Previously: Zombie Subdivisions. There’s a reason I’ve tagged an “-ish” to the heading of this installment of “Abandoned”: St. Elizabeths Hospital in Washington, D.C. isn’t totally abandoned. A Continue Reading > about Abandoned(-ish): The Half-Life Of St. Elizabeths Hospital, Washington, D.C. (Photos)
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Abandoned: The Real Estate Bubble And America’s Zombie Subdivisions
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
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)