In our new VICELAND show Abandoned, legendary skateboarder Rick McCrank goes on a journey to explore abandoned places and meet the people who love them long after the lights have gone out.
Mr. Ackerman grew up in Burnsville, Minn., and he developed an interest in caving by exploring abandoned sand mine tunnels under St. Paul as a boy.
Often, I secretly put my books aside and spent a stolen hour or two trekking through the fields or exploring abandoned farmhouses for rusted treasure.
Until the age of twelve or thirteen, the writer spent most of her free time exploring abandoned houses and barns in northern Erie County near her family's farmhouse in Millersport, New York.
Chelsea Through Aug. 2 The British twins Jane and Louise Wilson are best known for suspenseful video installations that explore abandoned centers of power; their signature work, "Stasi City" (1997), takes you through the former headquarters of the East German secret police.
In his off time he makes moonshine, infused with insects or weirder stuff, and runs with a crew that likes to explore abandoned hospitals and throw parties in water tunnels.
In Pickens's words, the retreat is "an American dream, where people from all over the world can see these magnificent animals, take hayrides, hike through the canyons and explore abandoned gold mines".
Capps, 23, has been exploring abandoned mines since he was 12.
He and his friend Stuart Burgess, 22, are founders of Mojave Underground Utah, a group devoted to the joys of finding and exploring abandoned mines and preserving their history.
It's about skateboarder Rick McCrank exploring abandoned places.
