LUIGI LINERI Infiltration New England Ruins - Home 7 More Abandoned Cities and Towns of the World Abandoned America: 7 More Deserted Wonders of the World Article by Urbanist, filed under 7 Wonders Series in the Travel category. (Check out our complete collection of 100+ Abandoned Buildings, Places and Property.) Ever see an impressive derelict structure and wonder just how a building so elegant, sizable or centrally located could be abandoned? There are amazing abandonments all over the world, but some may be closer than you think. Many are even located right in the heart of major cities like New York or Los Angeles and are decades or even centuries old. Abandoned Cemetery in New York Rochester, New York: Built in the early 1800s, Mt. Abandoned Prison in Pennsylvania Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Western Penitentiary is over a century old and was finally abandoned a few years back, only to be reopened a few months ago. Abandoned Factory in New York Lacawana, New York: The Bethlehem Steel Company was once the second largest steel mill in the United States. Abandoned Island in New York
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Deep Lake - Ghost Town Deep Lake, partial wall of Baron Collier's cottage or an overseer's house Courtesy Jim Pike Original path of railroad tram, now used for Deep Lake tours Courtesy Jim Pike 2 original railroad tram ties, partially submerged on trail Courtesy Jim Pike Close-up of old railroad crossbeam tie Courtesy Jim Pike The deep lake the town was named for, a 98 foot natural sink hole (filled with alligators) Courtesy Jim Pike Deep Lake Company vehicle in parade, 1915. Deep Lake rail car, traveling to Everglades City Courtesy Jim Pike Deep Lake townsite, 1920. Deep Lake abandoned prison Courtesy Jim Pike
Abandonalia 10 Must-Listen True Crime Podcasts Wearing his finest black outfit, Francis Smith stared nervously at the three judges in London’s main criminal courthouse. A mild-mannered excise tax collector, Smith had no known criminal history and certainly no intention to become the centerpiece of one of 19th century England’s most unusual murder trials. But a week earlier, Smith had made a criminally foolish mistake: He had shot and killed what he believed to be a ghost. The spectators inside the courthouse sat hushed as the prosecutor and a cross-examiner questioned about half a dozen eyewitnesses. Each person had seen Smith in the village of Hammersmith (now a part of London) the night of the crime, or they had previously seen the ghost that Smith was zealously hunting. One such eyewitness, William Girdler, the village night-watchman and Smith’s ghost-hunting partner, had not only seen the white-sheeted specter lurking across the street—he had chased it. “When you pursued it,” the cross-examiner asked, “how did it escape?”