After only a year of being in business, a fire broke out and destroyed their entire establishment. All that was saved from the blaze was one piano.

Molly Stark Sanatorium was opened on August 23, 1929, and would provide help and care for Stark County residents who suffered from tuberculosis. The facility was named in honor of General John Stark’s wife.

The La Salle Theatre in Collinwood, Ohio was built in 1927 and first opened as a movie palace. For years the theatre remained a popular local spot, until a decline in the 1980s.

While much of Windsor sits quiet and empty today, it was once a bustling little town with a lively history often overlooked.

One piece of Ohio’s great history that is far too often neglected, and rarely talked about sits in Pomeroy, Ohio, unfortunately rotting away. One thing we can do is keep the stories alive.

The diner is one of the 600 or so still standing today. This is quite a feat, when you consider that there were previously over 6,000 of these diners across the United States.

Numerous people continued to get sick, all with similar conditions, ranging from tumors to lymphoma, cancer of all sorts and blood in their urine.

By 2000, toxic sulfurous gas clouds were constantly hovering over the village, and acid rain would fall due to poor pollution control.

So to break away from posts about abandoned places (kind of) for a moment, I wanted to address other urban explorers who also photograph buildings as they explore.

The Palace of Auburn Hills – one of the most notable NBA arenas of all time, and former home of the Detroit Pistons.