God, yes. Back in High School, several of my friends and I would break into all sorts of old condemned or abandoned buildings to explore. There was always so much old cool stuff. I remember one of my favorites was the old Public Utilities Building that was scheduled for demolition. We decided to explore it and see what was there, expecting that they'd have cleaned the place out. What we found were great old maps of the sewer systems, electric grids, tax districts, natural gas lines, and all sorts of other awesome stuff like blasting caps, an old TNT Plunger, some bottles of sulfuric acid, and my personal favorite, a 20lb antique cast iron spike maul, that later became affectionately named the Whammy Bar. We started by breaking into the basement through the storm cellar, and right away found a toolbox full of old keys that let us get everywhere in the building. From the basement we just kind of wandered all over the place and poked around.
My other favorite kind of place to explore is abandoned train yards. I have a thing for trains, and just seeing all the old cars lying around turning into rust is just so cool. Its also so fun to notice who else has been here besides you, the little bits of modern trash, the fires lit by homeless people, footprints, all that is just magical.
Man, I should really go out and start doing that again.
Edited, May 24th 2012 11:53pm by AldousCayo