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Abandoned America
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I'm Matthew Christopher, creator of the Abandoned America website, podcast, and book series about the beautiful and fascinating ruins in our midst. Photos are mine unless credited otherwise. Sad and cranky.

Website: https://abandonedamerica.us
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The remains of Nottingham Looms at the abandoned Scranton Lace Company in Scranton, Pennsylvania
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View from the second level of a massive, two story loom across a row of platforms atop more looms which are still threaded. On the right is a long bank of windows.
November 6, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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An empty dayroom in the abandoned Taunton State Hospital, located in the outermost wards which were known as "snakepits", where the most ill patients were kept. This building was demolished in 2009-2010.
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November 5, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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@papiblez.bsky.social Hey, I don't know if you'll remember but way back in 2021ish I posted some photos of my Constructicons on Twitter and you sent me signed comics. We had a lot of transitions after that but today I finally got them framed and look forward to hanging them up!
October 5, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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The Third Presbyterian Church in Chester, PA was one of the town's few surviving landmarks. Progress was being made to turn it into a community art center, but it was destroyed by arson before the plans were completed. www.abandonedamerica.us/third-presby...
The darkened interior of a church with ornate wooden ceiling beams and curved pews. The carpet is red and in the background light streams in through partially broken stained glass windows.
October 5, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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A hallway of seclusion cells at the abandoned Greystone Park Psychiatric Center, demolished in 2015. Woody Guthrie was a patient at Greystone from 1956-61 as a result of his Huntington's Disease. www.abandonedamerica.us/greystone-pa...
A long, decayed hallway lined with yellow, green, and blue doors. At the bottom of the doors there is a slit allowing food to be slid in to the person inside.
October 1, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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The last days of the Hershey Chocolate Factory, closed after production was moved to newer facilities in West Hershey and Mexico. www.abandonedamerica.us/hershey-choc...
A long room lit by fluorescent lights. Large yellow tubs with machinery inside sit atop wooden floors. A stepladder is off to the side.
September 30, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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The cause for the abandonment of western Pennsylvanian neighborhood of Lincoln Way was the subject of wild internet rumors. Though the truth was more mundane, it was perhaps more heartbreaking as well. www.abandonedamerica.us/lincoln-way
Vertical image of a badly deteriorated living room filled with garbage and debris. Stairs and a doorway are discernible, but the floor is collapsing into the basement and the ceiling is sagging precariously overhead with clothing and other objects dangling through it.
September 25, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Described as "the last great boxing venue in the world" by Sports Illustrated, the Blue Horizon in Philadelphia was left abandoned for years despite its unique architecture and history. www.abandonedamerica.us/blue-horizon...
A brightly lit boxing ring is in the foreground in a large arena-style room painted blue with wood trim. Two sets of steps lead up to the ring.
September 24, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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The overgrown and labyrinthian ruins of the former Lancaster Stockyard - once the largest livestock distribution hub on the east coast of the United States, it was also the first stockyard to be prosecuted for animal cruelty. www.abandonedamerica.us/lancaster-st...
A collapsing wooden structure is in the background. In front of it is a dilapidated wooden fence upon which blue wildflowers are growing.
September 5, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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The Budd Factory in Philadelphia manufactured everything from train cars to auto bodies to jet and tank parts. By the 1980s, though, their sales had slumped and their factory in Philadelphia was abandoned. www.abandonedamerica.us/the-budd-fac...
A massive, three story open industriaal space with bays on either side. The walls are blue and white with yellow trim, and are covered with graffiti. Debris is scattered across the floor.
September 4, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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The abandoned Logan Theatre in Philadelphia almost wound up restored and renamed Claretildaville. The story is more tragic than you might think. www.abandonedamerica.us/the-logan-th...
View from the stage toward the seating area in a large theater primarily colored red, yellow, and white. The paint is peeling and graffiti tags cover the walls.
September 2, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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Psst! To celebrate the 20th anniversary of when I got my first camera to photograph abandoned places, I'm having a print giveaway over on Patreon. You *do not* need to be a subscriber to enter! If you're interested, head on over to check it out: www.patreon.com/posts/annive...
A large, grand theater presented in deep reds and golds. On the stage is a figure in a suit with arms outstretched; behind him on the screen is a black and white image of the hallway in an abandoned building
August 29, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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A decayed workshop in an abandoned china factory
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A vast room filled with vats and pipes. The floor is covered with moss, mold, and bits of machinery. A small sign hangs from the ceiling that reads "Quality And Pride Go Hand In Hand"
August 28, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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A residential building in the abandoned Rosewood Center in Owings Mills, MD. Demolished.
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A two story wood and stone building that is overgrown by unkempt trees. A concrete ramp in the center leads to a broken door.
August 20, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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The ruins of an abandoned meat packing company. This is one of the places I have had the pleasure of stepping on a rusty nail.
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An overgrown brick room with a sapling growing in the center. Several doors are open in the wall behind it.
August 18, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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A forgotten salvage yard full of trolleys and trains rusting away in the forest

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A green and white streetcar with saplings growing through the snow in front of it. It is flanked on either side by more trolleys
August 14, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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Exploring an abandoned knitting company complex turned up a fascinating link to a lifesaving medical technology, and an unexpected treasure. More on Abandoned America: www.abandonedamerica.us/golaski-labs
A large room with a sagging wooden ceiling. The brick walls and wooden supports are painted green and white. The room is cluttered with machinery, worktables, and chairs.
August 13, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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The interior of an abandoned diner

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A diner counter covered with debris and dishes is on the left, and a table still set with plates is on the right. The roof is badly damaged and light is peeking through holes in it
June 6, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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The remains of the Catskill Game Farm, the largest privately owned zoo in the US and an enormously popular tourist attraction www.abandonedamerica.us/catskill-gam...
A rustic yellow and red Kodak kiosk with some signage still visible. A small, peeling plaster representation of a house, painted red, and yellow, with off-kilter angles. It is in front of a partially collapsed fence Photo of the giraffe house, a three story yellow and red barn with large doors on the front and walls lined with windows. It is a sunny day. An overgrown area where amusement park rides used to be. Fences are still visible and there is a small blue booth in the distance
June 4, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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The abandoned Victory Theatre featured a fearsome eagle medallion over the stage - fearsome, at least, until mold started to swallow it and made it look like it was wearing a diaper www.abandonedamerica.us/the-victory-...
Wide shot from the balcony of a deteriorated theater lit by an off-shot floodlight. The theater has a faded brown, gold, and red color scheme, and the curtain over the stage is tattered. Closeup of gold decoration on the stage's proscenium arch. In the center, an eagle with spread wings is centered in a victory wreath.
June 2, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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You probably wouldn't expect to find a bowling alley in an abandoned lace factory, but life is full of surprises. www.abandonedamerica.us/scranton-lac...
The curve of old wooden benches takes up the bottom half of the frame, with a scoring sheet on a small table in the center. Behind them, the lanes of a bowling alley stretch off into the distance.
May 31, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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A classroom in an abandoned church
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A brightly painted room with two chairs and a small chalkboard in the center of the shop. The plaster behind them has peeled off the walls and ceiling. On the right, an arched window lets in gloomy winter light
May 27, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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The abandoned Tome School in Port Deposit, MD
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A dimly lit room with light peeking in through a crack in the ceiling. On the right a door is ajar and on the wall ahead is a huge, peeling painting of the sun
May 22, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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A vacant building in the abandoned section of the Frankford Arsenal in Philadelphia. The Frankford Arsenal was one of the oldest and most significant munitions production facilities in the US. www.abandonedamerica.us/frankford-ar...
A long room covered with peeling yellow paint. On the left, two stairways lead to a single landing. Pipes and light fixtures line the ceiling.
May 22, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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The grand staircase in an abandoned orphanage that was originally the estate of a Confederate sympathizer seized by the government after the Civil War

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A beautiful white wooden staircase leading up to a landing with three large windows. The area is badly deteriorated with black mold creeping across the walls
May 16, 2025 at 4:41 PM