Tour of the Chernobyl area, but not the reactor itself, obviously. Included is the abandoned town of Pripyat, plus surrounding roads, farm houses and the like. Ultimately this collection of photos is classified as old, abandoned, worn out, and dilapidated.

http://www.angelfire.com/extreme4/kiddofspeed/ 

I really enjoyed reading the story more than seeing the photos, actually. Something quite evocative about such a bleak area being described in the cutely mispoken Russian English...

http://www.angelfire.com/extreme4/kiddofspeed/image10.3.jpg - 1337


http://www.angelfire.com/extreme4/kiddofspeed/image22.3.JPG - "from this roof people have been looking at beautiful shining" 

http://www.decopix.com/

Small pictures, but lots of good reference nonetheless. 

http://www.greatbuildings.com/pix/picture_index_010.html 

http://metrorama.free.fr/ 

Whoa. Dude. I'm starting to believe 

Several photos of gothic structures, moody scenes, and dark environs in general. Also some paintings/drawings, which may serve inspirational.

http://art.gothic.ru/ 

thats a great site, especially the paintings section. Nice collection, discovered a few artists i really like. 

http://www.ne.jp/asahi/saiga/yuji/index.html

The two Gunkanjima galleries are interesting viewing, one shows this island town abandoned, one back in 1974 when it was still occupied. 

Oooh, cool.
Wasn't on of those locations used for an album cover photo? 

http://archinect.com/features/index.php 

http://www.kiddofspeed.com/chapter1.html

Very chilling. Photos and description of Chernobyl area from the point of view of a motorcyclist who enjoys riding through the desolation (with trusty geiger counter handy to avoid hot spots).

Not really an archetecture/art site, but really thought-provoking re: any sort of level design with a post-apocalyptic theme. And just generally Really Fucking Cool. 

see post 76. 

Post 76: "pjw is senile and late to the party."

^^^That one? Ah well.
Oh look! Something shiny... 

where I can find pics of the Asiatic Fortress used at the beginning of The Shadow (the Alec Baldwin movie). I've googled the subject, but no luck. 

. 

so that is out of the question. 

It wasn't listed at either of the two places I go for movie shots, but I'll mention them anyway, since they can be good general reference . . .

(/me hopes these haven't been posted too)

http://outnow.ch/media/img/
http://www.badassmovieimages.com/ 

I'm likely to get greatly distracted looking over those sights but they definitely fall under the Inspiration and Reference headline 

<nt> 

Got some images of an old cement works near where I live, I find the place very inspirational for mapping and have put up a gallery of images taken there, theere will be more added as soon as I figure out how to break in without being arrested:

http://www.planetquake.com/dazdranz/cementworks.shtml 

how to break in without being arrested

Crowbar. Flashlight. HEV is optional.

Also, seriously, tell someone you trust where you're going just in case something happens. 

you are not procurring anything, you can always contact the owner, explain what you are doing, and get an arranged visitation. What is the point of taking the risk without any real gain? Try explaining you were trying to get pics for tilable textures to a bunch of cell mates. 

This is my greatest mapping inspiration,

http://images.google.com/images?q=gazebo%20design&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi

Yessss! 

because taking risks is fun. it can make whatever little gain feel like much more. ;)