A recreational basketball court at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans features the NASA insignia at center court and solar-powered lighting along its perimeter. The court sits on the expansive campus where large-scale aerospace hardware is built, including rocket stages and spacecraft components. Michoud, once known for producing the Saturn V and Space Shuttle external tanks, remains an active center for both engineering and community life for NASA employees and contractors.

The now demolished General Mills plant in Janesville Wisconsin.

3M plant in Cottage Grove, Minnesota.

3M manufacturing facility in Cottage Grove, Minnesota.

3M plant in Cottage Grove, Minnesota.

The former buckstaff furniture factory.

A security sign warning of video security, guards and guard dogs at the abandoned Brach's candy factory in Chicago. The factory has since been demolished and replaced with a parking lot.

Brach's Candy Factory in Cicero Chicago Illinois. The massive factory was demolished and replaced with a parking lot for trucks.

Brach's Candy Factory in Chicago before it was demolished. After demolition the land became a semi truck parking lot.

A Ford automotive plant where the Ford Ranger was made.

BMW US Manufacturing Plant in Greer, South Carolina.

The largest per volume BMW plant in the world. Located in Greer, North carolina.

The wood attic inside an abandoned furniture factory in Wisconsin.

Pillsbury A Mill in Minneapolis. At one time, the worlds largest flour mill.