Human Interest

Eerie, colorful photos show the factories that haunt the outskirts of our cities and towns.

A preserved dance hall in Australia, once buried under 100 tonnes of droppings and a secret canal used by Olympic swimmers were part of what is a decaying power station, set for a billion dollar overhaul.

It's a part of Duluth's history that can be found in countless photographs taken by locals and tourists alike. And now it's gone.

Melbourne-based photographer spent two months in the Nullabor Plain out in the Western Australian desert in order to find the perfect location for her final photography assignment.

In Morro Bay, three smokestacks from a power plant share the scenery with a mountain of volcanic rock, and will probably not be going anywhere soon.

Longleaf pine lumber, which once buttressed the warehouses of TriBeCa and bore the weight of Brooklyn’s waterfront depots, is being reclaimed as the city’s factories are converted.

Once vibrant places, these relics now linger inside America's great natural treasures

Appalachian communities that owe their existence to coal are turning to tourism to replace traditional jobs and revenues.

Photographer Atsuko Maehata explores the legacies of modernization

With the closure of Finkl & Sons, Chicago's oldest steel mill, the zoning battle heats up. Should the land be manufacturing, residential or commercial?