Previously: The Dupont Underground. About two hours east of Bucharest, Romania, there’s a seaside city called Constanta. It’s old — really old. In fact, it’s Romania’s oldest continuously inhabited Continue Reading > about Abandoned: The Casino Constanta, Former Jewel Of The Black Sea (Photos)
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Abandoned: The Second Life Of The Dupont Underground, Washington, DC (Photos)
Previously: The City Hall Subway Station. Washington, DC isn’t a great city for urban exploration. Historically, there hasn’t been a lot of industry here that would lead to the kinds of spaces Continue Reading > about Abandoned: The Second Life Of The Dupont Underground, Washington, DC (Photos)
Abandoned: The Fading Splendor Of New York’s Old City Hall Subway Station
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
Abandoned: The Skeletons Of Dogpatch USA, Arkansas’ Dead ‘Li’l Abner’ Theme Park (Photos)
Previously: Centralia. For over 30 years, Dogpatch was a fictional town. The setting of Al Capp’s long-running comic strip Li’l Abner, it was the platonic ideal of a hick town full of hillbilly Continue Reading > about Abandoned: The Skeletons Of Dogpatch USA, Arkansas’ Dead ‘Li’l Abner’ Theme Park (Photos)
Abandoned: The Forever-Burning Fires Of Centralia, Pennsylvania (Photos)
Previously: St. Elizabeths Hospital. You’ve probably heard of it — the town that’s been on fire for more than 50 years. It’s called Centralia, and it’s in Pennsylvania. It’s spooky, but not Continue Reading > about Abandoned: The Forever-Burning Fires Of Centralia, Pennsylvania (Photos)
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. 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 Continue Reading > about Abandoned: The Ghost Town Of Bodie, California (Photos)