Stranded on the California–Nevada border, this large casino resort often runs at strikingly low occupancy. Empty parking lots stretch into the desert, and the scale of the public spaces compared with the number of guests creates an unsettling, yet nostalgic sense of a place caught between its intended glamour and quiet decline; like a “forgotten mini-Vegas”, constantly in limbo.
In the middle of the Nevada desert, the Clown Motel surrounds you with thousands of clown figures, whilst a historic cemetery sits directly next door.
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.
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.
Cited as one of the real world inspirations behind Silent Hill, this nearly abandoned mining town sitting above a decades-old underground coal fire, with empty streets, a handful of remaining houses, and the famous graffiti-covered stretch of old highway where smoke rises from the ground.
Vast, remote airport on the high plains of Colorado, famous for its strange public art, endless corridors, and persistent conspiracy lore.
