Oh so many Rural Decay shots on my hard drive. I thought it was time to filter through them and post a few.

Deer Park, MD

This is the vacant house next to the house I grew up in. Last time I looked inside it still had statues and ornate mirrors in it, despite years of negligent owners and tenants.

Old jetties on the River Usk in Newport, South Wales.

Quinta da Boiça ou Palácio do Conde de Fijó - Penela

I walk past this most days with my dog, so today I popped in on my own to get a closer look; I had an idea that it might work for a photo competition on a forum where this month’s theme is “Decay”. It’s not as decrepit as I expected, and not really that interesting, but I did like these five shots.

Pułtusk, Poland

Decaying piece of wood.

Your honest critique is very much welcome. Thank you.

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This thing actually worked before the flood. Exposure to the weather caused it to rust.

It's also unbelievably heavy.

Textures and shapes

chateau abandonné

This house is located at the corner of Peter Hunt and McClellan on Detroit's East Side. This neighborhood has seen its share of hard times.

However, there is hope, as Mark Covington has spearheaded the development of the Georgia Street Community Collective, a non-profit organization that has planted three community gardens in the neighborhood, and which is in the process of developing a community store and community center near Georgia Street and Vinton Street. They are great people. Check out their website: www.georgiastreetcc.com/

Update: This house has been demolished.

Spaceship esque block of flats behind a decayed house.

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Had been on a "tour" to take some photos of a shack made of corrugated iron, I see every time I go for the daily shopping, but nearly never stopped by until now. Desipte the look of the photos, it is located in the town and not miles away somewhere in the woods. The building is still in use as a warestore.

Bendorf, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany

Meidlinger Textilfabrik

We lie in our beds and our graves

Unable to save ourselves

From the quaint tragedies we invent and undo

From the stupid circumstances we slalomed through

I realized that night that the hall light

Which seemed so bright when you turned it on

Is nothing compared to the dawn which is nothing

Compared to the light which seeps from me while you're sleeping

- Ani DiFranco, Pulse

I'm inside now. I remember many people had kitchen tables like this in the 50's. Wonder what happened to the chairs?

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Time, neglect and Mother Nature have been busy decaying this abandoned mill building in Colchester, CT.

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"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself." -- John Stuart Mill

This was one of the most beautiful scenes in an abandoned building I've seen. The peeling, decaying grandeur of this beautiful hallway at the abandoned Lennox Castle was lit up here with a sudden burst of golden sunlight. I only wish I'd managed to capture it with a better camera. Sadly the building is gone now.

Although it might look inviting, walking down this hallway would've meant falling through the floor, as the floors were entirely rotten.

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