"Ruins capture the imagination with their ability to tell stories about the past. There are memories within the crumbling walls of these ruins that speak with a potent language. Abandon architectural spaces and discarded objects recall moments when former occupants walked these halls and occupied these rooms. The aging surfaces bear the etched marks of a bygone time, scrawled upon the walls are the personal memories of the buildings, memories from a past that pulse from the walls."

Shaun and wendy lewis o'boyle have put together one of my new faves, a site with pictures and photgraphic essays. I spent a long time over there. Try the tour of the State Hospital for the Insane for example.