Abandoned America

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I'm Matthew Christopher, creator of the Abandoned America website, podcast, and book series about the beautiful and fascinating ruins in our midst. Photos are mine unless credited otherwise. Not a photo bot, so I post about other things from time to time.

Website: https://www.abandonedamerica.us/
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/AbandonedAmerica
Podcast: https://anchor.fm/abandonedamerica
Store: https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/

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2026-02-26 20:10:49 UTC

Sunset at Bodie State Historic Park in Bodie, California. Though its state park status makes calling it "abandoned" debatable, the state of arrested decay the buildings are in still presents visitors with an excellent example of a ghost town left to the elements. More at https://www.abandonedamerica.us/bodie
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2025-11-06 20:57:44 UTC

The remains of Nottingham Looms at the abandoned Scranton Lace Company in Scranton, Pennsylvania
https://www.abandonedamerica.us/scranton-lace-factory
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2025-11-05 19:44:36 UTC

An empty dayroom in the abandoned Taunton State Hospital, located in the outermost wards which were known as "snakepits", where the most ill patients were kept. This building was demolished in 2009-2010.
https://www.abandonedamerica.us/taunton-state-hospital
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2025-10-05 20:46:33 UTC

The Third Presbyterian Church in Chester, PA was one of the town's few surviving landmarks. Progress was being made to turn it into a community art center, but it was destroyed by arson before the plans were completed. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/third-presbyterian-church
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2025-10-01 19:40:18 UTC

A hallway of seclusion cells at the abandoned Greystone Park Psychiatric Center, demolished in 2015. Woody Guthrie was a patient at Greystone from 1956-61 as a result of his Huntington's Disease. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/greystone-park-psychiatric-center
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2025-09-25 16:32:09 UTC

The reason for the abandonment of western Pennsylvanian neighborhood of Lincoln Way was the subject of wild internet rumors. Though the truth was more mundane, it was perhaps more heartbreaking as well. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/lincoln-way
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2025-09-24 16:25:28 UTC

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Thanks so much, Beth! Hope you're doing well 😊

2025-09-24 16:22:40 UTC

Described as "the last great boxing venue in the world" by Sports Illustrated, the Blue Horizon in Philadelphia was left abandoned for years despite its unique architecture and history. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/blue-horizon-boxing-philadelphia
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2025-09-04 20:28:49 UTC

The Budd Factory in Philadelphia manufactured everything from train cars to auto bodies to jet and tank parts. By the 1980s, though, their sales had slumped and their factory in Philadelphia was abandoned. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-budd-factory
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2025-09-02 20:13:54 UTC

The abandoned Logan Theatre in Philadelphia almost wound up restored and renamed Claretildaville. The story is more tragic than you might think. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-logan-theater
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2025-08-20 21:22:38 UTC

A residential building in the abandoned Rosewood Center in Owings Mills, MD. Demolished.
https://www.abandonedamerica.us/rosewood-institution
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2025-08-18 19:31:44 UTC

The ruins of an abandoned meat packing company. It is also one of the places I have had the pleasure of stepping on a rusty nail.
https://www.abandonedamerica.us/barnes-meat-packing-company
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2025-08-14 19:38:56 UTC

A forgotten salvage yard full of trolleys and trains rusting away in the forest
https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-trolley-graveyard
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2025-08-13 16:33:05 UTC

Exploring an abandoned knitting company complex turned up a fascinating link to a lifesaving medical technology, and an unexpected treasure. More on Abandoned America: https://www.abandonedamerica.us/golaski-labs
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2025-06-06 18:52:58 UTC

The interior of an abandoned diner
https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-places
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2025-06-04 19:25:55 UTC

The remains of the Catskill Game Farm, the largest privately owned zoo in the US and an enormously popular tourist attraction https://www.abandonedamerica.us/catskill-game-farm
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2025-06-02 22:12:29 UTC

The abandoned Victory Theatre featured a fearsome eagle medallion over the stage - fearsome, at least, until mold started to swallow it and made it look like it was wearing a diaper https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-victory-theatre
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2025-05-31 17:15:54 UTC

You probably wouldn't expect to find a bowling alley in an abandoned lace factory, but life is full of surprises. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/scranton-lace-factory
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2025-05-27 18:16:10 UTC

A classroom in an abandoned church
https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-churches
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2025-05-22 16:51:02 UTC

The abandoned Tome School in Port Deposit, MD
https://www.abandonedamerica.us/tome-school
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2025-05-22 01:27:38 UTC

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I haven't seen that film for... more years than I am prepared to publicly admit

2025-05-22 01:22:31 UTC

A vacant building in the abandoned section of the Frankford Arsenal in Philadelphia. The Frankford Arsenal was one of the oldest and most significant munitions production facilities in the US. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/frankford-arsenal
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2025-05-16 16:41:40 UTC

The grand staircase in an abandoned orphanage that was originally the estate of a Confederate sympathizer seized by the government after the Civil War
More at https://www.abandonedamerica.us/woodburne-manor-little-flower
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2025-05-16 01:21:32 UTC

The basement of an abandoned power plant
See the rest https://www.abandonedamerica.us/crawford-power-station
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2025-05-14 04:26:04 UTC

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see, this is why your dog is disappointed.

2025-05-14 04:19:32 UTC

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if you have a dog, I bet they'd clean that for you. They shouldn't, but they would

2025-05-14 03:56:33 UTC

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It doesn't matter if the food is poisonous to dogs. It could be chocolate covered grapes doused in antifreeze. You could invent a translator to explain it to the dog. It does not matter. They are still as disappointed in you as a conservative dad whose child is going for an MFA in interpretive dance.

2025-05-14 03:49:57 UTC

There is no sadness and disappointment in the world that can compare to that of a dog, who has loved you and trusted you with all of its heart, yet for some horrible reason has not been rewarded with every single item of food in your home.

2025-04-28 07:27:17 UTC

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thank you. I wish I could navigate pharmacies to circumvent these issues but I'm just as helpless if the supply dries up

2025-04-28 07:22:53 UTC

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prescriptions are going to be a mess. I worry about my wife getting meds too

2025-04-28 06:42:47 UTC

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I will be curious to see if magic will fix Social Security and Medicare/Medicaid coverage vanishing at the same time that all goods spike at least 3x in price or disappear completely. Abracadabra?

2025-04-28 06:03:25 UTC

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it's obvious to many here too. Just not the people immediately around me, or maybe they don't talk about it, I don't know. Maybe everyone is just hoping we'll magic our way out of it? Or that things won't be as bad as they look? It's maddening. Truly maddening.

2025-04-28 04:55:50 UTC

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you are absolutely right. There are far too many variables to account for. The past gives hints at the future but can't predict it

2025-04-28 04:31:04 UTC

I wish I could say that my 2+ decades studying impending social collapse has prepared me mentally and emotionally for imminent social collapse but sadly this is not the case.

2025-04-28 00:36:19 UTC

Hand-painted cottages at Emerald Pioneer Camp, a Soviet children's camp outside of Prypiat. It was used for lodging remediation teams after the Chernobyl disaster.
More at https://www.abandonedamerica.us/emerald-camp-chernobyl-ukraine
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2025-04-26 16:49:35 UTC

The gorgeous auditorium of the abandoned Irem Shrine
See the rest: https://www.abandonedamerica.us/irem-shrine
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2025-04-25 00:30:13 UTC

This abandoned hospital was where the cure for tuberculosis was discovered. Though drug resistant strains of TB still exist, it kills nowhere near the amount of people it did centuries ago.
More at https://www.abandonedamerica.us/seaview-tuberculosis-hospital
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2025-04-22 17:23:42 UTC

In case you needed some good news for a change: restoration work at the formerly abandoned Lansdowne Theater is nearly complete! I can't wait to go back and see how the project turned out.
Read more about it on Abandoned America: https://www.abandonedamerica.us/historic-lansdowne-theater
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2025-04-18 23:26:57 UTC

The main staircase of the abandoned Empire Hotel
See the rest: https://www.abandonedamerica.us/empire-hotel
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2025-04-12 02:41:01 UTC

The mezzanine in an abandoned movie palace
Loads more abandoned theaters are on Abandoned America: https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-theaters
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2025-04-08 20:33:35 UTC

A vintage bowling alley in the abandoned Rockland State Hospital. Poet Allen Ginsberg's stay at Rockland inspired his iconic poem "Howl".
See the rest: https://www.abandonedamerica.us/rockland-psychiatric-center
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2025-03-28 01:29:30 UTC

A classroom full of lampshades at the abandoned Central Junior High School. Thankfully this building was repurposed into apartments rather than destroyed.
More at https://www.abandonedamerica.us/central-junior-high-school
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2025-02-26 17:42:59 UTC

My newest Decay Theory column about the life and death of Bethlehem Steel is up on Atlas Obscura - I hope you enjoy it!
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/abandoned-steel-mill-bethlehem

2025-02-26 01:07:38 UTC

An employee washroom in one of the many abandoned buildings at the former Frankford Arsenal, the United States' primary munitions manufacturer. See the rest: https://www.abandonedamerica.us/frankford-arsenal
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2025-02-25 00:48:09 UTC

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If you enjoy my work and would like to help support it while also getting to see much higher quality photos and all the new stuff I've been working on, check out my Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/c/AbandonedAmerica
I do periodic giveaways, post tons of exclusive photos and writing, and lots more!

2025-02-25 00:41:33 UTC

The library at the abandoned Thomas A. Edison High School in Philadelphia. It has since been demolished. In its place are two fast food restaurants, a dollar store, and a parking lot.
See the rest at: https://www.abandonedamerica.us/northeast-high-school
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2025-02-24 19:23:08 UTC

The Zydeco Screamer Roller Coaster at Six Flags New Orleans, abandoned after Hurricane Katrina.
More at https://www.abandonedamerica.us/six-flags-new-orleans
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2025-02-24 02:15:25 UTC

A school in the city of Prypiat, Ukraine, abandoned after the disaster at the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant.
More at https://www.abandonedamerica.us/chernobyl-pripyat
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2025-02-23 21:15:26 UTC

The ruins of abandoned homes in western Pennsylvania
More at https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-homes
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2025-02-21 00:53:23 UTC

Protip: Not every discussion on the Internet needs to be a springboard for amateur comedy freestyling, especially if the original poster is talking about something important to them. Likewise, not every post needs to inevitably turn into a platform for comments about Trump. I get it, I know it's mostly well-intentioned, but boy howdy does it make sharing my work a grind, and I need to make some decisions about whether I'm going to keep posting or just start blocking people

2025-02-20 22:11:47 UTC

World's largest on-the-nose metaphor the 990-ft long abandoned ocean liner SS United States is being towed to its final resting place at the bottom of the ocean off the Florida coast after decades languishing at a port in Philadelphia.
RIP, old friend.
https://www.abandonedamerica.us/ss-united-states
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2025-02-20 17:07:19 UTC

The SS United States, the fastest liner ever built and the largest built on US soil, was at long last towed from Philadelphia yesterday to be sunk as an artificial reef. To see what it looked like in its final years and learn its story, visit Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/ss-united-states
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2025-01-20 07:17:35 UTC

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matches how I feel right about now

2025-01-20 06:31:36 UTC

There's a deep, ragged sorrow in the places I choose to photograph, and traveling back into the void to confront it is terrifying. I'm always anxious before I do. But standing face to face with that loss and fear to document what I can of them is the only way I know how to survive them.
It's a fun little paradox, really. I struggle with sadness and anxiety, so I must go to the places where they are strongest to meet them head on.

2025-01-19 22:10:29 UTC

Originally founded in 1918 as the Maryland Tuberculosis Sanatorium for African-Americans, and later renamed Henryton Sanatorium and finally Hentryton State Hospital, this large campus was abandoned in 1985 and was a haven for urban explorers until it was demolished in 2013.
See the rest at https://www.abandonedamerica.us/henryton-sanitarium
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2025-01-18 05:20:43 UTC

It's really weird how someone can spend over twenty years documenting loss but yet still be so blindsided by it when it finds them.

2025-01-17 03:57:31 UTC

A long vacant control room at the Gould Street Power Station in Baltimore
Check out the photos and its fascinating history at https://www.abandonedamerica.us/gould-street-power-station
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2025-01-16 22:37:07 UTC

A collapsing ward hallway at the abandoned Hudson River State Hospital
See the rest at https://www.abandonedamerica.us/revisiting-hudson-river-state-hospital
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2025-01-16 00:06:40 UTC

A patient room at the abandoned Overbrook Asylum
More at https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-overbrook-asylum
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2025-01-15 02:35:18 UTC

Cinderella's castle at the abandoned Enchanted Forest theme park
See the rest: https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-enchanted-forest
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2025-01-14 21:15:44 UTC

Sleeping quarters in a ward of the long-abandoned abandoned Norwich State Hospital, now demolished.
More at https://www.abandonedamerica.us/norwich-state-hospital
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2025-01-14 19:04:04 UTC

There's no joy in watching a bunch of oligarchs bicker over how to carve up the turkey when you are the turkey.

2025-01-13 02:45:54 UTC

The abandoned Shawnee Resort in Lancaster, PA
Check out the rest: https://www.abandonedamerica.us/shawnee-lancaster-resort
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2025-01-12 01:12:40 UTC

The gas blowing room at the abandoned Bethlehem Steel in Bethlehem, PA
See the rest https://www.abandonedamerica.us/bethlehem-steel
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2025-01-11 19:46:09 UTC

The abandoned Holy Trinity R.C. Church in Duquesne, PA eventually collapsed, causing nearby homes to be evacuated until it was torn down. See it before the ceiling caved in at https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-holy-trinity-roman-catholic
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2025-01-10 23:14:12 UTC

The abandoned Variety Theatre in Cleveland
See the rest: https://www.abandonedamerica.us/variety-theatre
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2025-01-10 18:55:10 UTC

The dilapidated ruins of the Chemung Mine in Masonic, CA were abandoned in 1938 when gold and silver mining ceased. See the rest: https://www.abandonedamerica.us/chemung-mine
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2025-01-08 03:00:27 UTC

The showroom of what was once a prominent historic department store in Baltimore, now abandoned
Read about what happened: https://www.abandonedamerica.us/kaufmans-department-store
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2025-01-07 18:30:00 UTC

Yet another abandoned western Pennsylvanian home
Lots more at https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-homes
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2025-01-05 20:21:54 UTC

Stockyards were once the primary trading/distribution hubs for livestock across the US, and the Lancaster Stockyard was the largest on the east coast. It was also the first to be prosecuted for animal cruelty. See the rest of its ruins at https://www.abandonedamerica.us/lancaster-stockyard
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2025-01-02 04:57:41 UTC

An abandoned auto parts manufacturer and distributor in Baltimore
See the rest: https://www.abandonedamerica.us/r-j-loock-auto-parts
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2025-01-01 21:06:15 UTC

An abandoned opera house covered in mold
See the rest: https://www.abandonedamerica.us/garman-theater
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2024-12-31 21:21:17 UTC

The abandoned Massachusetts Mental Health center, originally founded as the Boston Psychopathic Hospital, the first mental health hospital (as opposed to asylums) in the United States.
More at https://www.abandonedamerica.us/boston-psychopathic-hospital
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2024-12-30 03:44:26 UTC

The ruins of a bank building. The town, Brownsville, was mostly destroyed by one man.
Read the story and see the rest: https://www.abandonedamerica.us/brownsville-pa
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2024-12-29 05:23:13 UTC

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The magic of the Fediverse - at least, to me - is the Olde Internet feel. It still feels authentic, not entirely polished, held together with duct tape and the combined love of a bunch of nerds who care for, maintain, and interact with it. That's not an insult, it is very much a compliment and what I love about it here. I really hope that a flood of fake accounts aren't getting into position to mess that up. Maybe I'm being alarmist. But I see what I see re: new accounts. It worries me.

2024-12-29 05:19:09 UTC

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I probably don't need to explain why fake accounts and bots are bad, but I'm going to anyway: spam and scams are the biggest threat they pose.
They also make it hard to determine accurate metrics and as much as I hate to say it, metrics are important if your account is part of your business.
Thankfully, there's no algorithm here, so a bunch of bot followers aren't going to consign posts to oblivion by not interacting, but they still take the fun out of a platform really fast.

2024-12-29 05:13:18 UTC

I'm just going to throw this out there: I have been getting a ton of new follows, and a lot of them appear to be bots and fake accounts.
I think we can mostly agree that bots and fake accounts are not a great thing for the majority of people in the Fediverse who aren't looking to artificially inflate follower counts - a process that really isn't beneficial to anyone who wants actual authentic engagement - and I'm concerned that this will eventually lead to the sort of spam plaguing Facebook.

2024-12-29 03:17:51 UTC

An abandoned house in a forgotten western Pennsylvanian mining town
See the rest: https://www.abandonedamerica.us/yellow-dog-village
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2024-12-25 01:46:12 UTC

What could lead to the abandonment of an entire beachfront neighborhood? The story is more strange and sad than you might imagine: https://www.abandonedamerica.us/pleasure-and-long-beach
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2024-12-22 02:19:35 UTC

A control room in an abandoned power plant
See the rest: https://www.abandonedamerica.us/frank-r-phillips-power-station
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2024-12-21 19:56:22 UTC

The remains of a Roman Catholic church in Philadelphia during demolition
See the rest at https://www.abandonedamerica.us/st-bonaventure
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2024-12-21 09:51:55 UTC

Fun fact: All the ghosts Luigi vacuums up in the haunted mansion are insurance executives too

2024-12-21 00:58:10 UTC

The charred remains of a burned hotel's central staircase
Find out what happened at Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/garman-theater
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2024-12-20 19:55:46 UTC

Graffiti in an abandoned public school
View the gallery at https://www.abandonedamerica.us/william-penn-high-school
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2024-12-20 03:21:53 UTC

I sure do love this gentle little Charlie dog
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2024-12-19 22:40:48 UTC

A locomotive left behind at the abandoned Carrie Furnaces in Rankin, PA. The Carrie Furnaces were a part of Homestead Steel, which was once the site of one of America's bloodiest labor disputes.
Explore the rest: https://www.abandonedamerica.us/carrie-furnaces
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2024-12-19 17:38:25 UTC

The now-abandoned Roxie Theatre was the last theater built on Broadway in Los Angeles, and the only one built in the Art Deco style.
See the rest: https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-roxie-theatre
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2024-12-19 00:40:29 UTC

One of the off-limits cell blocks in Philadelphia's Eastern State Penitentiary. ESP was a sincere attempt at criminal justice reform which went horribly wrong; now it is a tourist attraction with a few still-abandoned areas. Read more at https://www.abandonedamerica.us/eastern-state-penitentiary
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2024-12-17 04:02:43 UTC

A pediatric ward in an abandoned hospital
Find out why it was left to rot: https://www.abandonedamerica.us/monsour-medical-center
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2024-12-16 23:23:00 UTC

Same abandoned church about five years apart
See the rest at https://www.abandonedamerica.us/most-blessed-sacrament-church
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2024-12-15 17:40:03 UTC

The gloomy interior of an abandoned aquarium
More at https://www.abandonedamerica.us/cleveland-aquarium
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2024-12-14 23:47:59 UTC

The overgrown facade of the District of Columbia Children's Center, quite possibly the saddest of all of the places I've been to.
See the rest https://www.abandonedamerica.us/forest-haven-developmental-center
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2024-12-14 06:46:34 UTC

Me, when someone asks where I think we'll be in ten years
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2024-12-12 23:22:44 UTC

Have you ever wondered what it's like actually traveling into the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone? Turns out it's a lot different than you might expect. Find out why in my newest Decay Theory column for Atlas Obscura https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/abandoned-chernobyl-disaster-ukraine

2024-12-09 18:07:58 UTC

Known as "The Street That Beat Hitler", the Frankford Arsenal was the oldest and most significant munitions facility in the US when it was killed by private contractors. Read about how it happened at https://www.abandonedamerica.us/frankford-arsenal
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2024-12-08 05:58:57 UTC

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I think "it's good to see you" is a much better alternative too.

2024-12-08 05:47:42 UTC

There's a moment in every person's life when you're in a dying mall around Christmas and their bored but friendly Santa asks you how you're doing, and you consider telling him, "pretty shitty, Santa, by mom died not to long ago in fantastically horrible circumstances," but you don't because he's got to be on for the kids and you don't want to cry in public so you just say "not bad, and you?"

2024-12-08 04:11:05 UTC

There is a point where, sometime in the middle of photographing 5 sites in a day in which you walked over 8.5 miles, you just become a Photo Robot taking shots on autopilot. Will I ever get to edit a fraction of the photos I took? Are they even any good? Who knows. But they're there and that's what counts. God knows I've taken so many I could stay busy for decades.

2024-12-08 03:53:30 UTC

The abandoned Baltimore Pyre Rye Company in Maryland. Two people died exploring it on separate occasions after it was left vacant.
More at https://www.abandonedamerica.us/seagrams-distillery
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2024-12-05 21:20:02 UTC

The Frankford Arsenal was the oldest and most significant munition production facility in the US. Now, the buildings are torn down or repurposed, but s few are abandoned and offer a glimpse into its days in operation. Take a look inside and learn the story at https://www.abandonedamerica.us/frankford-arsenal
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