Forest Fair Mall / Cincinnati Mills *Former Location*
Large, multi-level complex with bold and unusual architecture (including flying pigs) that spent years in a semi-abandoned state, with vast empty wings and a distinctive, slightly surreal layout.
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Century III Mall *Former Location*
Once one of the largest malls in the world, that operated from October 1979 until its closure in February 2019, became a vast closed complex of empty corridors and atriums that became a landmark of the 2000s American retail decline.
Galleria at Pittsburgh Mills
Enormous, nearly empty, y2k mall with vast open corridors, dead escalators, and a sense of recent abandonment that feels especially uncanny.
Rolling Acres Mall *Former Location*
Iconic Midwestern dead mall famous for its long empty corridors and the backrooms type feeling of a once-busy retail space, left behind.
Aquatio Cave Luxury Hotel & Spa
A modern luxury cave hotel carved deep into the soft tuff of Sasso Caveoso, where smooth rock walls, soft lighting and a heated pool set inside an ancient cistern.
Temptation Cancun Resort
Another Frutiger Aero fantasy, ddesigned with bold, playful, high-gloss interiors by Karim Rashid (the same designer behind the Prizeotels). The colourful, early-2000s aesthetic of the Temptation Cancun Resort, delivers a strong sense of nostalgia for a world that no longer exists.
The Pink Stairwell at Frank’s Cafe
Permanent art installation titled ‘hi boo i love you’ by artist Simon Whybray. Bright, fully enclosed stairwell painted entirely in bubblegum pink, forming a vivid monochromatic tunnel that leads from street level, up through a multi-storey car park, to the rooftop of Frank’s Cafe in Peckham.
Borders Bookstore *Former Location*
The former Borders book store in Yorba Linda, California that became famous for it’s liminal interior and ‘THE END’ signage, is now a Sprouts Farmers Market. The viral photo was taken in 2011.
Dallas Pedestrian Network (Downtown Tunnels)
Extensive network of underground pedestrian tunnels beneath downtown Dallas, stretching across roughly three miles and 36 city blocks. A real-world “Backrooms” of long fluorescent corridors, shifting architectural styles, and near-empty walkways.
Holiday Inn Express London Heathrow T4
Known online as a real-world “backrooms hotel” (Level 188) for its vast multi-level atrium, layered staircases, long corridors, and strangely empty-feeling public spaces.
