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If any kind of infection or disease were left over, it would be long dead by now.

Is it an actual photograph, or does anyone else think those restraints look drawn on?

The baby looks happy enough, but the older kid is not thrilled.

Amazing composition and sense of light.

They're tearing most of it down to build a new inpatient psychiatric facility.

There's another one in Dayville(?), CT. Just the screen though.

Nice! I'd love to see it (since I doubt I'll get to the abandoned ones any time soon).

You can't get lead poisoning just from breathing around lead paint.

Apparently at Worcester State Hospital in the late 19th century, patients were eating lobster...doesn't sound too bad to me.

I really doubt that's a children's ward.

Isn't the one at Belchertown pretty massive?

Looks like the tower in Vertigo. Very cool.

Approximately $1 million in 1870s moneys.

Actually, as far as I know, morgues are typically located close to cafeterias/kitchens to share the refrigeration system.

And the whooshing noise as it goes right overhead...

On the subject of stealing...

I can't speak for a place like this, but in the case of places that are owned by the state (such as the hospitals), whether the buildings are abandoned or not, they are still state property. Which means everything inside them is state property. Hell, the "no trespassing" sign I have is state property! Like it or not, all of this is someone else's property and it is, by law, stealing.

I'm sure no one wants a lawsuit on their hands over someone trespassing and getting hurt and I agree that's why they guard these places to begin with. But if stealing is a crime, do you think the cops aren't going to care if you walk out with an armful of state property?

Any crime gives reason for the owners of these places to step up their security. By saying you want a damn orange phone, you're sending a red flag to security that they have more possible trespassers.

"THE STAKES ARE TO HIGH."

Damn, then I guess that means the tent won't hold...

I don't know when elevators were invented, but handicap laws have been pretty lax for a long time...My friend has her art studio classes in an old mill that was built around the late 19th century (I think, might have been early early 20th) and there's no elevator except for a broken down freight thing, a lot of people tried to tell her she couldn't hold classes there because it's not handicap accessible.

Probably because that icky polyester stuff wasn't in existence or widely used when the pillow was made.

So pretty.

Definitely my favourite (so far)...though I haven't commented on the other images because they left me speechless!

Oh, sorry. I always forget to launder that dress.

Joey,

I'm an avid defender of graffiti, but sorry, mindless tagging is not art and if that's a subculture, I'll stick with mainstream. These aren't even good tags.

Large population?

My shower curtain is really gross and that scares me too.