Ohio photographer Brandon P. Davis's ghostly pictures of urban decay A fascinating series of photographs has captured the ruins, relics and in some cases early rejuvenation inside abandoned buildings and train stations across America. For six years, Cleveland, Ohio photographer Brandon P. Davis, 26, has researched old spaces, taking sombre yet breathtakingly beautiful pictures of their interiors, which have long been forgotten by their human inhabitants. In one poignant image, dusty books lay abandoned on the floor of Detroit's Mark Twain Library, which was closed in 1996 for renovations and never reopened, while another shows hundreds of cracked ceramic plates piled high inside the derelict Shenango ceramics factory in New Castle, Pennsylvania. Detroit's Mark Twain Library, pictured, was closed in 1996 for renovations and never reopened The abandoned Globe Trading Co. built in 1892 is pictured in Detroit, Michigan Inside Woodward Ave Presbyterian church, which was built in 1911 and now is an abandoned building in Detroit, Michigan Shenango ceramics was one of the leading American dinnerware manufacturers from the 1920's until the late 1980's but now sits destitute. 'It's like everyone just left and never came back - and it's amazing because as the building is decaying the china just sits there, untouched,' Davis said. However, other spaces, while still in a state of disrepair, are showing signs of life. In Davis' spectacular image of the Cleveland Co-Operative Stove Company, plants in a vivid green are seen growing up out of the decaying wooden floors, promising hope and new beginnings. Plates are seen piled up at Shenango ceramics, one of the leading American dinnerware manufacturers from the 1920's until the late 1980's, in New Castle, Pennsylvania An inside view of Cleveland Co-Operative Stove Company in Cleveland, Ohio shows regrowth coming up through the decayed floor The Buffalo Central Terminal, former railroad station which was an active station from 1929 to 1979 is pictured in New York City 'I love seeing growth like that, it's like nature is reclaiming its space and starting over,' Davis said. He said he wanted to take pictures of forgotten worlds and open the public's eyes to places they would never see through the incredible project. 'The amount of decay and the way places have been left has always fascinated me,' he explained, adding that he was never prepared for what he'd find inside. 'It's a roller-coaster of emotions,' he said. An inside view of the Days Inn in Northfield, Ohio where lamps are strewn all over the floor The abandoned Brownsville State Hospital is pictured in Brownsville, Pennsylvania 'Initially I feel nervous because I don't know if anyone is in the building, then I'm overwhelmed and shocked when I find something exciting.' In many cases, Davis stumbles upon interesting places by accident. 'If I'm driving by a building and it looks grand or has amazing brick work, I wonder what's inside it - you think, if it looks this good from the outside, imagine what's on the inside,' he said. One of Davis' favorite places to photograph was Michigan Central Station, an old train station that is collapsing. Inside view of Fisher Body, an automobile coachbuilder founded by the Fisher brothers in 1908 and was closed in mid 1990's, in Detroit, Michigan Life Sprouting again in Cleveland, Ohio at the abandoned firm of National Acme Co, one of the largest machine-tool manufacturers in the U.S. A photograph of an unknown abandoned theater in Clarion, Pennsylvania 'Standing in the middle of it and seeing tiles from the high ceilings just deteriorating, but realizing how epic and grand it is, is fascinating to me,' he said. To stand where so many people once stood, you wonder who could have been here. Brandon Davis is continuing his Urban Decay project and the next stop on his epic journey of abandoned spaces is the Rust Belt region. The abandoned Jeannette Glass Cooperation firm is pictured in Jeannette, Pennsylvania Michigan Central Station, which was closed in January 6, 1988 is left forgotten in Detroit Another view inside Michigan Central Station, which has been left bare for decades An inside view of the abandoned Highland Park Court House in Detroit