Woodward Avenue Presbyterian Church (also referred to as St. Curvy’s Church or Abyssinia Church of God in Christ) can be found on 8501 Woodward Avenue, in Detroit, Michigan. Woodward Presbyterian was built in 1911 by architect Sidney Badgley. Styled in Gothic Revival as an English Gothic-Style Church. It is trimmedRead More →
Riverside Hospital is located between 1601 and 1631 North Summit Street, Lucas County, Toledo, Ohio. The Riverside Hospital was opened in 1883 as a home for unwed mothers in North Toledo. Originally under the supervision of the Sisters of Mercy, later it became part of Mercy Health Partners, and theRead More →
The now derelict Splendid China Amusement Park is located on 3000 Splendid China Boulevard in Kissimmee, Citrus Ridge, Four Corners, Florida. It can also be viewed from Funie Steed Road and Formosa Gardens Boulevard. Splendid China was opened in 1993 and cost $100,000,000 to build. It was a sister parkRead More →
The abandoned cabins can be found right on Jakes Creek Road B and on the Little River Trail and dispersed through-out the entire Elkmont Region of the Upper Little River Valley in The Great Smokey Mountains National Park, of Sevier County, Gatlinburg, Tennessee. The first permanent settlers appeared around theRead More →
North Brother Island is located between the Bronx and Riker’s Island in the East River, New York. Unused until 1885, Riverside Hospital was moved to North Brother Island from Blackwell’s Island (now Roosevelt Island which you can read about here). Riverside Hospital was founded in the 1850’s and used toRead More →
The remains of the Griffith Park Zoo can be found on and around Fire Road in Los Angeles, California. The Griffith Park Zoo opened as the second zoo in the Los Angeles area. It began in 1912 with 15 animals. Many animals were donated from the personal collection of theRead More →
The Colden Mansion ruins are visible just off Route 17K beside Stone Castle Road in Coldenham, Montgomery, New York. An 1859 engraving of the Colden Mansion. Built in 1767 by Cadwallader Colden Jr. with the original estate being 3,000 acres including a farm and cemetery. To this day the areaRead More →
Founded in 1908 as The Rhode Island School for the Feeble-Minded (later changed to the Exeter School, and finally known as the Ladd School) is located on Gaspee Road, Exeter, Rhode Island. From 1908 until 1920 it was the Rhode Island School for the Feeble Minded. It was originally intendedRead More →
This residential institution can be found off of Letchworth Village Road, Thiells, Haverstraw, Rockland County, New York. Letchworth village opened in 1911 and eventually had over 130 buildings on it’s 2,362 acres of land. It was classified as a “state institution for the segregation of the epileptic and feeble-minded” andRead More →
Freestyle Music Park (formerly the Hard Rock Park) is located on Theater Drive, Myrtle Beach, Horry County, South Carolina. Freestyle Music Park is the now defunct amusement park of Myrtle Beach. Exploring the old Hard Rock Park sounds great but they did have people on site almost daily, removing itemsRead More →
The Safeguard Programs Missile Site Radar (MSR or SRMSC) is located just North North East of the small town Nekoma, right off of 81st Street North East, Nekoma, North Dakota. Missile Site Radar was the control of the Safeguard Program established in the 1960’s. Inside its buildings were housed theRead More →
This fantastic place is located a little over a mile off the coast of Tillamook Head, Clatsop County, Oregon. Construction began in 1880 and it was complete in 1881, officially being lit on January 21, 1881. During that time it was the most expensive lighthouse built on the west coast.Read More →
The Michigan Central Station is located on 2001 15th Street, Detroit, Michigan. The Michigan Central Station was in 1913 and architecturally done in Beaux-Arts Classical style. It was designed by Warren & Wetmore and Reed and Stem firms for $15 million. The 18 story tower of the MCS is atRead More →
The abandoned ghost town of Thistle can be found right off the side of the road at and around mile marker 311, on route U.S. 89, through Spanish Fork, Utah. In the beginning the trade route on which Thistle lies was used by Native American Tribes before the arrival ofRead More →
The decaying Waldo Hotel is located on 18 4th St, Clarksburg, Harrison County, West Virginia. Construction for the Waldo Hotel began in 1901. Nathan Goff, Jr. had American architect Harrison Albright design the large Waldo Hotel. It was completed in 1904 and had a few advancements in structure including reinforcedRead More →