍Truxton, Arizona (2025)

#Route66 #abandoned #ruraldecay #rurex #ruraldecay #vintagelens
(Pentax Super Takumar 28mm f3.5)

Thirst is a feature of desert living

📍New Mexico (2021)

#abandoned #photography #ruraldecay #rurex #ruralexploration

Show Me On the Building Where the Economy Collapsed

📍Tularosa, New Mexico (2024)

#abandoned #photography #ruraldecay #rurex #ruralexploration #vintagelens
(Nikon Nikkor 24mm f2)

Darwin, Minnesota. Population 348 | #travelsky #filmphotography #35mm #photographersofbluesky #rural #rurex #believeinfilm

📷 #Mamiya / Sekor 500 DTL
🎞️ #Kodak Gold 200