Well maacdamia nuts, how about that.

I really do like how the water plays with the light in this image.

were they really attack dogs? they could have just been sniff dogs; a place like that would be perfect to hide stuff for a dog to smell for, and police dogs are generally very well behaved.

the bars could have been high, or that could have been the first railing up top, with a second railing for smaller children to hold onto. at one of the elementary schools i went to there was a set of two railings, one high and one low, so that everyone could safely use the stairs. going all the way up or down a stairwell like this seems treacherous, though.

i love all the detail and the quality of light in this photo. it's beautiful and scary. it's amazing how much dust is on the ground, and how little got kicked up in the air, so the shot didn't come up all cloudy.

This image hits me hard. i'm just thinking about that poor bear; how for most of his lifetime he had all these kids playing with him, possibly learning to tie their own shoes by tying his shoes, being his "friend" if only for a few hours, and now stuck in this building and feeling alone. i suppose it's because i've always had this weird belief that stuffed animals have souls... my favourite book is "the velveteen rabbit." that explains a lot, doesn't it?

i can imagine some of the kids there being so depressed just from being in a place like that that they would want to just die. so having the tub room visible, with a window out to the hallway, makes sense, just so no-one could sneak in there, fill up a tub (i'm sure someone determined to die could figure out how after observing the nurse do it enough times), and drown themself.

this is the one instance in which the nitrous would make a dental visit even scarier for me. just imagine, with that stuff going thru your system a machine as robotic-looking as that may seem to come alive. killer robots, anyone?

the "face" in the dust almost looks like it has angel wings around it, like it was one patient's guardian angel that never left the place. at least that's what i'm seeing (i'm no expert on paranormal things; i just spent most of my childhood living in a creepy old house.)

imagine how happy one patient must have been to feel that warm ray of sunshine in such a cold-feeling place.

another wonderful photograph by motts!

omg someone get some windex!

you're a really brave soul if you ventured into this place without a ventilation mask of some sort.

i love how the light shines through this window in this pic.

if only there was a picture of a swimming pool in one of the galleries from this hospital. that's the part i remember most from "... cuckoos nest"

hi. this is my first comment here. first of all, i love all the colours and the composition of this shot. all of the pictures i've seen on this site are just beautiful.
secondly, any "cold chills running down the spine" that anyone feels in a place like this are probably just their own fears, stemming from the stigma and urban legends of this sort of place. it's funny and cool how emotions sometimes manifest themselves into physical feelings. there could be ghosts or spirits here, but i don't think they would actually interfere with living humans coming into the place, or even be aware of live people there.