Arkham
Asylam
(Yes, Batman - there really IS an Arkham Asylam!)
Danvers State Mental
Hospital in Massachusetts, an amazing gothic structure,
is the inspiration for H.P. Lovecraft's Arkham Asylum
from Innsmouth and, later, the Asylum that Batman's
enemies were locked up in, so it has cultural as well
as historical value.
Here's
a website that shows Danvers in all its Macabe glory.
The
buildings at Danvers State Hospital are coming down.
The former state hospital property, comprising 77
acres of land and a collection of new-Gothic buildings
visible from Route 1, was purchased by developer Avalon
Bay Communities late last year following a 14-year
process involving the state and the town of Danvers.
The signature
building on the site was designed by renowned architect
Thomas Kirkbride. It is listed on the National Register
of Historic Places, as is the whole site, a designation
preservation activists hoped would offer it protection
from demolition. Avalon was chosen as the developer
of the site and agreed to preserve one-third of the
Kirkbride building.
The wings of
the Kirkbride will be removed, but its center will
remain.
The
Castle on the Hill
A
site by Michael Ramseur and his obsession with Danvers
State Hospital. This page includes many paintings
that Michael painted of the hospital. Extensive text
is also included describing this beautiful place.
Peabody
Institute : Danvers State Hospital
A site by the Peabody
Institute Library of Danvers. Includes information
about the hospital and documents held by the library
about the "Kirkbride" complex.
Abandoned
Asylums
Angels
in the Architecture
Northern Michigan Asylum in Traverse City, Michigan
Traverse
City State Hospital
The Northern Michigan Asylum for the Insane
Essex
Mountain Sanatorium
Dixmont
Insane Asylum
Noho's
Abandoned Asylum
North Street Mental Hospital in Northhampton, MA.
Fairfield
Hills State Hospital
Newtown Connecticut
Historic
Asylums
Abandoned
Bachelor's
Grove Cemetery
Chicago's most haunted cemetery.
Abandoned
Buildings of the Northeast
Photos of abandoned building and structures found
in eastern New York and western Connecticut
The
Fabulous Ruins of Detroit
St.
Louis City Hospital
Idora
Park
Abandoned amusement park in Ohio
Urban Exploration
Dark
Passage
Photo tours of the abandoned places..
Spelunking
the Empire of Death
In the catacombs beneath Paris, a legendary trespasser
enacts the theater of psycho-terror.
Underground
Paris
Photo tour of the Paris catacombs.
Blackshock
Photos of industrial, gothic and other dark scenes
(Czech Republic and Slovakia)
Abandoned
Subway Stations in NYC
Abandoned
Tube Stations in London
Closed
stations in Paris' Subway
Dezafekt
Uunderground quarries of the Paris urban underground.
Industrial
Archaeology
A directory of
Modern Ruins
