This page is dedicated to all the folks who've seen abandoned buildings by the roadside and thought,
"I wonder who used to live there?"
I've always been fascinated by abandoned buildings and local history. When I was young and crazy (instead of old and crazy like I am now), I often visited the library and studied their old
F. W. Beers Atlas of New York City & Vicinity. It was extremely helpful in locating where the old roads went in order to compare them to modern-day maps, allowing me to find places that weren't there anymore.
As a result, I've explored a wide variety of defunct and disused places: state police barracks, iron-ore mines, railroads, steel mills, mansions, tunnels, bridges, military bases—sometimes even
entire towns which have vanished off the map leaving little trace they existed.
Over the years I've accumulated a significant collection of pictures of these places, so I thought I would share some of them on the internet so others who are interested in these crumbling old ruins can see them as well. These pages mainly focus on abandoned places in Virginia and New York, but occasionally also places in between. Enjoy!
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Disclaimer
Urban exploration can be dangerous. This website should not in any way be considered encouragement for anyone to ignore posted signs or visit the places depicted herein without permission. Kids, don't try this at home. (Although you can't really try this at home anyway unless you're living in an abandoned house... which is sort of a contradiction, y'know?)
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