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This place has one hell of a history. Dating back centuries, this Château was once a huge Renaissance estate belonging to the Bourbon family, with strong connections to the French royal family. In 1635, Cardinal Richelieu acquired the estate and the original château was ordered to be...

located in Hayange, France. HFX steelworks began iron and steel production in 1906. The site featured six blast furnaces, serving as a major industrial hub in the region.. Operations slowed as one furnace was idled, leaving two operational before full mothballing occurred between 2011 and 2012...

Une incroyable trouvaille de grange On my most recent France trip we decided to check this place out without great hopes of getting inside, but our efforts paid off. many of you know Im a bit of a car guy & like a good barn find.... well i think Ill retire after this one! Cant say a lot...

1. The History Rocroi is a commune located in the Ardennes department in northern France. It is notable for its surviving example of a bastion fort. The initial stronghold built in 1552 on the orders of King Henri II of France to counter the fortress of Charlemont. King Francis I, father of...

Visited back in 2022 on a chilly jaunt around the Saarlouis environs looking at old forts, various holes in the ground and a preserved steels works. If you ever find yourself in the vicinity of the massive Maginot bunker, Hacekenberg, buried in the hills close to the German Border, you'll also...

So life got crazy, I blinked and now the big europe trip is but 2 weeks away and Im frantically trying to prepare everything all while studying and reading up on abandoned sites, bunkers, catacombs etc... While having a couple of urbex maps the many many spots...is a bit overwhelming ... I'd...

Introduction Stylish exterior shot of the pumping station (sorry about the HDR artefacts at the top of the image). After a short break from urbex following an injury — during which I visited several sites not worth documenting — I finally found this little gem while exploring the French...

Carreau Wendel Colliery As another Euro trip looms its time to share one from the last trip & what a nice place it is. On this recent trip with my lad we decided to visit the Carreau Wendel Museum after of course visiting the frequented nearby Puits simon its a decent museum but only...

The location is somewhere in a village in the French countryside. In the middle of the village, not far from the church, you leave the main road and drive along one of the rather uninteresting village streets until suddenly, an almost inconspicuous, overgrown property appears as if out of...

Alien Works Well known place this but its rather tasty. This was my second ever EU explore so was a bit of a undertaking on my own, bug thanks to @Grom & @The_Raw for some intel, the visit pretty much went like clockwork. Looking at a 2015 report Im surprised but pleased to see some...

A small stop we made this summer while we were in France this summer - the remains of what once was a chateau or something of that sort. I didn't manage to find any info about it online, but seems like in the 50s it was used as a hotel. No idea when it was built or abandoned, but judging by its...

This report is a follow-up to my previous report which I recommend you check out for the full backstory. We'll start with a quick recap of the history. This location is an old textile factory which was founded in the 18th century, had a convoluted past, and finally went bankrupt in the 2000s...

This is one of my favorite locations from our 2024 summer trip - a small power plant in an abandoned textile factory somewhere in France. The story goes something like this - one day I was browsing Flickr to see what popped up on my feed and what I could try to find and I saw a photo from this...

So we went on a long trip to Germany, Belgium and France in August. It was primarily industrial with some great detours for non-industrial stuff. This was one of the locations which was supposed to be more relaxing, but which turned out to be a bit more of a mission that we expected. I have...

Feste Prinz Regent Luitpold Visited this place on my own twice now combining 6-7hr & Im still not convinced Iv seen it all. Its pretty mega IMO and yes I got lost in there but absolutely loved it, how this place has survived for well over 100yr relatively in tact is beyond me... but that...