Motts It was especially difficult to tell what purpose rooms served due to the many renovations and changing function of the campus over the years. I would imagine the original room was larger, if not the entire top floor being a later addition.

Location: Königsberg Sanatorium  Gallery: Moss Laden Paths

	Motts Yes you are right - it's a Penny Markt. For some reason I thought it was an Aldi...

Location: Kahlenbergstift  Gallery: Shopping

	Motts No, it was demolished for a Toyota research facility in 2006.

Location: Ypsilanti State Hospital  Gallery: Occupational Hazards

	Motts It was a new concept to me as well. It does make a lot of sense - if there's no natural hill for gravity, why not utilize the height of an existing smoke stack for gravity?

Location: Heilstätten Asklepios  Gallery: Krieg im Paradies

	Motts Thanks! I've heard a collapse in this building a few years ago - with all the narrow floorboards snapping in two, it sounded like hundreds of firecrackers going off... the noise resonated throughout the entire building. It was incredible.

Location: Riverside State Hospital  Gallery: Complexity

	Motts Sure, whenever I can. I'm usually just walking around, not disturbing / cutting into material, so I don't think it's really much to worry about.

Location: Krankenhaus Staacken  Gallery: Climbing Around

	Motts Yes some of the residents here did commit crimes - most notably, Melvin W. Wilson, who dismembered another resident in 1978, buried her body parts on hospital grounds, and kept her teeth.

Location: Metropolitan State Hospital  Gallery: Clarity

	Motts Every place has it's own kind of "vibe," not sure if it's just a personal take or something else... but I haven't had any supernatural experiences otherwise. Thanks!

Location: Norwich State Hospital  Gallery: The Old

	Motts Could be an alarm if the temperature falls above a set number.

Location: Kahlenbergstift  Gallery: Shopping

	Motts The transom window above the door provides cross-ventilation, common in places built before air conditioning was widely used.

Location: Northwood Asylum  Gallery: Silence

	Motts I'll try to create a preference to hide them.

Location: Kahlenbergstift  Gallery: Shopping

	Motts Thank you for all the information about the machinery - the amount of ingenuity, precision, and reverence put into these old generating stations is astounding.

Location: Toronto Power Company Generating Station  Gallery: On the Side of Caution

	Motts Sure, you pretty much nailed it - lens fogs up a bit in extreme temperature/humidity changes, batteries die quicker in cold weather... that's about it.

Location: Toronto Power Company Generating Station  Gallery: On the Side of Caution

	Motts Yup - all oddly colored tiles.

Location: Diamant Brauerei  Gallery: Kellerwelten

	Motts I'm not sure who they were - they sounded like a team of people talking a fair amount (as opposed to people trashing stuff), so I assumed they were workers of some kind and did my best to avoid them.

Location: Diamant Brauerei  Gallery: Kellerwelten

	Motts Ann - the chances of finding your family's records laying around in an abandoned hospital are extremely slim. Since both hospitals are in Massachusetts, you may have some luck at the state archives: Massachusetts State Archives 220 Morrissey Blvd., Boston, MA 02125 Telephone: (617) 727-2816

Location: Kings Park Psychiatric Center  Gallery: Building 7 (Medical Building)

	Motts I think it's a piece of roofing that has lifted off from heavy winds.

Location: Diamant Brauerei  Gallery: Kellerwelten

	Motts Sunlight from skylights I believe.

Location: Diamant Brauerei  Gallery: Kellerwelten

	Motts Tripod works better :-)

Location: Diamant Brauerei  Gallery: Kellerwelten

	Motts I think they are purely ornamental; not sure what this style of architecture is.

Location: Diamant Brauerei  Gallery: Kellerwelten

	Motts Yup, no natural light in this area.

Location: Diamant Brauerei  Gallery: Kellerwelten

	Motts Thanks - my shoots are always so dated because of the time I like to put into each photo and location.

Location: Diamant Brauerei  Gallery: Kellerwelten

	Motts nick - nope, it was that cool basement temperature that doesn't change that much BKW - I would say the pit goes two stories down.

Location: Diamant Brauerei  Gallery: Kellerwelten

	Motts I believe it was more of a general hospital.

Location: Medizinische Klinik (DRK Kliniken Westend)  Gallery: Charm

	Motts Yes the whole hospital was pretty stable - lots of metal and concrete in the construction / retrofit.

Location: Krankenhaus Staacken  Gallery: Climbing Around