Archives: Locations

Buckeye Steel Castings, later known as Columbus Castings, is a now-demolished foundry in Columbus, Ohio. It was once the largest single-site steel foundry in North America. Columbus Castings manufactured steel castings for freight and passenger rail cars, locomotives, construction and mining equipment, and industrial magnets.

Old Hickory is circa 1880 Italianate residence in Coudersport, Pennsylvania. The house was later renovated into The Old Hickory, an inn and tavern. It is being lovingly restored after years of abandonment.

The abandoned Monongahela Hotel is located in downtown Brownsville, Pennsylvania. In later years, it became Towne House, an apartment complex.

Union Station is an abandoned train station and office building that was used by the Monongahela Railway in downtown Brownsville, Pennsylvania.

Hazelwood Sanatorium is a former tuberculosis hospital in Louisville, Kentucky. Today, portions of the facility operate as a residential facility for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Old Town Mall is a nearly abandoned shopping center in the Old Town neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland.

The Suwannee Belle is an abandoned riverboat in east-central Pennsylvania. It was fabricated by Lacrosse Riverboat Company in LaCrosse, Wisconsin, in 1985, and was patterned after the paddle wheeler Belle of Suwannee that previously floated along Florida’s Suwannee River.

Athol is was abandoned mansion turned sanitarium in Maryland. It burned to the ground on September 27, 2021.

The Variety Theatre is a closed performing arts venue in Cleveland, Ohio. It operated between 1927 and 1984.

The Euclid Theater is an abandoned theater in East Cleveland, Ohio. It operated from 1925 and 1950.

The Hill Homestead is an abandoned residence and farm in New York. It was home to Theodore Hill, Jr., a farmer, and politician.

Shadyside is an abandoned Second Empire styled residence near Chester, Pennsylvania.

St. Stephen Magyar Church is an abandoned Roman Catholic church located in McKeesport, Pennsylvania. It was the first Hungarian Roman Catholic Church in the state and only the fifth constructed in the United States at the time of its completion in 1901.

The abandoned Republic Rubber factory, located in Youngstown, Ohio, was a manufacturer of tires and hoses for the automotive and aerospace industries. At its peak, Republic employed 2,300 with a payroll of $4 million. The factory closed in 1989.