North America
Abandoned: St. Mary’s Mercy Hospital
In the final installment of the Gary series, we take a look at the skeleton of a healthcare organization founded over one hundred years...
Ishi: The Last Wild North American Indian
Guest Post Series
words by Cary O'Dell
It was August of 1911, when Sheriff J.B. Webber of Oroville, California, got word of a strange “savage” found...
Abandoned Industrial Icon: Armour Meat Packing Plant
The Armour & Company meat packing plant in National City, Illinois is a window into a bygone era, a time capsule with late-19th century...
Overhills: Former Rockefeller Estate Sequestered on Fort Bragg
For more than one hundred years the idyllic Overhills golf and hunt club in the foothills of North Carolina has remained hidden from the public...
Emerson School of Gary, Indiana
There is no shortage of abandoned schools in Gary, Indiana; the declining population over the decades has left the school district scrambling to close...
Abandoned Waterworks: Hackensack Water Company
One hundred years ago utility companies used massive steam-powered engines to pump water throughout communities. These five-story behemoths were impressive for their time but...
