38 Comments Posted by gelliebean

North Bend, Washington I'm pretty sure. The red room scene where the dreams were with the little guy who spoke backwards. Yeah really bizzare. The show just went downhill a little. Washington is a wonderful place. But thanks to Mr. Mott's I have a higher appreciation for the East Coast and all this history that he has presented to us. I've said before there is nothing out here on the West Coast like what you see here in the photos. If we do it's a rare gem and demolished fast!

I get this wierd vision of that one inmate on Con Air who had to wear dress, pushing this cart around! Ugh! Just wrong!

That's not toast any more it's a giant cruton!

If that is prision art work it's not at it's best that for sure. With the free time prisioners have I know their art work is better then this. what's up with the Humpty Dumpty? That's gonna give some inmate some bad childhood nightmares, don't ya think!

wow, don't slide down that one. Get a big ouch and the end!

Hey Mr. Mott's, honestly now, have you ever been a place where you are taking photo's and literitly felt like you just shouldn't be there. No I don't mean security wise. Just that feeling like, you just should be there and the hair stands up on the back of your neck. And if so which places were they if you have the time or care to share. Just curious. Thanks again for your amazing stuff! You rock!

If you haven't seen The Jacket you must, you'll definately have the feeling of what it was like in those body fridges. Good movie! Made me think alot about, of all the places Motts has gone to photograph.

That bike is sweet! Look at the seat and handle bars. Totally reminds me of when I was a kid and I was the only girl in the neighborhood that had a dirt bike! Trails is a nice title, I would have gone with Unhappy Trails by the sound of this place.

Care for a side of fava beans? Sorry, had to say that!

"Damn it Jim, I'm a Photographer (for Mott's) not a miracle worker!"

I think they would need to know how to read. Kind of like the early Disney movies, I never got how they had the begining of the movies start in a make shift book with text. Most preschoolers don't know how to read, unless they are exceptional.

x-files!

Pretty obvious that vandals had their "fun" in here.

tell me something Motts in your research of all the places you been to there on the East Coast, it seems as if there are more abondon hospitals and such then I can think of anything here on the West Coast. I swear they take down anything here before it has a chance to get old. There's only one mental hospital remains left but they let the military practice on it. I'm here in Washington, so I guess my question is are you traveling little by little all over or just staying close to home? I'm sure there are great finds all over the US. If you get a chance there's these guys that renovate cool old places in Oregon check it out: www.McMenamins.com
Thanks for all the wonderful photos and risking your skin just to take them.
-G

I have that same tile in my house under my carpet. Except it's brown in that pattern, school house tile it what we call it. But I'm westcoast! You know cowboys and indians still over here!