Places with a story to tell. Some are scary, some are. If these abandoned spaces hold a fascination for you, put these towns on your summer roadtrip list.
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Okaton ghost town in okaton sd.
Detroit osteopathic hospital in highland park mi. The major cities in texas are all along the coast on the eastern side of the state, so the western portion is mostly desert and small towns. For this, i asked travel blogger friends to share their favorite deserted or empty places. Rest haven in schuylkill haven pa.
Scattered across prairielands, hidden in forests or left to rot in the middle of cities, america is full of ghost towns and abandoned buildings.
The town of prattville still exists today, but many of the old factories and mills in the area are abandoned and full of rusty, silent machinery. B'nai jeshurun synagogue/hopewell baptist church. Places for visiting since they make great photo motives. From ghost towns to former hospitals, mines and even subway stations, america has a whole host of abandoned places which give a fascinating insight into its past.
West entrance of the moonville tunnel in moonville, ohio.
“red dawn,” the cult classic cold war film about a group of teens who must defend america against a fictional attack by the soviet union,. Discover 439 abandoned places in the united states. Keep reading to discover the eeriest abandoned place in every state. And parts of western arizona, southern nevada, and a small portion of utah.
Bethlehem steel mill in bethlehem pa.
Problems, including drought, led to the departure of much of the population and the town was effectively abandoned by 1895. According to wikipedia, there are over a thousand of these otherworldly, abandoned municipalities lurking across the country. A deserted place in the south. This funky spot began life as the canyon lodge trading post back in the 1920s.
Here you’ll be surrounded by far more gators and crocodiles than people.
The state of texas as a whole gets a decent amount of outside visitors, but almost none of them are going to the western part of the state. Our lady of the rosary church. The black canyon city greyhound park, arizona. 1) thurmond, west virginia in the southwestern part of west virginia, thurmond served as a stop for the chesapeake & ohio railroad before the diesel locomotive era.
Top 10 abandoned places in the united states part 1today we are going to take a look at some abandoned places in the united states.
After a flood in 1862, the residents of harrisville (named after settler, moses harris) relocated upriver to form harrisburg. This eerie spot was once a lively dog track. Central islip state hospital in central islip ny. Intersection of black run road and shady glen road in knockemstiff, ohio.
Two guns trading post, arizona.
The abandoned presidents' heads busts. Abandoned to make way for atwood lake in effort to control flooding. On the border of california and nevada, there is a place where time. Of these many forgotten places, we found a handful currently for sale.
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The most chilling abandoned places in america atlanta prison farm (atlanta, georgia) salton sea (salton city, california) ohio state reformatory (mansfield, ohio) lake shawnee amusement park (rock, west virginia) city hall subway station (new york, new york) rhyolite (rhyolite, nevada) fort proctor. Dixie square mall in harvey il.
