Come 2016, the mansion has been brought to an entirely new life and light. Thanks to the work of many teams, friends and family under the care of Arthur and Carol Shamakian, the Steele Mansion has been carefully pieced back to its former glory and opened a world of history to those interested enough to pay a visit.

The Stonewall Jackson Youth Development Center. Constructed in 1909 was a juvenile correctional facility in North Carolina

A once beautiful middle school now put to ruin. This 3 story, yellow-bricked, colossal school building; once a neighborhood site where children would have carried books, papers, back packs and fresh pencils through its halls is now a monumental tribute to decay. We wander these classrooms, where students would have joined for lectures and schoolwork to strengthen their minds, as

Exploring abandoned places was initially an interest because, simply put – they looked awesome. I mean, I was 16 years old – an abandoned barn covered in ivy seemed so cool to me to run around because it was creepy.

On my way into Pennsylvania once, I had noticed a very intriguing country home sat behind some brush, a broken wooden fence stretched perfectly across the front yard.

I’m SICK of people turning photography or any other type of art (but especially photography in today’s society) into a game or competition of “who is better” or who did what/who got to a spot first or who has this or that. Why bring so much negativity?

Trust me; I love a “dead mall” just as much as any other explorer or lover of urban decay, but with Chapel Hill Mall, this surely is NOT the case.

I understand paying doctors, surgeons and nurses for the difficult jobs that they do, but this gets ridiculous.

Here is a before and after image, showing the changes that have taken place in just this past year on the crumbling streets of Elderwood Ave. in East Cleveland.

Well…I ate a tick.