Many sightseers find decay of uninhabited space to be profoundly beautiful , and some are also skilled freelance photographers who document what they see , as is the case with those who document some of the infrastructure of the former USSR . Ventures into abandoned structures are perhaps the most common example of urban exploration . At times , sites are entered first by locals and may suffer from large amounts of graffiti and other acts of vandalism , while other locations may be better preserved . In Japan , abandoned infrastructure is known as ( literally " ruins " ) , but the term is synonymous with the practice of urban exploration . are particularly common in Japan because of its rapid industrialization ( e.g. , Hashima Island ) , damage during World War II , the 1980s real estate bubble , and the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
Modern ruins