The Onion Skewers This Blog (sort of)

There's an article up at The Onion that neatly skewers the whole concept of looking for beauty in the ruins of modern America. The headline pretty much sums it up:

Artists Announce They've Found All The Beauty They Can In Urban Decay

"These modern ruins speak to the very heart of the human condition, but at this point every last inch of Detroit and Oakland has been documented in photographs, on film, or as part of a multimedia installation," said artist Devon Gerhart, who told reporters that devoting so much time to contemplating the wounded grandeur of blighted cityscapes had led him to the point where he just wanted to see the places cleaned up.


Point, taken, The Onion; from here out I'll just post cemetery pictures and articles about Día de los Muertos.

Beautiful Pics of a Creepy Abandoned Amusement Park

Over at the Love These Pics blog, there's a great essay of photos from the abandoned Six Flags New Orleans amusement park. The pictures are all beautiful, and capture the feeling of exploring a place once full of the promise of family fun, but now more suitable as the setting for a zombie apocalypse. Beautiful, creepy, pics, taken with the help of a little urban exploration? Sold!