485 Comments for Manteno State Hospital

Very, very interesting! The brick walls and the gold-tone tubs evoked a dark, molancholy atmosphere to me.

As to the gold-tone, I think someone, or another photo group, came in and painted the tubs. If you look closely, you can see the white porcelain down under the head of the tub, just above the pedistal of the tub on the far right.

Same again for the top left tub, they did not paint the backside under the edge.

The area just above the dirt-covered bottom of the nearest tub, you can see where the paint stopped.

Gorgeous lighting and wow, what a composition! One of your shorter hallway shots but still excellent :)

The facility I work at used to bring all the residents outside once a day...rain or shine...and let them sit. It was thought to help with their "conditions". That was before my time, though. They tore down the old institution that was built in 1898...it became too dangerous...but I always wished I could have seen it in it's "glory days". It was know then as the Trempealeau County Asylum and you can still find some pictures of the old building.

looks like ice in the tub

Have a safe and wonderful trip Mr.Motts. Thank-you again for sharing your beautiful pictures.

It kind of invites you through the door, yet the other side of the door in complete darkness. Mysterious.

Which is worse...taking a dump next to someone with little to no privacy or taking a bath next to someone with little to no privacy....given the choice I would have to go with the bath...at least the smell there would be CLEAN - - either prospect is pretty dismal

great gallery...but no lonely chair shot? wtf? seriously, well done. you've done it again.

the tubs might not be painted they might be copper

great shoot very very creepy

Reminds me of the entrance to the secret garden..excluding the garden part.

Did the naked model actually sit in one of these tubs? Just a nasty thought hahah. But wow, really powerful pic!

lovely

I've actually been here before. Breathtaking. My grandmother stayed here for a short time in the 1970's. She claimed before she passed away that they treated her well.

I think the talk about cookies and the oldest joke about the soap dispenser are becoming inane and redundant. I mean it kind of used to be funny...at one point...now it's ruining reading the comments for these pics. Just my opinion