Mark 5:9 Looks like one of those 1980's laser-plane effects.

Location: Samuel R. Smith Infirmary  Gallery: Cutting Through the Atmosphere

	Mark 5:9 Nice. I can see how the lighting situation was a nightmare.

Location: Samuel R. Smith Infirmary  Gallery: Cutting Through the Atmosphere

	Mark 5:9 I wouldn't think it would be Betadine. I think Motts would be able to find that source pretty quickly. I'd think it would be some type of rust in suspension. Possibly leaking stagnant rusty water in the pipes mixing with a tile or wallpaper adhesive?

Location: Mount Sinai Hospital  Gallery: Effects of Insomnia

	Mark 5:9 My first thought was "bars"

Location: Western Center  Gallery: Following the Tracks

	Mark 5:9 I think the cribs in this place are more for people who are giving birth at the facility. Just as STDs run rampant through Senior Living Communities, even the "mentally disabled" would more than likely get it on given the chance.

Location: Western Center  Gallery: Following the Tracks

	Mark 5:9 My grandma had a side table like that in her living room. It's a floor lamp with a table halfway up the post. This one is missing the shade, obviously. I'm curious about the light bulb, though. I've never ever seen a light bulb with anything other than the typical bulb shape. So it begs the question- Did that bulb not burn out for 50 years?

Location: Norwich State Hospital  Gallery: Fall Showers

	Mark 5:9 I've seen those same fixtures on eBay for $100's. I'm struck at this location's lack of vandalism. Really nice for a change.

Location: Norwich State Hospital  Gallery: Fall Showers

	Mark 5:9 With the clothes & hangers on the floor, the drapes, the chair... It's like somebody just left his room one day and never returned. Only a movie set could compare.

Location: Norwich State Hospital  Gallery: Fall Showers

	Mark 5:9 Paint over tiles? Or just something very odd?

Location: Old Essex County Jail  Gallery: Dropping By

	Mark 5:9 Thanks, man. Very nice.

Location: Michigan Central Station  Gallery: To the Top

	Mark 5:9 Talk about irony... When this was built, Detroit was all steam and progress and bountiful like the fruit carved into the facade. Now, Detroit is rotting.

Location: Michigan Central Station  Gallery: To the Top

	Mark 5:9 Good for the explorers to put the items on display instead of hoarding or reselling.

Location: Berliner Bunkerwelten  Gallery: Ohne Licht

	Mark 5:9 The ceramic bowl looks like it's got concrete in it b/c ceramic is a porous material. It soaks up moisture from the floor and it peels the glaze off from the inside.

Location: Beelitz Heilstätten  Gallery: For the Night

	Mark 5:9 It's a squatter. One foot on each block. Common in older ex-Soviet places.

Location: Beelitz Heilstätten  Gallery: For the Night

	Mark 5:9 Were these hand written/illustrated or where these printed charts?

Location: Irrenanstalt Weiler  Gallery: Leichenhalle

	Mark 5:9 How big were the cubes? It's hard to get a scale from the image.

Location: Irrenanstalt Weiler  Gallery: Leichenhalle

	Mark 5:9 Small bits of tissue are preserved in paraffin for later use. I recently heard a segment on NPR where a guy determined his dad was not his biological father by using a 30 year old paraffin sample long after the father's death.

Location: Irrenanstalt Weiler  Gallery: Leichenhalle

	Mark 5:9 Creepy. Very nice & creepy.

Location: Irrenanstalt Weiler  Gallery: Leichenhalle

	Mark 5:9 I might be too fraidy cat to go further, with possible residual radioactivity and all. Motts, you might want to have your "boys" checked out.

Location: Fort Marabout  Gallery: Element 31

	Mark 5:9 I don't think anyone in good conscience could chip it away just to satisfy curiosity. Just let time work it out.

Location: Fort de la Chartreuse  Gallery: Quieter This Time