AvalonSeeker Just goes to show ya, if you want it to last forever, tile it...

Location: Sankt Marien Heilstätte  Gallery: Brevity

	AvalonSeeker The floor is probably covered not only with mold but the deteriorated plaster from the ceiling and walls above the tile. Man, that tile lasts forever.

Location: Sankt Marien Heilstätte  Gallery: Brevity

	AvalonSeeker Besides mold spores, the light fixture looks undamaged. It's like a retro museum. Mr. Motts, u need a good respirator for these places.

Location: Hotel Heinrich Heine  Gallery: Mischevious Creatures

	AvalonSeeker That crazy pattern on the posts looks like holiday wrapping paper my granny had once a long time ago.

Location: Hotel Heinrich Heine  Gallery: Mischevious Creatures

	AvalonSeeker I always wonder what the person was doing when they walked away from equipment for the last time.

Location: Hotel Heinrich Heine  Gallery: Mischevious Creatures

	AvalonSeeker Even the paper is intact. Wonder how long they actually used that equipment?

Location: Hotel Heinrich Heine  Gallery: Mischevious Creatures

	AvalonSeeker I agree with LarryD, belongs in a museum.

Location: Hotel Heinrich Heine  Gallery: Mischevious Creatures

	AvalonSeeker I'm pretty sure one of my aunts had chairs similar to these in her house during the 60's/70's.

Location: Hotel Heinrich Heine  Gallery: Mischevious Creatures

	AvalonSeeker Quaaludes were "downers"-barbituates I do believe, originally used as sleeping pills but quickly snapped up in the drug world. They came in 2 strengths I believe-the higher stamped with the number 714 (hence the line in the Rick James song Superfreak "in room 714 I'll be waiting"), the lower stamped with 712.

Location: Foster State Hospital  Gallery: Cave Dwellers

	AvalonSeeker Ghost hunters just did the first "official" investigation here, heard some footsteps, voices, black shadows.

Location: Norwich State Hospital  Gallery: Fall Showers

	AvalonSeeker I know in the rehab hospital where I worked, (and several others) they had some old cars set up for people to learn how to transfer and such, also they would have mini apartments to help people relearn to get around like you were at home.

Location: Mount Sinai Hospital  Gallery: Effects of Insomnia

	AvalonSeeker They hold red plastic bags-one problem with those is the bag is exposed, where it might get torn or a nick which theoretically, would leak the infectious waste product thruout the ward. I'm pretty sure most hospitals have gone to hard plastic red containers. We have similar containers that hold plastic laundry bags tho. Those things are pretty flimsy, too.

Location: Mount Sinai Hospital  Gallery: Effects of Insomnia

	AvalonSeeker Actually, the mattress looks in pretty good shape.

Location: Mount Sinai Hospital  Gallery: Effects of Insomnia

	AvalonSeeker The hospital I work in has a morgue cooler like that, it can ony fit 2 morgue litters.

Location: Mount Sinai Hospital  Gallery: Effects of Insomnia

	AvalonSeeker I would imagine the tile/polished blockwork was not only for practical reasons like ease of cleaning, but also longevity and no need for yearly painting and the like. That would save quitte a few dollars over the life (and death) of the buildings.

Location: Western Center  Gallery: Following the Tracks

	AvalonSeeker Wow, that'd be an awfully hard surface if someone is in seclusion-what if the hit their head off the wall?

Location: Western Center  Gallery: Following the Tracks

	AvalonSeeker Love to have the shelving and the cabinet from the floor above.

Location: Riverside State Hospital  Gallery: Delicate

	AvalonSeeker Looks like a sealed over fireplace.

Location: Riverside State Hospital  Gallery: Delicate

	AvalonSeeker Always makes me wonder what actually caused the first break in the flooring (besides the obvious decay of the wood)

Location: Riverside State Hospital  Gallery: Delicate

	AvalonSeeker Gotta love those tiles, though. They hang tough even with the decay.

Location: Riverside State Hospital  Gallery: Delicate

	AvalonSeeker I believe Ghost Hunters has investigated at least one place that Motts has photographed-perhaps Essex County? I guess it all depends what you are looking for.

Location: Riverside State Hospital  Gallery: Delicate

	AvalonSeeker Wow, I've never seen wall /ceiling treatments like this! I imagine it really took some time.

Location: Vineland Training School's Menantico Colony  Gallery: Hot as Hell

	AvalonSeeker Beautiful woodwork. This would make a great den or home library.

Location: Vineland Training School's Menantico Colony  Gallery: Hot as Hell

	AvalonSeeker NOt sure what the nails were used for, but I love the glass syringes! I remember using those once (it was in the early 80's) to administer paraldehyde (for intractable seizures in a brain tumor patient). Apparently paraldehyde doesn't agree with plastic syringes.

Location: Berliner Bunkerwelten  Gallery: Ohne Licht

	AvalonSeeker Perhaps these were just the outside of the tubs. They could have had porcelain tubs fitted inside, probably some sort of whirlpool tub.

Location: Beelitz Heilstätten  Gallery: For the Night