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That's an unusual perspective of it, and the overgrowth around it is great.

I love this shot..... I bet everything had a green tinge to it from all the plantlife!

What's the door leading to?

It goes inside.

If I wasn't already married, I would propose to you, my darlin' Jo!
8`-)

If it wasn't illegal I would kill your hubby and marry you. :D Or if it wasn't illegal I would marry you and you could have multiple wives and husbands.

ROFLMBO! LoL!

I love how I didn't know if my head was cocked funny one way or the picture was taken like that! I had to move my head around a bit to figure it out! Beautiful shot as always! I love doors...they always lead somewhere...unless they're false doors and then they don't.

This is a really great shot! I really like the look of that portico :)

beautiful, thats all i can say

Hmm, I've never seen an abandoned building with such an inviting open front door. Great shot Motts!

WOOO ITS SOOOO AWWWSSOMME!!!!

Wow, I love this doorway! Great pic!

it feels like goin home

I don't know about anyone else, but I think that place sure as hell could use a woman's touch. And, a good gardener ! :OD

it kinda remindes me of forrest gumps home in alabama.

if i were to walk by this i would either think that it is a doorway to something good or something evil. i love it.

"there are things known and things unknown and in between are the doors..." fantastic pic motts you are inspiring!!! I was checking out the outside of Buff State Hospital today!!! (In the bright sunlight!!!) :)

that is an awsome shot! i love the overgrowth, something about the vines and the trees.... i would love that print on my wall!

isnt the door on the oppposite side from the last time you where here??

wow! that is beautiful! i bet it was real pretty when it was just built!

It's so sad that such a beautiful place could be going to ruin.

I was there...it was really creepy...and no, it wasn't beautiful

Yeah I went there to and guys, how can something be beautiful if it was used for torture?

yesturday I saw a TV show about it and it was ugly and haunted

That doorway rocks

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

I'd love to see this shot in colour, I bet the green, white and black contrasts would be absolutely stunning.

It looks like the enterance to a rich home built in the regency era.

I love the under hampered plant growth. So beautiful.

It Looks so freaky.

I agree with Aly and Becka. I lived in this hellhole in the late 40's as a kid. Electric Shock, Extreme
Cold Hydro baths were routinely used to control behavior; not for any kind of treatment I observed. I had been an inmate of the Lyman School in Worcestor and faked a suicide to get here because I thought the treatment would be better. After initial observation when they asked if I still wanted to die I said Yes and was committed. The second time I managed to escape I made it to California and never went back. I am now 74 and was looking for historical info so I could perhaps write a book but I have no chance to get my records now so that's over. I saw many acts of brutality and am sure there are many bodies on the grounds which were a result of murder by technicians (brutes who were hired for their strength, not their psychiatric knowledge). There were many nooks and crannied in the dark recesses of this place where they could take one for sexual abuse or murder if they wished. I worked in the Main Kitchen and was very familiar with the underground tunnels connecting various buildings. My one and only post just to add some real-life perspctive.

Love this shot....Looks like someones front door...They need some serious yard work done...haha

I worked at Met State 1989-1991
I believe what you say about the place. Your idea about writing a book is brilliant.

Wow!!! That is amazing!

Its oddly beautiful...

Ohhhh, living in that place would definitely make a person want to die!!