South Florida Urban Exploration

Urban Exploration in Miami …

Mario A. — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:11:27 +0000

After a two-year absence I have decided to start exploring the unknown areas of South Florida again. If you know of any great places you’d like me to visit, explore, and photograph like I did for the Haunted Mafia Mansion or Abandoned Nursing Home (check the archives), hit me up through e-mail or on Facebook.

As of now, the two places on my list of must-see locations is the historic Pinewood Cemetery in Coral Gables, which has been around since the 1800s and the long abandoned, covered in graffiti Miami Marine Stadium.

If you’d like to tag along or have some advice, you can find me on Facebook HERE. As for the photo below, it comes courtesy of Google Images when searching for the forgotten stadium, which was wrecked during Hurricane Andrew in 1992.

Miami Beach Holocaust Memorial

Mario A. — Sun, 10 May 2009 04:47:10 +0000

I discovered the Miami Beach Holocaust Memorial completely by accident. While on a visit to a botanical garden, I found a giant hand sculpture in view just behind a large wall at the garden.

I spent the next hour in complete shock at the gruesome images of mothers losing their babies, dead bodies all around, and a sick, defining silence I just could not escape.

The memorial opened in 1990 after six years of construction and is free to enter. It is a must-visit if you are in Miami Beach but be warned that I witnessed many men and women breaking down in tears after just a few minutes spent in the memorial.

Click here for Google Maps directions.

Miami Graffiti

Mario A. — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:41:57 +0000

These pictures were taken in early 2007. I have driven by a few of them recently and some, if not all have been destroyed by weather and/or idiots who think they have talent.

If you know of any good places to find works like this in Miami-Dade, Broward, or Palm Beach, drop me a comment and I will take my camera to document it.