Have you ever wondered how those amazing Instagram shots of New York City that constantly pop up all over social media are ever even captured?

A younger generation of self-proclaimed urban explorers are rediscovering NYC and posting their exploits on Instagram, where they have thousands of followers. These brave New Yorkers are scaling to the tops of bridges and exploring in abandoned subways.

Watch this short but sweet film below by Seeker Stories, which documents their exploits and seeks to understand what motivates them to risk arrest and safety to trespass into NYC's forbidden zones.

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[via Gothamist]