Previously: The Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum. Although it will be December by the time any of you read this post, it’s Black Friday as I write it. I’m not shopping; I dislike large crowds Continue Reading > about Abandoned: The Dead Malls of America (Photos)
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Abandoned: The Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum and Weston State Hospital (Photos)
Previously: The Knox County Poorhouse. The hospital’s name has changed many times. Some call it the Weston State Hospital, as it was known beginning in 1913; others favor the name it carried in Continue Reading > about Abandoned: The Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum and Weston State Hospital (Photos)
Abandoned: The Fading History of the Knox County Poorhouse (Photos)
Previously: The Sanzhi UFO Houses. In Victorian literature, there’s always one place you never, ever want to go, even if you’re as down on your luck as it’s possible to be: The poorhouse. Such was Continue Reading > about Abandoned: The Fading History of the Knox County Poorhouse (Photos)
Abandoned: The Sanzhi UFO Houses and the Future That Never Was (Photos)
Previously: The Harlem Valley Psychiatric Center. In 1978, construction began on a curious new housing development in the Sanzhi District of New Taipei City, Taiwan. Intended to be a resort Continue Reading > about Abandoned: The Sanzhi UFO Houses and the Future That Never Was (Photos)
Abandoned: The Last Remnants of the Harlem Valley Psychiatric Center (Photos)
Previously: North Brother Island. In upstate New York, there’s a town called Dover. Within Dover is a hamlet known as Wingdale, and in Wingdale lies the ruins of the Harlem Valley Psychiatric Continue Reading > about Abandoned: The Last Remnants of the Harlem Valley Psychiatric Center (Photos)
Abandoned: North Brother Island and Riverside Hospital (Photos)
Previously: Hashima Island's Ghostly Remains. You don’t have to leave the state to escape the crowds of New York. You don’t even have to leave the city. All you have to do is get your hands on a Continue Reading > about Abandoned: North Brother Island and Riverside Hospital (Photos)
Abandoned: Hashima Island’s Ghostly Remains (Photos)
Previously: Pripyat and the Chernobyl Disaster. There are an impressive 505 uninhabited islands in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. The most haunting by far, however, is one you’ve probably seen Continue Reading > about Abandoned: Hashima Island’s Ghostly Remains (Photos)
Abandoned: Pripyat and the Chernobyl Disaster (Photos)
Previously: The 1984 Winter Olympics. On April 26, 1986—a Saturday—a systems test began at reactor number four of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Pripyat, Ukraine. The steam to the turbines Continue Reading > about Abandoned: Pripyat and the Chernobyl Disaster (Photos)