The ruins of Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary rise from San Francisco Bay.
Rotted Away
A well-worn piling supporting Galveston, Texas’ Pleasure Pier.
Atop the Abandoned Garage
A panoramic view of the west end of the Downtown Dallas skyline as it rises over an abandoned parking garage originally built for the now-demolished Reunion Arena. (Click to view a larger version)
Rusting Fire Escape
A doorway leads to a rusting fire escape at Downtown Houston’s Great Southwest Building.
They’re All Gone
Detail of decaying ruins in the Nevada ghost town of Rhyolite.
The Weathered Door
An aged door on a brightly-colored building in Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico.
The Ruins at the Edge of the Ocean
The ruins of San Francisco’s Sutro Baths, once the world’s largest indoor swimming pool, lie near Seal Rock at Lands End.
Encroached-Upon Window
Trumpet vine slowly overtakes an abandoned building in Downtown Pilot Point, Texas.
Indians Welcome
Alcatraz Penitentiary’s Building 64, where fading graffiti—a relic of the nineteen-month (November 20, 1969, to June 11, 1971) occupation of the island by the Indians of All Tribes organization—welcomes modern-day visitors to the island.
