Previously: Bodie, California. Although we wouldn’t officially know it until the end of 2008, a recession began in the United States in 2007. As anyone who lived through it knows, it was a bad one, Continue Reading > about Abandoned: The Real Estate Bubble And America’s Zombie Subdivisions
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Abandoned: The Ghost Town Of Bodie, California (Photos)
Previously: Coco Palms Resort. In the low mountain range lying to the east of the Sierra Nevadas lies a town that, literally, time forgot. It’s called Bodie, California, and it’s a ghost town in Continue Reading > about Abandoned: The Ghost Town Of Bodie, California (Photos)
Abandoned: What Happened To Coco Palms Resort? (Photos)
Previously: Geauga Lake. In 1961, Elvis Presley arrived in Hawai'i for a very specific reason: To shoot the first of three films he would film at various islands across the state. Called Blue Continue Reading > about Abandoned: What Happened To Coco Palms Resort? (Photos)
The Most Dangerous Games: Bed of Sorrow
Previously: Lady Spades. The phrase “Bed of Sorrow” appears in literature throughout history; it’s more or less interchangeable with the word “sickbed,” although sometimes it may also be referred Continue Reading > about The Most Dangerous Games: Bed of Sorrow
Abandoned: All That Remains Of Connecticut’s Norwich State Hospital (Photos)
Previously: Wonderland Amusement Park. Sprawled across 900 acres in Preston and Norwich, Connecticut was once one of the most notorious psychiatric institutions in the United States. Opened in Continue Reading > about Abandoned: All That Remains Of Connecticut’s Norwich State Hospital (Photos)
Abandoned: Kings Park Psychiatric Center, Long Island, New York (Photos)
Previously: The Ghost Ship McBarge. I realize that perhaps a disproportionate number of the locations I’ve been dealing with in “Abandoned” are former hospitals or psychiatric centers. There's just Continue Reading > about Abandoned: Kings Park Psychiatric Center, Long Island, New York (Photos)
Abandoned: The Dying Light of America’s Drive-In Movie Theaters (Photos)
Previously: The Penn Hills Resort. I love a good multiplex with stadium seating and IMAX screens as much as the next girl — but there's nothing quite like a good old-fashioned drive-in Continue Reading > about Abandoned: The Dying Light of America’s Drive-In Movie Theaters (Photos)
Abandoned: The Decaying Penn Hills Resort in the Poconos (Photos)
Previously: The Dead Malls of America. If travel into the Pocono Mountains region in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, you’ll find an odd sight located off of Route 447 in the town of Analomink: An Continue Reading > about Abandoned: The Decaying Penn Hills Resort in the Poconos (Photos)