Last year I stumbled upon the greatest forum thread I’ve ever seen. It belonged to 28dayslater.co.uk, a community of ‘urban archaeologists’, who explore abandoned industrial buildings across the country. One of their raisons d’etre is to capture what they find in stunning images. This particular thread is of the protagonists – the urban archaeologists themselves – in the places they explore. The majority of the images deliberately obscure their faces, as the pursuit is of dubious legality. The effect is captivating, rendering the explorers as mysterious, Gotham-esque vigilantes.

I also covered the explorers for the Guardian, joining them on a exploration of a Victorian culvert underneath Coventry, and an abandoned textiles plant in Leicester. Check out some more of the best images from the thread after the jump.

Strange Maps is a superb blog. Ronsealesque. That is all.

I was checkin out the featured blogs from our homies over at The Blaaahg and came across Inspiration bored, an image blog with a difference in that the images are curated into mood boards. Very nice.

Mauricio Vargas and Miles Quillen run The Blaaahg out of New York and Richmond, Virginia respectively. Sharing many of the same interests as Out With the In Crowd, we thought it might be fun to do some post-swapping, so that we could all get a feel for what’s good in NY and they, for London. So over the next month look out for some exclusive posts from our American friends. By means of an introduction to what The Blaaaahg is all about, check out a little Q&A with Mauricio after the jump…

If you do one thing today make sure it is to have a go on this. Koka Kaka have brilliantly produce this interactive website to show off Wrangler’s latest Blue Bell collection.

I wont rant on too much but I never would have thought undressing a man while making him dance to a beat could be such a wicked experience… don’t judge me until you’ve had a go.

All in all an incredible way to show off a collection.