Previously: Dogpatch USA. You’d never know it just looking at it, but the New York City subway system is full of secrets. Those tiny ledges jutting out from walls? They’re often indicative of old Continue Reading > about Abandoned: The Fading Splendor Of New York’s Old City Hall Subway Station
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For Sale: Johnsonville, The Connecticut Ghost Town That Just Can’t Seem To Find A Buyer
Previously: Poveglia. Got a couple million bucks burning a hole in your pocket? If you do (you lucky person, you), and you’ve always wanted to own an entire spooky town, good news: The Connecticut Continue Reading > about For Sale: Johnsonville, The Connecticut Ghost Town That Just Can’t Seem To Find A Buyer
Abandoned(-ish): The Half-Life Of St. Elizabeths Hospital, Washington, D.C. (Photos)
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)
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)