NEVER EASY BECAUSE MANY OF THESE
PLACES ARE OFF-LIMITS.
>> ONE MAN FOUND A SOLUTION,
LOOK TO THE SKIES.
IT IS A TREND OF THAT GREW WITH
THE POPULARITY OF SOCIAL MEDIA.
AN INSIDE LOOK AT ABANDONED
PLACES.
MUCH OF WHAT YOU SEE ONLINE IS
ILLEGAL AND DANGEROUS.
THAT IS WHERE HE COMES IN.
AND URBAN EXPLORER WITH A TWIST
HE HAS TAKEN SKY HIGH.
>> I FLY MY DRONES AROUND THESE
PLACES.
IT GIVES YOU A NEW PERSPECTIVE,
WITHOUT HAVING TO GO IN AND RISK
TRESPASSING.
>> WE MET HIM ALONG THE
SEACOAST.
WHERE TRAVELERS CANNOT HELP BUT
MISS A DISPLAY OF URBAN DECAY.
>> A TIME THAT WAS NO LONGER
AROUND.
WHEN TRAINS WERE THE MAIN MODE
OF TRANSPORTATION AND THAT IS
GONE.
>> 130 FEET OF STUCK UP HISTORY.
NOW DEFUNCT.
FOR MORE THAN FOUR DECADES,
SITTING IN THE POSTURE YOU SEE
TODAY.
>> THEY FIGURE IT WAS CHEAPER TO
GET STUCK THERE AND LEAVE IT AT
THAT.
>> A POSITION MEANT TO ALLOW FOR
BOAT TRAFFIC, BUT HAS OPENED THE
DOOR FOR INFAMOUS ATTENTION.
>> IT IS KIND OF A NOTORIOUS
SPOT FOR TAGGERS.
SOME DAREDEVILS WILL CLIMATE
WITH CLIMBING GEAR.
>> EVIDENCE FROM HIGH ABOVE.
NOW COVERED IN RUST AND
GRAFFITI.
ONE OF THE FEW PLACES ON PUBLIC
DISPLAY.
WHAT IS THE FASCINATION FOR
WHAT IS HOSE NOT SO EASILY EXCES
 
 
 
 
BOW?
>> NO ONE IS GOING TO THESE
PLACES ANYMORE.
THESE TO BE BUSTLING SOCIAL
CENTERS.
AND THEN PEOPLE UP AND LEFT AND
NEVER WENT BACK.
>> BACK TO HIS STUDIO WHERE HE
HAS PRODUCED DOZENS OF SHORT
FILMS, WHAT HE CALLS TIME
CAPSULES.
>> THE STATE THAT THEY ARE IN IS
KIND OF BEAUTIFUL.
I GET KIND OF EXCITED WHEN I SEE
THEM IN PLACE.
KNOWING THERE IS A STORY TO
TELL.
>> A STORY THAT BEGAN BY CHANCE.
>> I SAW THE DESKS WERE SET UP
LIKE THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL.
YOU COULD SEE ON THE BLACKBOARD,
LAST DAY OF SCHOOL, 2009.
>> IT GREW INTO A STORYTELLING
ADVENTURE VIA THE DOCUMENTARY MY
OLD SCHOOL.
>> THAT IS WHEN I KNEW, I WAS
VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS.
I HAD TO KEEP FINDING MORE AND
MORE PLACES.
>> AND SO HE DID.
TO WINSHIP -- WINDSWEPT SHELLS
OF HISTORY.
TO ADVENTURE LANDS SOME WOULD
KNOW CALL.
, BUT HE HAS A DIFFERENT
PERSPECTIVE.
>> I WOULD DESCRIBE IT AS
PEACEFUL.
YOU ARE AT PEACE KNOWING NATURE
IS RECLAIMING THIS PLACE AND YOU
KNOW THERE IS NO ONE AROUND.
IT IS YOU AND WHAT ONCE WAS.
>> A BRIDGE FROM THE PAST TO THE
FUTURE.
HE SAYS THE ONLY MARQUEE HOPES
HIS LEFT BEHIND IS A LESSON IN
HISTORY.
>> THERE IS A MODEL.
IT TAKE ONLY PHOTOGRAPHS, LEAVE
ONLY FOOTPRINTS.
YOU CAN FEEL THE PRESENCE OF
OTHER PEOPLE.
THAT IS WHY DON’T WANT TO
DISTURB ANYTHING.
THEY LEFT IT THIS WAY, WE ARE
GOING TO KEEP IT THIS WAY.
>> NICE AND BEAUTIFUL IN ITS OWN
WAY.
THE FUTURE OF THE BRIDGE,
HEAVILY DEBATED.
>> THE MOST RECENT DISCUSSION
WOULD USE
