Locations | Vacant New Jersey

Status: [3]	Abandoned	Demolished	Restored

Abandoned
	Amtrak Rolling Stock The rail cars sit idle like a fresh kill, slumped across a forest floor awaiting final slaughter. A veil of greenery encapsulates the faded red, white, and blue pinstripe metal locomotive bodies, spotted with rust stains of neglect; a paint scheme which distinctly protrudes through the overgrowth of the encroaching dense summer vegetation...	Status Region Type Abandoned New Jersey Rail Road 32 Photos
	1754 House As I paused to grab my flashlight, I could hear the screeching and cracking of the distressed beams I trusted my weight on. Fully expecting the wooden structure to give way, I held on tightly...	Status Region Type Abandoned New Jersey Residential 32 Photos
	Baekeland Chemical Plant A murder of crows dispersed overhead, forming an ominous cloud of glossy black plumage, moving every so swiftly through the Autumn air and effortlessly changing form like a perfectly staged illusion, before finally disappearing into the horizon. Massive metal towers rose up into the sky, standing tall like artificial trees born from the mind of a crazed metal smith...	Status Region Type Abandoned New York Industrial 49 Photos
	Behind Bars A shimmer of light caught my eye, reflecting off a piece of broken glass from a window pane in front of me. The oddly shaped building, constructed into the side of a cliff looked to be abandoned...	Status Region Type Abandoned Colorado Prision 23 Photos
	Bennett School for Girls A single bead of sweat slipped down the bridge of my nose, briefly free-falling before crashing into the dry floor boards below which quickly absorbed any trace of its' splatter from existence. It took four grueling trips up and down five flights of stairs to lug all that shit up...	Status Region Type Abandoned New York School 60 Photos
	Bethlehem Steel Plant A line of freight cars, easily stretching over a mile in length, played a perpetual symphony composed of nauseating squeals, shrieks, and screams; the deafening sound conducted by the air brakes of each rail car, slowly grinding the rolling stock to a stop...	Status Region Type Abandoned Pennsylvania Industrial 45 Photos
	Bioinformatics Protein Laboratory It was an exceptionally hot and humid day. Inside the stale air was thick with the smell of chemicals long trapped within the closed doors of the sterile laboratories. Decay was evident but restricted mostly to water damaged ceiling tiles...	Status Region Type Abandoned New Jersey Industrial 36 Photos
	Bloomingdale Dam Nothing much here but a small cement ruin, I really don't know what it used to be but from the looks of it, chances are that it was some type of dam to control the river back in the day so that it did not flood, but who knows...	Status Region Type Abandoned New Jersey Industrial 16 Photos
	Boonton Line The mangled vines and ivy held victim the rotting train cars. Like hands from the depths of the earth, the vines seemed to slowly pull the decaying hunks of metal through the frozen ground, their suffocating grip engraving scars...	Status Region Type Abandoned New Jersey Rail Road 22 Photos
	Brownfield Training School Awkwardly, I crouched, my back bent near horizontally at the waste, arms held tightly at side, and chin tucked into neck. Swiftly I pressed forward maintaining a silly shuffling motion as well as the assumed awkward stance, all in the spirit of caution...	Status Region Type Abandoned Connecticut Hospital 28 Photos
	Camp Kameshia No Information Posted	Status Region Type Abandoned New Jersey Resort 58 Photos
	Camp Sussex Camp shirts, hats, and various other clothing apparel remained piled nearly ceiling high in the laundry building. Plastic toothbrushes lay scattered about the floor, originating from a large cardboard box which had fallen from a shelf above...	Status Region Type Abandoned New Jersey Resort 27 Photos
	Card Board Tube Garage No Information Posted	Status Region Type Abandoned New Jersey Mill 41 Photos
	Contrail Barn An old Ford pickup truck lay rusting away in a maze of thorn bushes and dead overgrowth. Farming equipment now killed by time, were scattered about the overgrown field, almost looking as if it were keeping watch of the decaying barn...	Status Region Type Abandoned New Jersey Agricultural 35 Photos
	Country Living Inn Like an unorganized orchestra the sound was sporadic, sharp, and varied in pitch. At first an untrained ear might mistake it as a tripped alarm...	Status Region Type Abandoned New Jersey Resort 34 Photos
	Defunct Power Plant Basically I ran into this place on accident, while a friend of mine and I were searching for a deli to get something to eat. Well any way, the building pictured below, was very small but the entire perimeter of the structure was ...	Status Region Type Abandoned New Jersey Industrial 6 Photos
	Delaware Generating Station The clanging of steel pipes as they smashed into the ground from above followed by an explosion of sparks spraying out from behind a massive hulk of extinct industrial machinery proved quite clearly that we were not alone...	Status Region Type Abandoned Pennsylvania Industrial 55 Photos
	Dentists House A fear that almost every one of us posses, that of the dentist. I for one hate the dentist, I despise that smell of the waiting room and the horrifying sound of metal tools scratching up against your teeth...	Status Region Type Abandoned New Jersey Residential 84 Photos
	DuPont Cladding Tunnel East A thin layer of fog hovered just inches above the cold, muddy ground. This misty veil swallowed water droplets birthed from between crevices high a top, as they plummeted through the mysterious cloud, before absorbing and disappearing into the soil below.	Status Region Type Abandoned New Jersey Industrial 23 Photos
	Embassy Theatre A cavernous space filled with row after row of perfectly aligned seats, gently curving inward as if beginning to form a forced smile. Above, a stately chandelier floats high over the mezzanine like an artificial sun, its thousands of lightbulbs...	Status Region Type Abandoned New York Theater 21 Photos
	Embreeville State Hospital Too many people. I feared it would lead to an issue, but on the cusp of a good time I let the matter slide and buried the logical half of my disputing intuition with the promise off chill roof-top talks and alcohol...	Status Region Type Abandoned Pennsylvania Hospital 53 Photos
	Englishman Farms Cruising along the highway I caught a glimpse of what appeared to be a massive barn emerging from the overgrowth just off to the side of the road. With my curiosity piqued, I decided to turn the car around and pass by for a second time in order to obtain a better look...	Status Region Type Abandoned New Jersey Agricultural 23 Photos
	Essex County Hospital Center It grew darker and darker, as we rounded a corner the last shimmer of natural light trickled away and we completely relied on our flashlights for illumination. The dirt ground was slippery, wet and cold...	Status Region Type Abandoned New Jersey Hospital 99 Photos
	Essex Generating Station "I Would Buy Addresses ;) , Question About Locations, Help For A Fellow Urban Explorer, Hey I Like Your Website, Location Help, LETCHWORTH!, HELLLPPPP????!!!?!?!"; this string of meaningless text represents subject headlines from just a sample of the handful of more common emails I receive in my website's inbox on a monthly basis.	Status Region Type Abandoned New Jersey Industrial 36 Photos
	Ethrane Asylum Just outside the fence line enclosing the shuttered brick asylum, a maintenance crew was making quick work of the tall grass. As they made passes by on their ride-on lawn mowers, fine particles of dust would be kicked up from the dry ground, creating small plumes which quickly dispersed amongst the thin, arid summer air...	Status Region Type Abandoned New York Hospital 47 Photos
	Fairy Tale Forest Perhaps it's the vibrant colors, the giant mushroom in the parking lot or maybe just the overall weird aura of this place that continues to grab my attention every time I pass it. Most native New Jerseyans will probably...	Status Region Type Abandoned New Jersey Theme Park 71 Photos
	Federal Hill From what I know about the hill, General George Washington stopped at the hill while travailing through the Northern New Jersey Area (Specifically Bloomingdale NJ). He stopped at the hill to set up a fire post/lookout...	Status Region Type Abandoned New Jersey Historical 24 Photos
	The Fish Factory I could not stop licking my mustache, I mean it wasn't like I wanted to, nor was I even really cognizant of my bizarre actions, rather, it was just how my brain told me to react in response to such an entirely new found stimulus...	Status Region Type Abandoned New Jersey Industrial 41 Photos
	Forgotten Cemetery In the former Butler Cemetery some "famous" townsfolk lay to rest, including Mr. De'lazier, and Mr. Vreeland. There are also some stranger aspects to the Butler Cemetery including headstones that have a date of birth but not date of death...	Status Region Type Abandoned New Jersey Cemetery 61 Photos
	Fun Zone The only accessible door in, led straight down to the damp basement. The air pungent with the taste of fungus; my flashlight illuminating the toxic environment revealed fuzzy black mold spores covering the walls like an autumn jacket...	Status Region Type Abandoned New Jersey Theme Park 24 Photos
	Glenwood Power Station A few pigeons perched on a beam flew out through a broken widow in a panicked frenzy. The dust disturbed by their exit shimmering like glitter, as it slowly fell through the light to the muddied floor below. Standing at the base of the immense but empty turbine hall I could hear...	Status Region Type Abandoned New York Industrial 36 Photos
	Grossinger's Catskill Resort Hotel Drops of water cut through sun rays casting down across the lush green forest floor. As if caught within a summer sun shower I watched the droplets as they appeared to nearly pause mid-air, briefly glistening before plummeting into the fern carpet...	Status Region Type Abandoned New York Resort 43 Photos
	Harriman State Park Junkyard All around me woodland creatures playfully rustled within the colorful fall foliage. My peripheral vision caught quick glimpse of a plume of leaves shooting up from the ground, before gracefully fluttering back down...	Status Region Type Abandoned New York Transportation 42 Photos
	High View Homeless Shelter Our guide for the day snuck us around the back of the campus where we followed the perimeter of a barbed wired lined fence. After walking for quite some distance we stopped and our guide pointed us to walk through a swath of low lying thorn bushes...	Status Region Type Abandoned New York Prison 30 Photos
	Hill Top Care Center Deep within the woods of the rich suburbia of Montville New Jersey lay a dormant monster, that has attracted adventure goers and Urban Explorers for years. She stands proudly (altho now a little charred) upon her hill protected only by the cover of the trees...	Status Region Type Abandoned New Jersey Hospital 65 Photos
	Hotel Adler Nacho platter with cheese sauce. My mind agreed, but potential repercussions stemming from the three hour driving distance separating me and a respectable toilet swayed my decision to weigh heavily on the choice of a personal pan pizza instead...	Status Region Type Abandoned New York Resort 43 Photos
	House 69 No Information Posted	Status Region Type Abandoned New Jersey Residential 50 Photos
	Hunting Lodge Being that the door was wide open, I figured my presence was welcome and I made my way inside the decrepit structure. Falling water droplets echoed through out the empty rooms and the floor boards were nearly...	Status Region Type Abandoned New Jersey Resort 24 Photos
	Hurstmont Estate A crisp Autumn breeze swiftly meandered through the naked tree branches scratching at the cold blue sky above. Gnarly, skinny twigs extended into the blue like long boney fingers reaching out from a ghoulish aspiration...	Status Region Type Abandoned New Jersey Historical 45 Photos
	Hydraulic Motor Factory The soaking wet and moldy ceiling tiles, that had fallen to the ground, where like quicksand. They seemed to suck my shoes down deeper and deeper with each step. The smell of hydraulic motor oil was...	Status Region Type Abandoned New Jersey Industrial 55 Photos
	Imperial Baths Water spewed out from my mouth, further propelled past my trembling lips like an erupting geyser angled horizontally toward a crowd of bewildered spectators. Pressurized liquid forcefully sprayed from between the gaps of my teeth...	Status Region Type Abandoned New York Historical 24 Photos
	Ivy House I walked through the front door, my face dripping with beads of sweat, It was a blazing hot Summer day and I did not know what to expect. The whole house was obscured with vegetation and vines crawling from...	Status Region Type Abandoned New Jersey Residential 85 Photos
	Kampfe's Lake From the date I found in one of the stone walls surrounding this once grand estate I estimate it being around 110 yeas old. There is really not to much here any more but an old foundation of the once grand mansion.	Status Region Type Abandoned New Jersey Historical 50 Photos
	Led Zeppelin Train Yard No Information Posted	Status Region Type Abandoned New Jersey Rail Road 52 Photos
	Letchworth Village The last of the leaves had fallen from the trees, allowing the late afternoon sun to easily filter in through the broken window frames. The peeling paint scattered the light, creating interesting shadow patterns on the floor...	Status Region Type Abandoned New York Hospital 86 Photos
	Liberty Lake Resort I've heard he calls home to a furnished room located somewhere about the top floor. The electricity remains on within this wing, powering only few electrical necessities. If the static mumbling of a radio is heard you've pressed your luck too far...	Status Region Type Abandoned New York Resort 26 Photos
	Lime Kilns The wet leaves muted my footsteps as I approached the industrial skeleton, the adjacent river slowly eroding away it's cement bones...	Status Region Type Abandoned New Jersey Mill 24 Photos
	Long Pond Iron Works Founded in 1766 by the German ironmaster Peter Hasenclever, the Long Pond Ironworks stood as a steady industry in Northern New Jersey for over one-hundred years. Everything in this small village was built because of the success of the Iron Industry...	Status Region Type Abandoned New Jersey Historical 33 Photos
	Maas and Waldstein Company Massive iron pipes plummeting from above tear through vines, ripping leafy vegetation right off tree limbs, and bend the dense forest of saplings below backwards into a U shape...	Status Region Type Abandoned New Jersey Industrial 23 Photos
	McMyler Coal Dumper The immaculate blacked-out Mercedes-Benz SUV with New York plates parked within the otherwise empty, abandoned parking lot surrounded by tall reeds, guarded by a gang of gulls, raised some suspicion, but I shrugged it off as some Staten Island native who probably sneaks onto the property to quietly fish and crab along the banks of the river...	Status Region Type Abandoned New Jersey Industrial 41 Photos
	Midgets House I honestly could not tell you what this structure is other than some type of frame. My guess is that it was some type of club house way back when. Or I even might go as far as to speculate it may be a midgets house...	Status Region Type Abandoned New Jersey Residential 25 Photos
	Monticello Manor Inside, a dreary atmosphere filled the shuttered building, heightened by the overcast sky which seemed to mimic the dull interior ambience. A putrid scent of mold snaked its way through the empty hallways and stair wells, randomly rearing its heinous aroma...	Status Region Type Abandoned New York Hospital 32 Photos
	Mural Psychiatric Center The paint chips crunched underneath my boots as I walked across the bare hallway. It was hideously cold outside, and every once in a while a bone chilling wind would creep in, brushing past my now hypothermic hands...	Status Region Type Abandoned New York Hospital 94 Photos
	National Lead Company Jelly burst out from between the crust of two slices of smashed together wheat bread, oozing into the crevices of the ziplock bag which fortunately contained the sticky grape mess from from seeping into the confines of my backpack...	Status Region Type Abandoned New Jersey Industrial 34 Photos
	Naval Air Warfare Center Trenton This was no town pig napping in a Crown Vic, corrupt county hog, nor even a sneaky state swine snoozing in a Durango. This vehicle was different, it was unmarked...	Status Region Type Abandoned New Jersey Industrial 69 Photos
	Newark Street Jail The sounds of power tools grinding against the age old iron prison bars echoed through the vacant cell blocks. Clanking and ringing from sledge hammers smashing against the freshly cut metal, pierced through the stagnant mid-summer air...	Status Region Type Abandoned New Jersey Prison 38 Photos
	Paper Mill This place is a fairly large abandoned paper processing complex. From what I know, this building in the early beginning days used to make toilet paper for the Queen of England. At first a thought this was...	Status Region Type Abandoned New Jersey Mill 19 Photos
	Paulinskill Viaduct In the back woods of Northern New Jersey their lurks a huge expanse of bridge known as the Hainesburg Viaduct, but more commonly refereed to as the Paulinskill Viaduct. Such a structure so big you think would be noticeable at far distances...	Status Region Type Abandoned New Jersey Rail Road 42 Photos
	Pump House Every once in awhile, while exploring in the woods, you stumble upon old relics that you never knew even existed. "The Pump House" is a pure example of just that. The structure itself is not much of an abandonment...	Status Region Type Abandoned New Jersey Industrial 25 Photos
	The Pines Hotel Having spent the morning hours exploring another ruin within the general vicinity, we decided to take a detour past the old Pines Hotel before making the drive back to New Jersey. I had never been to The Pines, but from the pictures I had seen, I knew it was in absolute disastrous condition. We walked in through a forced opened fire exit door hanging precariously by a single hinge...	Status Region Type Abandoned New York Resort 28 Photos
	Radiation Technology Inc The rain soon ceased and with its abrupt end the sun's rays began to quickly infiltrate through the low cloud cover, slowly warming the saturated ground below. I emerged out from the shelter of a cool, dark cement building which provided adequate protection from the rogue rainstorm...	Status Region Type Abandoned New Jersey Industrial 40 Photos
	Red Fox Inn I squeezed myself through the broken window pane and into what seemed like another world. The temperature was a good 15 degrees cooler than that of the outside world, a strong smell of mildew filled the air...	Status Region Type Abandoned New Jersey Restaurant 30 Photos
	River Ruins Not all ruins are hidden amongst the back roads of New Jersey or deep within the forbidden woods, in-fact there are many interesting ruins to be seen, that are almost in plane sight....	Status Region Type Abandoned New Jersey Industrial 27 Photos
	Roseville Tunnel The winter chill remained absent from this peculiar stretch of early January air. Raw, snow barren earth quenched for moisture. What little liquid prevailed, percolated through an abutting rock cliff face; each free falling drop tormenting the desiccated soil below...	Status Region Type Abandoned New Jersey Rail Road 15 Photos
	Saint Lucifer's Hospital Ding! The horrifying ring of an elevator bell pierced through the dead air. The resonating pinging sound seemed to echo through the vacant hallways for minutes, before eventually fading out. With my exploring partner nowhere to be found I quickly ran behind the nearest corner...	Status Region Type Abandoned New Jersey Hospital 38 Photos
	Saint Nicholas Coal Breaker Rolling hills of black gold stretch far as the eye can see. The monochrome countryside painted grey and brown casts a post-apocalyptic aura about the landscape, further heightened by the leafless trees born of the winter freeze. Giant wind turbines guarding the horizon perpetually spin as casual breezes quickly gain momentum across barren coal fields...	Status Region Type Abandoned Pennsylvania Industrial 55 Photos
	Salesian School A tall fence surrounding the perimeter of the old school house stood at most as a mental barrier acting only to fuel my curiosity of why such a building would need be quarantined off from the reach of the general public...	Status Region Type Abandoned New York School 28 Photos
	Sapienwack Lodge An overgrown field choked with weeds and tall grasses surrounded the vacant resort. A series of rusted poles rose out from the overgrowth, tethered to the next by a limp stretch of cable, remaining from a long defunct ski lift...	Status Region Type Abandoned New York Resort 29 Photos
	Scranton Lace Company Recent snow melt revealed a barren pale landscape, everything was dead, monochrome, still. The blue sky above appeared nearly artificial, no doubt painted such a lively hue as to lighten the gloomy minds of those trapped within this sepia photographic world that I shall title, Bleak...	Status Region Type Abandoned Pennsylvania Industrial 52 Photos
	Security Shack A lone speck of graffiti was all that marked the now defunct guards shack to the Butler Printing & Laminating Facility. At one point in time I would presume, that a pair of security guards sat in this little hut all day long...	Status Region Type Abandoned New Jersey Industrial 11 Photos
	Slater's Mill No Information Posted	Status Region Type Abandoned New Jersey Mill 64 Photos
	Solar Panel House This was quite an interesting find. While the day was coming to an end, I stumbled upon this abandoned house which looked to be covered in sky lights, but upon closer inspection they were solar panels!...	Status Region Type Abandoned New Jersey Residential 60 Photos
	South Middle School At the stroke of the bell recess began and children's laughter almost immediately filled the air. The typical school yard sounds slowly filtered down the hollow halls cutting through the muted darkness...	Status Region Type Abandoned New Jersey School 32 Photos
	Springfield Laboratories A quick walk around the perimeter of the building, and it was quite clear there was no way I was getting inside. All the windows had jail cell bars across them, and the garage doors were fenced in and Master Locked shut...	Status Region Type Abandoned New Jersey Industrial 26 Photos
	St. Anger's Abbey For a moment I felt anger, felt the need to destroy. It lay right in front of me, and I could have easily chose to ruin it, but what good would that have done? For what brought me anger was no more...	Status Region Type Abandoned New Jersey Religious 44 Photos
	Stivasin Rutherford Estate Have you ever wondered what walls would say if they could talk. Image the history they could tell us, would they reveal secrets uttered long ago by past inhabitants or tell us how things were like back in the day...	Status Region Type Abandoned New Jersey Residential 18 Photos
	Swamp House Nestled behind the waters of a lively swamp, masked by tall grasses and curvy trees, sits a lonely house. The many sounds of the active marsh outside, in a way seem to taunt the empty and depressed abode...	Status Region Type Abandoned New Jersey Residentail 20 Photos
	Thorndorn Sanatorium Beads of sweat rolled off my forehead and channeled down my nose, where the perspiration accumulated and slowly dripped, dampening my dirt tinged t-shirt. The stagnant air thick with moisture trapped within the dense vegetation and relentless thorn bushes...	Status Region Type Abandoned New Jersey Hospital 31 Photos
	Tocks Island The depressing grey sky complemented perfectly the dead overgrowth still frozen from the previous winter months. The wind gusted furiously at times...	Status Region Type Abandoned New Jersey Residential 30 Photos
	Twin Bridges Farmhouse Change: an aspect of life we all most cope with. Sometimes things change for the better, other times for the worse. Such change can be said about the Twin Bridges Farm House. At one point in time the house...	Status Region Type Abandoned New Jersey Agricultural 40 Photos
	Untermeyer Mansion Yeah, I have to admit we were lost at first, but after driving around in circles for a bit, and consulting Google Maps for help, we finnaly found what appeared to be the trail which led up to the ruins. But this was no five star trail...	Status Region Type Abandoned New Jersey Residential 57 Photos
	Valley Inn A Stagnant puddle of water reflected the cloudy blue sky above. Sitting down for a moment to catch my breath, I watched in the reflection, the clouds slowly move past, until a series of wind birthed ripples distorted the illusion...	Status Region Type Abandoned Pennsylvania Resort 41 Photos
	Water Treatment Facility A few panicked pigeons created a cloud of dust as they darted up to the safety of the rafters above. Sunlight poured in from the yellow tinted windows...	Status Region Type Abandoned New Jersey Industrial 54 Photos
	Wheatsworth Mill The dark and dreary cement staircase spiraled up with no end in sight. Each passing step, the temperature seemed to rise and the darkness faded ever so slightly...	Status Region Type Abandoned New Jersey Mill 22 Photos
Demolished
	Abandoned Bus Believe it or not this old relic has a story. While going to the Bloomingdale DPW, to hopefully find a computer for parts someone threw out, I noticed this old bus sitting there. The bus had all it's windows smashed out...	Status Region Type Demolished New Jersey Transportation 7 Photos
	Amboy Cinemas I don't often like to use the term eyesore, as the saying often comes off as a bit of a cliche, largely void of any actual meaning and more commonly used as a blanket statement to express a sense of ugliness, with little to no facts to back up such an opinion...	Status Region Type Demolished New Jersey Theater 21 Photos
	Bergen Machine and Tool Co. Standing still with my head arched down, I gazed into my own eyes. Behind, I heard a single water droplet plummet from a soaked iron cross-beam some height above, its free-fall fate recognizable only by...	Status Region Type Demolished New Jersey Industrial 39 Photos
	Chain Saw House Maybe it's the feeling of loneliness and seclusion, the aura of death, the smell and beauty of decay that attracts me to these places. Or maybe it is something entirely different, perhaps these places attract me, because they allow me to express myself...	Status Region Type Demolished New Jersey Residential 50 Photos
	Cherryville Inn A thick web of vines strangles the facade of the 252 year old Cherryville Inn, its ancient bricks stained with memories and stories, the crumbling mortar exuding a hidden plethora of centuries old history, the entireties of which remain trapped behind boarded-up windows and doors secured by haphazardly nailed two-by-fours...	Status Region Type Demolished Pennsylvania Resort 15 Photos
	Curtis Paper Mill It was early spring and the mild air had just begun to awaken the first sprouts of foliage from winter slumber. A pallet of pastel greens, yellows, and reds veiled the landscape, creating a colorful canopy reminiscent of a muted autumn season...	Status Region Type Demolished New Jersey Mill 37 Photos
	Essex County Penitentiary The silence was shattered by a loud smash! Startled, I froze, and listened carefully, braced to run at any moment. The sound seemed to echo through the empty jail cells and bounced off the cement walls...	Status Region Type Demolished New Jersey Prison 75 Photos
	Essex Mountain Sanatorium In this dust that was once a city lurked the decrepit old hospital buildings of the Essex Mountain Sanatorium, also commonly referred to as Over Brook and or Hilltop. The EMS served as a hospital for the insane...	Status Region Type Demolished New Jersey Hospital 56 Photos
	Hartz Mountain Corporation Walking along an access road adjacent to a set of active railroad lines proved to be quite a daunting task with nearly two feet of snow covering the ground. Each step forward my legs sunk nearly knee deep into the snow ahead, making the proceeding steps that much more strenuous...	Status Region Type Demolished New Jersey Industrial 25 Photos
	Huber Breaker A sea of brilliant green foliage blooms in stark contrast against barren coal fields, gray and lifeless, existing like a windswept industrial desert of black dirt. Just ahead, a warped set of railroad tracks cuts through a wasteland of coal ash...	Status Region Type Demolished Pennsylvania Industrial 51 Photos
	Hughesville Paper Mill A field of towering corn stalks, awaiting mutilation by combine, rustle in the breeze, a sound which at times becomes so amplified within the quiet of the country air that one might expect a bewildered human, lost for decades...	Status Region Type Demolished New Jersey Industrial 59 Photos
	International Boiler Works "Have you ever checked out the abandoned International Boiler Works building in the Poconos" my friend texted to me. "No I haven't, unfortunately I never made it there before demolition", I confidently responded. "What do you mean, the place is still standing, at least it was as of last week when I was there" my friend proclaimed back...	Status Region Type Demolished Pennsylvania Industrial 10 Photos
	Jurassic (industrial) Park The sound of water droplets crashing against the concrete floor echoed throughout the empty shell of a building. Colorfully painted steam pipes stretched out like vines, growing up from the cement ground...	Status Region Type Demolished New York Industrial 56 Photos
	Karefott Lake Karefott Lake a once bustling summer camp filled with playing children (and probably mean camp directors). Now all thats left are a few cabins and a stagnant old lake. This area was once an old summer and swimming camp...	Status Region Type Demolished New Jersey Resort 40 Photos
	La Casa Roja My heart raced in response to the loud crash, I knew I was definitally not alone. I could hear something scurrying around in the adjacent room, and it definitally sounded like...	Status Region Type Demolished New Jersey Residential 16 Photos
	Lambertville High School The aroma of various carnival foods wafted past our vehicle as we idled at near standstill. Inching ever so slowly forward, crowds of people narrowly snaked through the traffic, some pulling in-tow wagons loaded with various arts and crafts, while others were just shoving...	Status Region Type Demolished New Jersey School 14 Photos
	Marlboro Psychiatric Hospital The limber shrubbery was extra flexible this Spring due to the quickly thawing soil, which combined with the unseasonably warm atmosphere, seemed to have awaken all of nature's vegetative joys from their winter slumber a few weeks early. It was only 8:00 AM but once the sun topped the horizon the temperature quickly climbed...	Status Region Type Demolished New Jersey Hospital 51 Photos
	Mohawk Industries The sheet-metal framed building muted the gunshot rounds echoing from the nearby private shooting range. Rust stained the siding various shades of red and brown, as sunlight made way through the corroded holes in the roof...	Status Region Type Demolished New Jersey Industrial 44 Photos
	Old Rusty Sometimes when exploring the wonderful woods here in New Jersey, I randomly stumble across old abandoned vehicles, and this was just one of those times. I was doing some general Urban Exploration at a near by condominium development site...	Status Region Type Demolished New Jersey Transportation 12 Photos
	Round Barn The pictures below are of one of the only if not the only round barn still standing in New Jersey. It has been abandoned for sometime and because of that the structure of the barn is pretty much unfixable...	Status Region Type Demolished New Jersey Agricultural 31 Photos
	Sun Tan Lake When faced with lots of money people often times make stupid decisions on their part. Such can be said about Valley Springs (Suntan Lake) in Riverdale New Jersey. At one point in history Valley Springs was a popular swimming resort...	Status Region Type Demolsihed New Jersey Resort 30 Photos
	The Barn No Information Posted	Status Region Type Demolsihed New Jersey Agricultural 26 Photos
	Tamarack Lodge The wind wanted in; violently shaking the loose window frames like an invisible monster. Inside we were safe from its grip...	Status Region Type Demolished New York Resort 22 Photos
	U.S. Aluminum I decided to try on for fit a fancy looking jean jacket I found on the floor of the men's locker room. I knew I was in for a great find when reaching to pick up the jacket it peeled off the tile like a bunny rolled flat...	Status Region Type Demolished New Jersey Industrial 55 Photos
	Wayne Manor Ah, the Wayne Manor, a building that in its hey-day was one of the most fine and elegant places to hold parties and wedding receptions. The manor filled with its many dance hall's and floors was a sure party location for those richy-rich pants people...	Status Region Type Demolished New Jersey Restaurant 97 Photos
	Westborough State Hospital The strong summer sun radiated relentlessly against the crumbling brick facade of the shuttered building. Numerous broken windows and exposed collapsing walls would normally let through a cool breeze...	Status Region Type Demolished Massachusetts Hospital 67 Photos
Restored
	Building 45/47 No Information Posted	Status Region Type Restored New Jersey Office Building 56 Photos
	Casey Jones No Information Posted	Status Region Type Restored New Jersey Rail Road 72 Photos
	Empty Walls Mansion The brisk autumn wind echoed threw the collapsing walls, the floor boards creaked and swayed with every step and darkness consumed the narrow stairwell, for a moment I almost considered turning back...	Status Region Type Restored New Jersey Historical 38 Photos
	Essex County Isolation Hospital I watched from the top floor the active town below. A group of people were playing golf in a field adjacent to the hospital, another couple tossing a frisbee, as their dog ran just behind...	Status Region Type Restored New Jersey Hospital 60 Photos
	Loew's Kings Theater Despite the sun having set hours ago, scorching heat waves continued to radiate out from within the blacktop and concrete built environment. The stars in the night sky above appeared blurred, trapped behind an opaque layer of thick muggy air acting like a giant piece of plastic wrap strewn overtop the city...	Status Region Type Restored New York Theater 12 Photos
	Margaret Hague Maternity Hospital The eyes of a city are many, looking everywhere but seeing nothing. It took me years to realize this, years of sneaking around, worrying about who might have saw what, or who would notice, or look up, or care...	Status Region Type Restored New Jersey Hospital 45 Photos
	Union Hotel A wicked stench of rotting food induced a feeling of nausea. The thick odor permeated about the dark kitchen, seeming to originate from an industrial sized refrigeration unit neighbored by a fryer full with a glutinous mass of putrid oil...	Status Region Type Restored New Jersey Resort 31 Photos
	Van Ness Grecco Mansion Fingers numb from the cold, I arrived. I have been here before, but I figure it was time to visit an old friend again. It's an odd feeling to be all alone in a huge empty mansion, my steps echoed as I walked across the empty wooden floors...	Status Region Type Restored New Jersey Historical 34 Photos
	Vass Farmstead John Vass, a German immigrant, erected this limestone farmhouse in 1812. Members of the Vass family were extensive landowners and involved in local politics, ice production and mining enterprises, in addition to farming...	Status Region Type Restored New Jersey Agricultural 28 Photos
	West Philadelphia High School A covertly placed motion sensor dangles from a pair of black and red colored insulated electrical wires, swaying ever so slightly within the drafty hallway lined with open windows. The tinted white plastic box housing the delicate internal motion movement detector remains shattered...	Status Region Type Restored Pennsylvania School 38 Photos

Abandoned

Amtrak Rolling Stock

The rail cars sit idle like a fresh kill, slumped across a forest floor awaiting final slaughter. A veil of greenery encapsulates the faded red, white, and blue pinstripe metal locomotive bodies, spotted with rust stains of neglect; a paint scheme which distinctly protrudes through the overgrowth of the encroaching dense summer vegetation...

Status Region Type

Abandoned
New Jersey
Rail Road

32 Photos

1754 House

As I paused to grab my flashlight, I could hear the screeching and cracking of the distressed beams I trusted my weight on. Fully expecting the wooden structure to give way, I held on tightly...

Status Region Type

Abandoned
New Jersey
Residential

32 Photos

Baekeland Chemical Plant

A murder of crows dispersed overhead, forming an ominous cloud of glossy black plumage, moving every so swiftly through the Autumn air and effortlessly changing form like a perfectly staged illusion, before finally disappearing into the horizon. Massive metal towers rose up into the sky, standing tall like artificial trees born from the mind of a crazed metal smith...

Status Region Type

Abandoned
New York
Industrial

49 Photos

Behind Bars

A shimmer of light caught my eye, reflecting off a piece of broken glass from a window pane in front of me. The oddly shaped building, constructed into the side of a cliff looked to be abandoned...

Status Region Type

Abandoned
Colorado
Prision

23 Photos

Bennett School for Girls

A single bead of sweat slipped down the bridge of my nose, briefly free-falling before crashing into the dry floor boards below which quickly absorbed any trace of its' splatter from existence. It took four grueling trips up and down five flights of stairs to lug all that shit up...

Status Region Type

Abandoned
New York
School

60 Photos

Bethlehem Steel Plant

A line of freight cars, easily stretching over a mile in length, played a perpetual symphony composed of nauseating squeals, shrieks, and screams; the deafening sound conducted by the air brakes of each rail car, slowly grinding the rolling stock to a stop...

Status Region Type

Abandoned
Pennsylvania
Industrial

45 Photos

Bioinformatics Protein Laboratory

It was an exceptionally hot and humid day. Inside the stale air was thick with the smell of chemicals long trapped within the closed doors of the sterile laboratories. Decay was evident but restricted mostly to water damaged ceiling tiles...

Status Region Type

Abandoned
New Jersey
Industrial

36 Photos

Bloomingdale Dam

Nothing much here but a small cement ruin, I really don't know what it used to be but from the looks of it, chances are that it was some type of dam to control the river back in the day so that it did not flood, but who knows...

Status Region Type

Abandoned
New Jersey
Industrial

16 Photos

Boonton Line

The mangled vines and ivy held victim the rotting train cars. Like hands from the depths of the earth, the vines seemed to slowly pull the decaying hunks of metal through the frozen ground, their suffocating grip engraving scars...

Status Region Type

Abandoned
New Jersey
Rail Road

22 Photos

Brownfield Training School

Awkwardly, I crouched, my back bent near horizontally at the waste, arms held tightly at side, and chin tucked into neck. Swiftly I pressed forward maintaining a silly shuffling motion as well as the assumed awkward stance, all in the spirit of caution...

Status Region Type

Abandoned
Connecticut
Hospital

28 Photos

Camp Kameshia

No Information Posted

Status Region Type

Abandoned
New Jersey
Resort

58 Photos

Camp Sussex

Camp shirts, hats, and various other clothing apparel remained piled nearly ceiling high in the laundry building. Plastic toothbrushes lay scattered about the floor, originating from a large cardboard box which had fallen from a shelf above...

Status Region Type

Abandoned
New Jersey
Resort

27 Photos

Card Board Tube Garage

No Information Posted

Status Region Type

Abandoned
New Jersey
Mill

41 Photos

Contrail Barn

An old Ford pickup truck lay rusting away in a maze of thorn bushes and dead overgrowth. Farming equipment now killed by time, were scattered about the overgrown field, almost looking as if it were keeping watch of the decaying barn...

Status Region Type

Abandoned
New Jersey
Agricultural

35 Photos

Country Living Inn

Like an unorganized orchestra the sound was sporadic, sharp, and varied in pitch. At first an untrained ear might mistake it as a tripped alarm...

Status Region Type

Abandoned
New Jersey
Resort

34 Photos

Defunct Power Plant

Basically I ran into this place on accident, while a friend of mine and I were searching for a deli to get something to eat. Well any way, the building pictured below, was very small but the entire perimeter of the structure was ...

Status Region Type

Abandoned
New Jersey
Industrial

6 Photos

Delaware Generating Station

The clanging of steel pipes as they smashed into the ground from above followed by an explosion of sparks spraying out from behind a massive hulk of extinct industrial machinery proved quite clearly that we were not alone...

Status Region Type

Abandoned
Pennsylvania
Industrial

55 Photos

Dentists House

A fear that almost every one of us posses, that of the dentist. I for one hate the dentist, I despise that smell of the waiting room and the horrifying sound of metal tools scratching up against your teeth...

Status Region Type

Abandoned
New Jersey
Residential

84 Photos

DuPont Cladding Tunnel East

A thin layer of fog hovered just inches above the cold, muddy ground. This misty veil swallowed water droplets birthed from between crevices high a top, as they plummeted through the mysterious cloud, before absorbing and disappearing into the soil below.

Status Region Type

Abandoned
New Jersey
Industrial

23 Photos

Embassy Theatre

A cavernous space filled with row after row of perfectly aligned seats, gently curving inward as if beginning to form a forced smile. Above, a stately chandelier floats high over the mezzanine like an artificial sun, its thousands of lightbulbs...

Status Region Type

Abandoned
New York
Theater

21 Photos

Embreeville State Hospital

Too many people. I feared it would lead to an issue, but on the cusp of a good time I let the matter slide and buried the logical half of my disputing intuition with the promise off chill roof-top talks and alcohol...

Status Region Type

Abandoned
Pennsylvania
Hospital

53 Photos

Englishman Farms

Cruising along the highway I caught a glimpse of what appeared to be a massive barn emerging from the overgrowth just off to the side of the road. With my curiosity piqued, I decided to turn the car around and pass by for a second time in order to obtain a better look...

Status Region Type

Abandoned
New Jersey
Agricultural

23 Photos

Essex County Hospital Center

It grew darker and darker, as we rounded a corner the last shimmer of natural light trickled away and we completely relied on our flashlights for illumination. The dirt ground was slippery, wet and cold...

Status Region Type

Abandoned
New Jersey
Hospital

99 Photos

Essex Generating Station

"I Would Buy Addresses ;) , Question About Locations, Help For A Fellow Urban Explorer, Hey I Like Your Website, Location Help, LETCHWORTH!, HELLLPPPP????!!!?!?!"; this string of meaningless text represents subject headlines from just a sample of the handful of more common emails I receive in my website's inbox on a monthly basis.

Status Region Type

Abandoned
New Jersey
Industrial

36 Photos

Ethrane Asylum

Just outside the fence line enclosing the shuttered brick asylum, a maintenance crew was making quick work of the tall grass. As they made passes by on their ride-on lawn mowers, fine particles of dust would be kicked up from the dry ground, creating small plumes which quickly dispersed amongst the thin, arid summer air...

Status Region Type

Abandoned
New York
Hospital

47 Photos

Fairy Tale Forest

Perhaps it's the vibrant colors, the giant mushroom in the parking lot or maybe just the overall weird aura of this place that continues to grab my attention every time I pass it. Most native New Jerseyans will probably...

Status Region Type

Abandoned
New Jersey
Theme Park

71 Photos

Federal Hill

From what I know about the hill, General George Washington stopped at the hill while travailing through the Northern New Jersey Area (Specifically Bloomingdale NJ). He stopped at the hill to set up a fire post/lookout...

Status Region Type

Abandoned
New Jersey
Historical

24 Photos

The Fish Factory

I could not stop licking my mustache, I mean it wasn't like I wanted to, nor was I even really cognizant of my bizarre actions, rather, it was just how my brain told me to react in response to such an entirely new found stimulus...

Status Region Type

Abandoned
New Jersey
Industrial

41 Photos

Forgotten Cemetery

In the former Butler Cemetery some "famous" townsfolk lay to rest, including Mr. De'lazier, and Mr. Vreeland. There are also some stranger aspects to the Butler Cemetery including headstones that have a date of birth but not date of death...

Status Region Type

Abandoned
New Jersey
Cemetery

61 Photos

Fun Zone

The only accessible door in, led straight down to the damp basement. The air pungent with the taste of fungus; my flashlight illuminating the toxic environment revealed fuzzy black mold spores covering the walls like an autumn jacket...

Status Region Type

Abandoned
New Jersey
Theme Park

24 Photos

Glenwood Power Station

A few pigeons perched on a beam flew out through a broken widow in a panicked frenzy. The dust disturbed by their exit shimmering like glitter, as it slowly fell through the light to the muddied floor below. Standing at the base of the immense but empty turbine hall I could hear...

Status Region Type

Abandoned
New York
Industrial

36 Photos

Grossinger's Catskill Resort Hotel

Drops of water cut through sun rays casting down across the lush green forest floor. As if caught within a summer sun shower I watched the droplets as they appeared to nearly pause mid-air, briefly glistening before plummeting into the fern carpet...

Status Region Type

Abandoned
New York
Resort

43 Photos

Harriman State Park Junkyard

All around me woodland creatures playfully rustled within the colorful fall foliage. My peripheral vision caught quick glimpse of a plume of leaves shooting up from the ground, before gracefully fluttering back down...

Status Region Type

Abandoned
New York
Transportation

42 Photos

High View Homeless Shelter

Our guide for the day snuck us around the back of the campus where we followed the perimeter of a barbed wired lined fence. After walking for quite some distance we stopped and our guide pointed us to walk through a swath of low lying thorn bushes...

Status Region Type

Abandoned
New York
Prison

30 Photos

Hill Top Care Center

Deep within the woods of the rich suburbia of Montville New Jersey lay a dormant monster, that has attracted adventure goers and Urban Explorers for years. She stands proudly (altho now a little charred) upon her hill protected only by the cover of the trees...

Status Region Type

Abandoned
New Jersey
Hospital

65 Photos

Hotel Adler

Nacho platter with cheese sauce. My mind agreed, but potential repercussions stemming from the three hour driving distance separating me and a respectable toilet swayed my decision to weigh heavily on the choice of a personal pan pizza instead...

Status Region Type

Abandoned
New York
Resort

43 Photos

House 69

No Information Posted

Status Region Type

Abandoned
New Jersey
Residential

50 Photos

Hunting Lodge

Being that the door was wide open, I figured my presence was welcome and I made my way inside the decrepit structure. Falling water droplets echoed through out the empty rooms and the floor boards were nearly...

Status Region Type

Abandoned
New Jersey
Resort

24 Photos

Hurstmont Estate

A crisp Autumn breeze swiftly meandered through the naked tree branches scratching at the cold blue sky above. Gnarly, skinny twigs extended into the blue like long boney fingers reaching out from a ghoulish aspiration...

Status Region Type

Abandoned
New Jersey
Historical

45 Photos

Hydraulic Motor Factory

The soaking wet and moldy ceiling tiles, that had fallen to the ground, where like quicksand. They seemed to suck my shoes down deeper and deeper with each step. The smell of hydraulic motor oil was...

Status Region Type

Abandoned
New Jersey
Industrial

55 Photos

Imperial Baths

Water spewed out from my mouth, further propelled past my trembling lips like an erupting geyser angled horizontally toward a crowd of bewildered spectators. Pressurized liquid forcefully sprayed from between the gaps of my teeth...

Status Region Type

Abandoned
New York
Historical

24 Photos

Ivy House

I walked through the front door, my face dripping with beads of sweat, It was a blazing hot Summer day and I did not know what to expect. The whole house was obscured with vegetation and vines crawling from...

Status Region Type

Abandoned
New Jersey
Residential

85 Photos

Kampfe's Lake

From the date I found in one of the stone walls surrounding this once grand estate I estimate it being around 110 yeas old. There is really not to much here any more but an old foundation of the once grand mansion.

Status Region Type

Abandoned
New Jersey
Historical

50 Photos

Led Zeppelin Train Yard

No Information Posted

Status Region Type

Abandoned
New Jersey
Rail Road

52 Photos

Letchworth Village

The last of the leaves had fallen from the trees, allowing the late afternoon sun to easily filter in through the broken window frames. The peeling paint scattered the light, creating interesting shadow patterns on the floor...

Status Region Type

Abandoned
New York
Hospital

86 Photos

Liberty Lake Resort

I've heard he calls home to a furnished room located somewhere about the top floor. The electricity remains on within this wing, powering only few electrical necessities. If the static mumbling of a radio is heard you've pressed your luck too far...

Status Region Type

Abandoned
New York
Resort

26 Photos

Lime Kilns

The wet leaves muted my footsteps as I approached the industrial skeleton, the adjacent river slowly eroding away it's cement bones...

Status Region Type

Abandoned
New Jersey
Mill

24 Photos

Long Pond Iron Works

Founded in 1766 by the German ironmaster Peter Hasenclever, the Long Pond Ironworks stood as a steady industry in Northern New Jersey for over one-hundred years. Everything in this small village was built because of the success of the Iron Industry...

Status Region Type

Abandoned
New Jersey
Historical

33 Photos

Maas and Waldstein Company

Massive iron pipes plummeting from above tear through vines, ripping leafy vegetation right off tree limbs, and bend the dense forest of saplings below backwards into a U shape...

Status Region Type

Abandoned
New Jersey
Industrial

23 Photos

McMyler Coal Dumper

The immaculate blacked-out Mercedes-Benz SUV with New York plates parked within the otherwise empty, abandoned parking lot surrounded by tall reeds, guarded by a gang of gulls, raised some suspicion, but I shrugged it off as some Staten Island native who probably sneaks onto the property to quietly fish and crab along the banks of the river...

Status Region Type

Abandoned
New Jersey
Industrial

41 Photos

Midgets House

I honestly could not tell you what this structure is other than some type of frame. My guess is that it was some type of club house way back when. Or I even might go as far as to speculate it may be a midgets house...

Status Region Type

Abandoned
New Jersey
Residential

25 Photos

Monticello Manor

Inside, a dreary atmosphere filled the shuttered building, heightened by the overcast sky which seemed to mimic the dull interior ambience. A putrid scent of mold snaked its way through the empty hallways and stair wells, randomly rearing its heinous aroma...

Status Region Type

Abandoned
New York
Hospital

32 Photos

Mural Psychiatric Center

The paint chips crunched underneath my boots as I walked across the bare hallway. It was hideously cold outside, and every once in a while a bone chilling wind would creep in, brushing past my now hypothermic hands...

Status Region Type

Abandoned
New York
Hospital

94 Photos

National Lead Company

Jelly burst out from between the crust of two slices of smashed together wheat bread, oozing into the crevices of the ziplock bag which fortunately contained the sticky grape mess from from seeping into the confines of my backpack...

Status Region Type

Abandoned
New Jersey
Industrial

34 Photos

Naval Air Warfare Center Trenton

This was no town pig napping in a Crown Vic, corrupt county hog, nor even a sneaky state swine snoozing in a Durango. This vehicle was different, it was unmarked...

Status Region Type

Abandoned
New Jersey
Industrial

69 Photos

Newark Street Jail

The sounds of power tools grinding against the age old iron prison bars echoed through the vacant cell blocks. Clanking and ringing from sledge hammers smashing against the freshly cut metal, pierced through the stagnant mid-summer air...

Status Region Type

Abandoned
New Jersey
Prison

38 Photos

Paper Mill

This place is a fairly large abandoned paper processing complex. From what I know, this building in the early beginning days used to make toilet paper for the Queen of England. At first a thought this was...

Status Region Type

Abandoned
New Jersey
Mill

19 Photos

Paulinskill Viaduct

In the back woods of Northern New Jersey their lurks a huge expanse of bridge known as the Hainesburg Viaduct, but more commonly refereed to as the Paulinskill Viaduct. Such a structure so big you think would be noticeable at far distances...

Status Region Type

Abandoned
New Jersey
Rail Road

42 Photos

Pump House

Every once in awhile, while exploring in the woods, you stumble upon old relics that you never knew even existed. "The Pump House" is a pure example of just that. The structure itself is not much of an abandonment...

Status Region Type

Abandoned
New Jersey
Industrial

25 Photos

The Pines Hotel

Having spent the morning hours exploring another ruin within the general vicinity, we decided to take a detour past the old Pines Hotel before making the drive back to New Jersey. I had never been to The Pines, but from the pictures I had seen, I knew it was in absolute disastrous condition. We walked in through a forced opened fire exit door hanging precariously by a single hinge...

Status Region Type

Abandoned
New York
Resort

28 Photos

Radiation Technology Inc

The rain soon ceased and with its abrupt end the sun's rays began to quickly infiltrate through the low cloud cover, slowly warming the saturated ground below. I emerged out from the shelter of a cool, dark cement building which provided adequate protection from the rogue rainstorm...

Status Region Type

Abandoned
New Jersey
Industrial

40 Photos

Red Fox Inn

I squeezed myself through the broken window pane and into what seemed like another world. The temperature was a good 15 degrees cooler than that of the outside world, a strong smell of mildew filled the air...

Status Region Type

Abandoned
New Jersey
Restaurant

30 Photos

River Ruins

Not all ruins are hidden amongst the back roads of New Jersey or deep within the forbidden woods, in-fact there are many interesting ruins to be seen, that are almost in plane sight....

Status Region Type

Abandoned
New Jersey
Industrial

27 Photos

Roseville Tunnel

The winter chill remained absent from this peculiar stretch of early January air. Raw, snow barren earth quenched for moisture. What little liquid prevailed, percolated through an abutting rock cliff face; each free falling drop tormenting the desiccated soil below...

Status Region Type

Abandoned
New Jersey
Rail Road

15 Photos

Saint Lucifer's Hospital

Ding! The horrifying ring of an elevator bell pierced through the dead air. The resonating pinging sound seemed to echo through the vacant hallways for minutes, before eventually fading out. With my exploring partner nowhere to be found I quickly ran behind the nearest corner...

Status Region Type

Abandoned
New Jersey
Hospital

38 Photos

Saint Nicholas Coal Breaker

Rolling hills of black gold stretch far as the eye can see. The monochrome countryside painted grey and brown casts a post-apocalyptic aura about the landscape, further heightened by the leafless trees born of the winter freeze. Giant wind turbines guarding the horizon perpetually spin as casual breezes quickly gain momentum across barren coal fields...

Status Region Type

Abandoned
Pennsylvania
Industrial

55 Photos

Salesian School

A tall fence surrounding the perimeter of the old school house stood at most as a mental barrier acting only to fuel my curiosity of why such a building would need be quarantined off from the reach of the general public...

Status Region Type

Abandoned
New York
School

28 Photos

Sapienwack Lodge

An overgrown field choked with weeds and tall grasses surrounded the vacant resort. A series of rusted poles rose out from the overgrowth, tethered to the next by a limp stretch of cable, remaining from a long defunct ski lift...

Status Region Type

Abandoned
New York
Resort

29 Photos

Scranton Lace Company

Recent snow melt revealed a barren pale landscape, everything was dead, monochrome, still. The blue sky above appeared nearly artificial, no doubt painted such a lively hue as to lighten the gloomy minds of those trapped within this sepia photographic world that I shall title, Bleak...

Status Region Type

Abandoned
Pennsylvania
Industrial

52 Photos

Security Shack

A lone speck of graffiti was all that marked the now defunct guards shack to the Butler Printing & Laminating Facility. At one point in time I would presume, that a pair of security guards sat in this little hut all day long...

Status Region Type

Abandoned
New Jersey
Industrial

11 Photos

Slater's Mill

No Information Posted

Status Region Type

Abandoned
New Jersey
Mill

64 Photos

Solar Panel House

This was quite an interesting find. While the day was coming to an end, I stumbled upon this abandoned house which looked to be covered in sky lights, but upon closer inspection they were solar panels!...

Status Region Type

Abandoned
New Jersey
Residential

60 Photos

South Middle School

At the stroke of the bell recess began and children's laughter almost immediately filled the air. The typical school yard sounds slowly filtered down the hollow halls cutting through the muted darkness...

Status Region Type

Abandoned
New Jersey
School

32 Photos

Springfield Laboratories

A quick walk around the perimeter of the building, and it was quite clear there was no way I was getting inside. All the windows had jail cell bars across them, and the garage doors were fenced in and Master Locked shut...

Status Region Type

Abandoned
New Jersey
Industrial

26 Photos

St. Anger's Abbey

For a moment I felt anger, felt the need to destroy. It lay right in front of me, and I could have easily chose to ruin it, but what good would that have done? For what brought me anger was no more...

Status Region Type

Abandoned
New Jersey
Religious

44 Photos

Stivasin Rutherford Estate

Have you ever wondered what walls would say if they could talk. Image the history they could tell us, would they reveal secrets uttered long ago by past inhabitants or tell us how things were like back in the day...

Status Region Type

Abandoned
New Jersey
Residential

18 Photos

Swamp House

Nestled behind the waters of a lively swamp, masked by tall grasses and curvy trees, sits a lonely house. The many sounds of the active marsh outside, in a way seem to taunt the empty and depressed abode...

Status Region Type

Abandoned
New Jersey
Residentail

20 Photos

Thorndorn Sanatorium

Beads of sweat rolled off my forehead and channeled down my nose, where the perspiration accumulated and slowly dripped, dampening my dirt tinged t-shirt. The stagnant air thick with moisture trapped within the dense vegetation and relentless thorn bushes...

Status Region Type

Abandoned
New Jersey
Hospital

31 Photos

Tocks Island

The depressing grey sky complemented perfectly the dead overgrowth still frozen from the previous winter months. The wind gusted furiously at times...

Status Region Type

Abandoned
New Jersey
Residential

30 Photos

Twin Bridges Farmhouse

Change: an aspect of life we all most cope with. Sometimes things change for the better, other times for the worse. Such change can be said about the Twin Bridges Farm House. At one point in time the house...

Status Region Type

Abandoned
New Jersey
Agricultural

40 Photos

Untermeyer Mansion

Yeah, I have to admit we were lost at first, but after driving around in circles for a bit, and consulting Google Maps for help, we finnaly found what appeared to be the trail which led up to the ruins. But this was no five star trail...

Status Region Type

Abandoned
New Jersey
Residential

57 Photos

Valley Inn

A Stagnant puddle of water reflected the cloudy blue sky above. Sitting down for a moment to catch my breath, I watched in the reflection, the clouds slowly move past, until a series of wind birthed ripples distorted the illusion...

Status Region Type

Abandoned
Pennsylvania
Resort

41 Photos

Water Treatment Facility

A few panicked pigeons created a cloud of dust as they darted up to the safety of the rafters above. Sunlight poured in from the yellow tinted windows...

Status Region Type

Abandoned
New Jersey
Industrial

54 Photos

Wheatsworth Mill

The dark and dreary cement staircase spiraled up with no end in sight. Each passing step, the temperature seemed to rise and the darkness faded ever so slightly...

Status Region Type

Abandoned
New Jersey
Mill

22 Photos

Demolished

Abandoned Bus

Believe it or not this old relic has a story. While going to the Bloomingdale DPW, to hopefully find a computer for parts someone threw out, I noticed this old bus sitting there. The bus had all it's windows smashed out...

Status Region Type

Demolished
New Jersey
Transportation

7 Photos

Amboy Cinemas

I don't often like to use the term eyesore, as the saying often comes off as a bit of a cliche, largely void of any actual meaning and more commonly used as a blanket statement to express a sense of ugliness, with little to no facts to back up such an opinion...

Status Region Type

Demolished
New Jersey
Theater

21 Photos

Bergen Machine and Tool Co.

Standing still with my head arched down, I gazed into my own eyes. Behind, I heard a single water droplet plummet from a soaked iron cross-beam some height above, its free-fall fate recognizable only by...

Status Region Type

Demolished
New Jersey
Industrial

39 Photos

Chain Saw House

Maybe it's the feeling of loneliness and seclusion, the aura of death, the smell and beauty of decay that attracts me to these places. Or maybe it is something entirely different, perhaps these places attract me, because they allow me to express myself...

Status Region Type

Demolished
New Jersey
Residential

50 Photos

Cherryville Inn

A thick web of vines strangles the facade of the 252 year old Cherryville Inn, its ancient bricks stained with memories and stories, the crumbling mortar exuding a hidden plethora of centuries old history, the entireties of which remain trapped behind boarded-up windows and doors secured by haphazardly nailed two-by-fours...

Status Region Type

Demolished
Pennsylvania
Resort

15 Photos

Curtis Paper Mill

It was early spring and the mild air had just begun to awaken the first sprouts of foliage from winter slumber. A pallet of pastel greens, yellows, and reds veiled the landscape, creating a colorful canopy reminiscent of a muted autumn season...

Status Region Type

Demolished
New Jersey
Mill

37 Photos

Essex County Penitentiary

The silence was shattered by a loud smash! Startled, I froze, and listened carefully, braced to run at any moment. The sound seemed to echo through the empty jail cells and bounced off the cement walls...

Status Region Type

Demolished
New Jersey
Prison

75 Photos

Essex Mountain Sanatorium

In this dust that was once a city lurked the decrepit old hospital buildings of the Essex Mountain Sanatorium, also commonly referred to as Over Brook and or Hilltop. The EMS served as a hospital for the insane...

Status Region Type

Demolished
New Jersey
Hospital

56 Photos

Hartz Mountain Corporation

Walking along an access road adjacent to a set of active railroad lines proved to be quite a daunting task with nearly two feet of snow covering the ground. Each step forward my legs sunk nearly knee deep into the snow ahead, making the proceeding steps that much more strenuous...

Status Region Type

Demolished
New Jersey
Industrial

25 Photos

Huber Breaker

A sea of brilliant green foliage blooms in stark contrast against barren coal fields, gray and lifeless, existing like a windswept industrial desert of black dirt. Just ahead, a warped set of railroad tracks cuts through a wasteland of coal ash...

Status Region Type

Demolished
Pennsylvania
Industrial

51 Photos

Hughesville Paper Mill

A field of towering corn stalks, awaiting mutilation by combine, rustle in the breeze, a sound which at times becomes so amplified within the quiet of the country air that one might expect a bewildered human, lost for decades...

Status Region Type

Demolished
New Jersey
Industrial

59 Photos

International Boiler Works

"Have you ever checked out the abandoned International Boiler Works building in the Poconos" my friend texted to me. "No I haven't, unfortunately I never made it there before demolition", I confidently responded. "What do you mean, the place is still standing, at least it was as of last week when I was there" my friend proclaimed back...

Status Region Type

Demolished
Pennsylvania
Industrial

10 Photos

Jurassic (industrial) Park

The sound of water droplets crashing against the concrete floor echoed throughout the empty shell of a building. Colorfully painted steam pipes stretched out like vines, growing up from the cement ground...

Status Region Type

Demolished
New York
Industrial

56 Photos

Karefott Lake

Karefott Lake a once bustling summer camp filled with playing children (and probably mean camp directors). Now all thats left are a few cabins and a stagnant old lake. This area was once an old summer and swimming camp...

Status Region Type

Demolished
New Jersey
Resort

40 Photos

La Casa Roja

My heart raced in response to the loud crash, I knew I was definitally not alone. I could hear something scurrying around in the adjacent room, and it definitally sounded like...

Status Region Type

Demolished
New Jersey
Residential

16 Photos

Lambertville High School

The aroma of various carnival foods wafted past our vehicle as we idled at near standstill. Inching ever so slowly forward, crowds of people narrowly snaked through the traffic, some pulling in-tow wagons loaded with various arts and crafts, while others were just shoving...

Status Region Type

Demolished
New Jersey
School

14 Photos

Marlboro Psychiatric Hospital

The limber shrubbery was extra flexible this Spring due to the quickly thawing soil, which combined with the unseasonably warm atmosphere, seemed to have awaken all of nature's vegetative joys from their winter slumber a few weeks early. It was only 8:00 AM but once the sun topped the horizon the temperature quickly climbed...

Status Region Type

Demolished
New Jersey
Hospital

51 Photos

Mohawk Industries

The sheet-metal framed building muted the gunshot rounds echoing from the nearby private shooting range. Rust stained the siding various shades of red and brown, as sunlight made way through the corroded holes in the roof...

Status Region Type

Demolished
New Jersey
Industrial

44 Photos

Old Rusty

Sometimes when exploring the wonderful woods here in New Jersey, I randomly stumble across old abandoned vehicles, and this was just one of those times. I was doing some general Urban Exploration at a near by condominium development site...

Status Region Type

Demolished
New Jersey
Transportation

12 Photos

Round Barn

The pictures below are of one of the only if not the only round barn still standing in New Jersey. It has been abandoned for sometime and because of that the structure of the barn is pretty much unfixable...

Status Region Type

Demolished
New Jersey
Agricultural

31 Photos

Sun Tan Lake

When faced with lots of money people often times make stupid decisions on their part. Such can be said about Valley Springs (Suntan Lake) in Riverdale New Jersey. At one point in history Valley Springs was a popular swimming resort...

Status Region Type

Demolsihed
New Jersey
Resort

30 Photos

The Barn

No Information Posted

Status Region Type

Demolsihed
New Jersey
Agricultural

26 Photos

Tamarack Lodge

The wind wanted in; violently shaking the loose window frames like an invisible monster. Inside we were safe from its grip...

Status Region Type

Demolished
New York
Resort

22 Photos

U.S. Aluminum

I decided to try on for fit a fancy looking jean jacket I found on the floor of the men's locker room. I knew I was in for a great find when reaching to pick up the jacket it peeled off the tile like a bunny rolled flat...

Status Region Type

Demolished
New Jersey
Industrial

55 Photos

Wayne Manor

Ah, the Wayne Manor, a building that in its hey-day was one of the most fine and elegant places to hold parties and wedding receptions. The manor filled with its many dance hall's and floors was a sure party location for those richy-rich pants people...

Status Region Type

Demolished
New Jersey
Restaurant

97 Photos

Westborough State Hospital

The strong summer sun radiated relentlessly against the crumbling brick facade of the shuttered building. Numerous broken windows and exposed collapsing walls would normally let through a cool breeze...

Status Region Type

Demolished
Massachusetts
Hospital

67 Photos

Restored

Building 45/47

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Status Region Type

Restored
New Jersey
Office Building

56 Photos

Casey Jones

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Status Region Type

Restored
New Jersey
Rail Road

72 Photos

Empty Walls Mansion

The brisk autumn wind echoed threw the collapsing walls, the floor boards creaked and swayed with every step and darkness consumed the narrow stairwell, for a moment I almost considered turning back...

Status Region Type

Restored
New Jersey
Historical

38 Photos

Essex County Isolation Hospital

I watched from the top floor the active town below. A group of people were playing golf in a field adjacent to the hospital, another couple tossing a frisbee, as their dog ran just behind...

Status Region Type

Restored
New Jersey
Hospital

60 Photos

Loew's Kings Theater

Despite the sun having set hours ago, scorching heat waves continued to radiate out from within the blacktop and concrete built environment. The stars in the night sky above appeared blurred, trapped behind an opaque layer of thick muggy air acting like a giant piece of plastic wrap strewn overtop the city...

Status Region Type

Restored
New York
Theater

12 Photos

Margaret Hague Maternity Hospital

The eyes of a city are many, looking everywhere but seeing nothing. It took me years to realize this, years of sneaking around, worrying about who might have saw what, or who would notice, or look up, or care...

Status Region Type

Restored
New Jersey
Hospital

45 Photos

Union Hotel

A wicked stench of rotting food induced a feeling of nausea. The thick odor permeated about the dark kitchen, seeming to originate from an industrial sized refrigeration unit neighbored by a fryer full with a glutinous mass of putrid oil...

Status Region Type

Restored
New Jersey
Resort

31 Photos

Van Ness Grecco Mansion

Fingers numb from the cold, I arrived. I have been here before, but I figure it was time to visit an old friend again. It's an odd feeling to be all alone in a huge empty mansion, my steps echoed as I walked across the empty wooden floors...

Status Region Type

Restored
New Jersey
Historical

34 Photos

Vass Farmstead

John Vass, a German immigrant, erected this limestone farmhouse in 1812. Members of the Vass family were extensive landowners and involved in local politics, ice production and mining enterprises, in addition to farming...

Status Region Type

Restored
New Jersey
Agricultural

28 Photos

West Philadelphia High School

A covertly placed motion sensor dangles from a pair of black and red colored insulated electrical wires, swaying ever so slightly within the drafty hallway lined with open windows. The tinted white plastic box housing the delicate internal motion movement detector remains shattered...

Status Region Type

Restored
Pennsylvania
School

38 Photos

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