19 Comments Posted by Courtney

A brand new gallery!!! You just made my afternoon. I haven't checked your site for a while. Thanks for sharing your adventures!

Since this hasn't really been updated in a while.. Ill give everyone an update. As of August 13th 2012 they started knocking down building 23 ( the recreation building) which is right behind buildings 7, 21 and 22. They are also knocking down building 23 which was the oldest building on the lot and that house patients when it was open. A few other buildings are going to be knocked down as well, but they arent any buildings worth keeping ( warehouse, old stock house etc). 93 is not going to be knocked down, atleast not at the moment. Apparently the newest hangout over there is building 7 or as the kids call "the cube" and cops now frequent that spot, its also the easiest building to get into from what ive been told. I will be going back soon so hopefully i can have more to update everyone on. :)

Motts just letting you know I'm gonna use this for something. I'll post a link back to your site.

I think this one causes me the most sadness. It looks as if everyone left quite quickly, and like someone still stands on the stage after all of his audience has left. it looks like no one cares.

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

I worked at this place from 1989-1991. I was a Rec. Therapist and worked evenings and weekends. We played Badminton and Frisbee in this Courtyard all the time. The whole place gave everyone the creeps. I did not know about the documented murder or the graveyard! There were plenty of rumors about other stories though. You've outdone yourself capturing its creepiness.

Its really neat just to imagine what went on decades ago.....picturing the people doing what they did every day.

wouldnt they also have embalming fluid there to?

This kind of reminds me of the movie "Rose Red." But, it is a beautiful building with lots of personality!

No, he is right. I'm a Dental Assistant. We still use these for making impressions of people's teeth for various reasons. (ie. dentures, braces, mouth pieces, bleach trays, crowns, etc)

I had to look real close and ask my husband to look at this...

With the untrained eye it looks like a painting that is ripped. But my husband pointed out to me that it's actually a screen door that's just ripped up and the dark is the screen and the light is where there is no screen due to the rips.

Beautiful shot! If I had this photo in a frame I would deffinatly hang it on my wall.

It looks like most of these places had really beautiful entrance halls. It's almost like they wanted to decieve the parents and family members who dropped off thier children, etc. They wanted the family to think that they were dropping them off at a beautiful and respectable place.

I agree with Ilaynay.

I know that when I am stressed or depressed or practicly haveing a nervous breakdown, sitting next to a window and just looking up at the sky calms me down a bit.

LoL I keep expecting not to see anyone in these shots, so the odd time that you are in your own pictures I am not expecting it and I practicly jump out of my seat at first glance.

*takes deep breaths and moves on*

My in-laws have a very old house that this picture reminds me a little of. That house has so much history! When my in-laws and my husband moved into that house they found old slides that were labeled and dated from the early 1900s. They also found old newspapers that were used as wallpaper when they went to replace the walls. Even more recently than that a cult lived in this house. The place has alot of interesting history, some of which we don't know about yet, I'm sure.