August ’23 Wauwatosa’s Sanctuary Woods & Schlitz Brewery Ice Tunnel

This August day was forecast to be a hot one! Trying to beat the heat, we hooked up early, grabbed our gear, and headed out to a local site with a ton of history! While looking for quick hit-and-run sites to fill our mornings, I came across Sanctuary Woods in Wauwatosa and the old Schlitz … Read more

Local Street Art Gallery : Summer 2023

This explore was again on one of our many stop mornings! We had already roamed through a few planned sites, as well as a couple unplanned places we found on our drive. Personally I hadn’t done any research on our next destination, yet my UE partner hammered in the GPS coordinates and we headed off. … Read more

Laps around the local area Part 2. 7.30.23

Continuing our multi-stop mornings we hooked up early in the am and headed out to a few spots we had our eyes on! The first spot we headed to was an old swing bridge on Milwaukee’s eastside, which we literally stumbled onto. This was really just a walk past, but it provided some cool views … Read more

Laps around the local area 7.29-30.23

Last summer we made a conscious effort to start hitting multiple sites each time we went out on an explore. While this can be a bit of extra work before the explore, it really does maximize your daylight and time on each site! There were many mornings we planned to hit 6 or more spots! … Read more

Northwoods WI 7.15.23 Water access only!

Northwoods : Lincoln County WI. These two sites were frozen in place and time respectively! While up north this past summer, I had a local friend recommend these sites to me. Each one was only accessible through a water route. Hopes were high, but I didn’t expect to find what we did. After we loaded … Read more

Local Hit & Run 6.18.23 Multi use Building in West Allis WI

This morning had a pile of starts and stops. We met up somewhat early and decided to head down to the YMCA in Racine! As soon as we made our way to the entry point, a Sheriff parked just past the trees in the first 2 pics. Once we realized it would be an extra … Read more

Wabash Alloys in SE WI – roaming through an abandoned alloy recycler! 6.10 & 18.23

After a few months of sparse exploration my partner and I were itching to get out again. My Partner, with her skills has affectionately picked up a couple extra titles, “Recon Rita” and “Google Gloria”. Google Gloria was looking at some news articles and older sites online when she stumbled across this place! It closed … Read more

EVS 5.29.23 Exploring an abandoned VW car dealership in WI

This explore take us to a Volkswagen dealership and repair shop that has been closed for a bit now. (6.22.18) It was only about 20-30 minutes out, so an easy morning explore. Even after it closed I hadn’t thought of doing any exploration here. I am glad that changed! This site was right off the … Read more

WB electronic recycling center- 3.19.23 —- This is the 2nd part post, to the very 1st UE post on here, ENJOY! We did…

11 months… almost to the day it took to complete this post!(6 month or so to complete the explore)… This is the 2nd part post, to the very 1st UE post on DecadesOfDecay.com ! After being deflated all those months ago, we knew it was only a matter on time. Time until someone would find … Read more

St. Aloysius Church, nunnery, and school(W/ permission) 11.20.22

When you find yourself at a city council meeting, always keep your ears open for opportunities. As an urban explorer, life is really about finding and creating opportunities to access or gain access to sites through any and all means!! If you look back to the first day I posted anything on to DecadesofDecay.com you … Read more

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