I think it's very striking. The light is excellent. Where do you 'find' those places? Just going to an old empty building or something?

This was taken in an abandoned youth center a few miles from my home. When they abandoned it they left everything inside, quite creepy.

Looks like my son's college apartment...
As a comment I would say the biggest fault is the blown out highlights in the window and the papers on the floor. The most interesting part that could maybe have been explored better is the weird patters in the one set of closed blinds.

Blown out highlights is a problem I have had on many occasions. Are there any tips you could suggest to help fix, or lessen it?

@Brennan: That really depends on what type of camera you shoot with. If you shoot with a dslr that supports raw files, then shoot raw and you have a lot of control over the conversion, you can even make multiple conversions and blend them in post. If not, then see if your camera has a "backlighting" mode, sometimes that will help.

Consult some pages about HDRI photography - that's what you're looking for!
Good composition though. I think you should have moved the chair more to the left so you hadn't cut it off.

Also a cross processed look may have done the trick here. As far as HDR I would say that the window is such a small part of the overall effect that it does not need to be properly exposed unless somthing outside was so great it adds to the image like a local sign or indication like the HOLLYWOOD sign.

This definitely has that abandonment feeling

great find!