Mike Tyson's Mansion

EXPLORED January 8th, 2012.

This was Mike Tyson's mansion, which was located down the street from Don King's training facilty. It was built in 1982 and had all the flare of the 80's. Gold trim, zebra print carpet, fake marble flooring and mirrors everywhere. It's in the process of being renovated, so it's lost some of it's allure, but it was still fun to check out.

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Rest of set can be seen here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/missinlinx/sets/72157628798109567/with/6668736863/

Trans-Siberian Hospital

I haven't been exploring for a while, but that will change very soon. I passed this gem, while driving through the mountains a few weeks back. Didn't have much time, so it's strictly exteriors for now.

Abandoned Barn

Photo taken on August 22nd, 2010.

Milk Drinkers Make Better Lovers...

EXPLORED! August 1st, 2010

After a failed attempt to check out a hospital in the area, I started taking random interstate exits in rural Virginia. Needless to say, I found an abandoned farm. My visit was cut short by hunters in the area, but overall it was a pretty cool location, with some questionable finds. Something obviously happened in this area, but I'm no CSI operative. [shrugs]

Abandoned Detention Center

EXPLORED! July 17th, 2010

I had a really hard time getting around this place with the amount of ticks, spiders, and thorn brush all over; so I'm going back in the winter time. Here is a sneak preview though.

Abandoned Silk Mill

EXPLORED! May 30th, 2010

History Lesson

The silk mill in [this place], was in operation from 1907-1957. Construction of the Klotz Throwing Mill Company began in 1905. Initially, silk was imported from Japan and China and the factory produced silk thread and, during World War II, rayon. In the 1920s the payroll included over 300 people, but in later years fewer than 200 worked there, and by the 1950s antiquated machines in a small mill made competition with larger facilities difficult. In 1957 the mill closed. An employee in the 1940s, stated “it (the mill) kept the bread and butter on a lot of people’s tables because of the coal mine strikes and other problems, and it really helped the economy.”

Present Day

This place still stands as it did when it closed it's doors. It was literally a time warp into 1957, as this silk mill closed its doors forever that year, and has been relatively untouched since then. The calendars and safety posters still hung on the walls, and lockers were filled with workers personal belongings from that era. Pretty dope!

The entire set can be seen here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/missinlinx/sets/72157624188565786/

Abandoned Detention Center

Explored! April 2nd, 2010.


This is one of my favorite locations. I wanted to wait for some crystal clear skies and a little bit warmer weather before my return. So when that day came I broke my Sunday exploring rule and went on a Friday. Still a great time, although a lot of foot traffic and maintenance workers around.

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Abandoned Hospital on the Hill

Explored! March 21st, 2010.

This place is a classic in my home state. It's made of beautiful stone work and has a very striking architechure. It was the first state funded tuberculosis sanatorium, and later became a state hospital and in 1965 became a reform school for boys. It's located on an active campus in the middle of nowhere. Very cool place overall and well worth the trip!

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Power To The People!

Explored! March 14th, 2010.

I was in the area, so I checked out an abandoned coal-based power facility. It was pretty tough to shoot do to the heavy rain, lack of lighting, and my overall lack of experience shooting an industrial location, but all in all I had a good time here and wrapped things up rather quickly. I'm assuming the closure was sometime in the late 80's.

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Abandoned Naval Hospital AKA "Fuzzy Naval"

Explored! March 7th, 2010

A fantastic location that looks out over the waters of the Patapsco River and the Chesapeake Bay. Has an absolutely amazing view, but I wish it was in better condition. This is a very common place in our region so its had PLENTY of visitors, and unfortunately they didn't treat it with the same respect.

On the base there are huge & beautiful empty houses on location that I'm sure could be worth a fortune. They were Army officer’s homes in the early 1900s, when the place was originally an Army fort. There are other unused World War One Era Army buildings there in various states of decay. There is beautiful, spacious open ground all around there.

I definitely wouldn't mind checking out the rest of the buildings in the near future either..

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