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Abandoned Home for the Abandoned: Forest Haven Asylum
Welcome to Forest Haven, one of the most deadly institutions in the United States. This asylum for the mentally ill was built not far the nation’s capital in 1925, hidden in forested acreage away from...
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World’s Largest Old Car Junkyard: Old Car City U.S.A.
Fifty miles north of Atlanta, a 34-acre compound houses one of the largest car collections in the world. But this collection doesn’t have polished Ferraris or Porsches under shining lights. There are...
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Derinkuyu & The Underground Cities of Cappadocia
In 1963, a man in the Nevşehir Province of Turkey knocked down a wall of his home. Behind it, he discovered a mysterious room. The man continued digging and soon discovered an intricate tunnel system...
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World’s Oldest Space Launch Facility: The Baikonur Cosmodrome
About 1,300 miles (2,100 km) southeast of Moscow in the desert steppe of Kazakhstan, the world’s oldest and largest operational space launch facility is still conducting launches. The Baikonur...
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Relic From a Bygone Era: Pressmen’s Home, Tennessee
Located in the hills of Eastern Tennessee, this abandoned complex was once home to the International Printing Pressmen and Assistants Union of North America. The bucolic setting was chosen for its...
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Stately in Abandonment: Witley Court
During its heyday Witley Court was one of Europe’s most lavish Victorian estates. An iconic portico and timeless fountain – both penned by famed designers – are hallmarks of this West Midlands...
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The Domes of Cape Romano, Florida
Five miles south of Marco Island near Naples, Florida, six igloo-shaped buildings appear to slowly march into the sea. The deteriorating domes of Cape Romano have been rumored to be the work of...
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Abandoned Nuclear Project: Marble Hill, Indiana
Thirty five miles northeast of Louisville, Kentucky on the Indiana side of the Ohio River, a 987-acre property with crumbling structures sits abandoned. The land is the former site of the Marble Hill...
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Buried from the public: Hart Island, New York
At first glance this modest island in New York appears unremarkable. The 131-acre dark speck of land has crumbling buildings, is off-limits to the public, and has not been occupied for the last forty...
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Abandoned Venice: The Ospedale al Mare
This once proud hospital served the people of the Lido for over seventy years. The Ospedale al Mare was a product of alternative thought in medicine with an Italian twist. An innovative healthcare...
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Nothing Goes Wrong on Palmerston Island
This New Zealand protectorate is one of the most isolated communities in the world. Palmerston Island is the westernmost islet of a coral atoll belonging to the Cook Islands in the Pacific Ocean. Just...
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The Disappearing Sea
Over one hundred ships are mysteriously abandoned in this desert in central Asia. You rub your eyes, but it’s not an optical illusion; no water as far as the eye can see. This desert is like any other,...
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Abandoned Anthrax: Vozrozhdeniye Island
The Aral Sea was known as “the sea of islands,” and once upon a time this camp – now in the middle of the desert – sat on the largest. The secrets buried on Vozrozhdeniye Island lurk in the shadows of...
View ArticleOrewinners and Deadmen: Lead Mining in Swaledale
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View ArticlePre-Earthquake: San Francisco in 1906
Thanks to the creative ideas of four early filmmakers, later generations have the chance to see San Francisco in early 1906, before The post Pre-Earthquake: San Francisco in 1906 appeared first on...
View ArticleThe Oldest Airplane Factory in the World
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View ArticleIshi: 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 The post Ishi: The Last Wild North American Indian appeared first on...
View ArticleSpoils of US Fidelis
This house in Middle America fits the definition of excess (unless you consider having a bowling alley and an eight-car garage necessary). The post Spoils of US Fidelis appeared first on Sometimes...
View ArticleThe Conservatory Under a Lake
Previously Sometimes Interesting featured the story of a twenty-first century swindler and the spoils of his deception. In this post we examine The post The Conservatory Under a Lake appeared first on...
View ArticleSpreepark: Disney World of Socialism
An abandoned amusement park hides along a river in the Treptower forest of East Berlin. Known today as Spreepark, it was originally The post Spreepark: Disney World of Socialism appeared first on...
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