Dumping ground for historical info. This became a hobby through a bizarre combo of art history, family history and lack of money yet seeking entertainment. Documentation of what's left is my main goal and then I like to find the history and background.

Kobylitsa Photo Dump

Taken over multiple years. Some of the first photos I took documenting my explorations. Some places are visited multiple times and some just once. A couple of these were my first tries at getting shots in the dark and they are pretty bad but I'm adding them because they track the building from the first time I saw it until it burned. First time only a couple POE and no one living inside, second time people living inside, third time roof collapsed in one section, fourth time smoldering. Shots from quarters pre-destruction and hyper security. Shots from wandering around in warehouses. Cool signs.

1. Eye Wash Station


2. A Break Room


3. Call for a Chipper


4. Have a Pepsi


5. CCCP


6. Window


7. Standards of Cleanliness


8. Room Security Warning


9. Overgrown


10. Quail


11. Don't Swim


12. Huge


13. Disaster Shelter


14. Restroom


15. First Time


16. Second Time


17. Third Time


18. Fourth Time 1


19. Fourth Time 2


20. Fourth Time 3


21. Fourth Time 4


22. Panick Hardware 1


23. Panick Hardware 2
(These were taken about a year apart)

24. Blue Tree 1


25. Blue Tree 2
(These were taken about a year apart)

26. 1 Warehouse 1


27. 1 Warehouse 2


28. 1 Warehouse 3


29. Roadrunner Overnight Delivery


30. Radioactive


31. 2 Warehouse


32. 3 Warehouse


33. Hearing




34. Office


35. 4 Warehouse


36. Plant T-1


37. 5 Warehouse 1


38. 5 Warehouse 2


39. Dry


40. Industrial Washer


41. 6 Warehouse 1


42. 6 Warehouse 2

Curated Abandonment #1

***A curated abandonment to me is one which has been left in the state it was in at the time it closed; has no maintenance but minimal deterioration (usually); my presence there is with full permission of the owner or curator.

Scandalous Closure of a Historic Hospital: They just left it all behind...

1. Phone on the Psych Floor


2. Medical Gas Supply


3. Delivery Room


4. Corridor


5. Variable Intensity Control


6. Operation


7. Special Care Unit


8. Census


9. Cafeteria 1


10. Cafeteria 2


11. Decontamination Area


12. Nuclear Medicine


13. More Phones

Posted by stealthwraith Kobylitsa Photo Dump Taken over multiple years. Some of the first photos I took documenting my explorations. Some places are visited multiple times and some just once. A couple of these were my first tries at getting shots in the dark and they are pretty bad but I'm adding them because they track the building from the first time I saw it until it burned. First time only a couple POE and no one living inside, second time people living inside, third time roof collapsed in one section, fourth time smoldering. Shots from quarters pre-destruction and hyper security. Shots from wandering around in warehouses. Cool signs. 1. Eye Wash Station click to view 2. A Break Room click to view 3. Call for a Chipper click to view 4. Have a Pepsi click to view 5. CCCP click to view 6. Window click to view 7. Standards of Cleanliness click to view 8. Room Security Warning click to view 9. Overgrown click to view 10. Quail click to view 11. Don't Swim click to view 12. Huge click to view 13. Disaster Shelter click to view 14. Restroom click to view 15. First Time click to view 16. Second Time click to view 17. Third Time click to view 18. Fourth Time 1 click to view 19. Fourth Time 2 click to view 20. Fourth Time 3 click to view 21. Fourth Time 4 click to view 22. Panick Hardware 1 click to view 23. Panick Hardware 2 click to view (These were taken about a year apart) 24. Blue Tree 1 click to view 25. Blue Tree 2 click to view (These were taken about a year apart) 26. 1 Warehouse 1 click to view 27. 1 Warehouse 2 click to view 28. 1 Warehouse 3 click to view 29. Roadrunner Overnight Delivery click to view 30. Radioactive click to view 31. 2 Warehouse click to view 32. 3 Warehouse click to view 33. Hearing click to view 34. Office click to view 35. 4 Warehouse click to view 36. Plant T-1 click to view 37. 5 Warehouse 1 click to view 38. 5 Warehouse 2 click to view 39. Dry click to view 40. Industrial Washer click to view 41. 6 Warehouse 1 click to view 42. 6 Warehouse 2 click to view

Naval facility in California. Has an extensive history and continues to be a decent place to explore despite increased security and numerous demolitions. The volume of structures to investigate is impressive.

Curated Abandonment #2

***A curated abandonment to me is one which has been left in the state it was in at the time it closed; has no maintenance but minimal deterioration (usually); my presence there is with full permission of the owner or curator.

PM me if you're interested in more info on this one! I work in a place that serves mental health needs for those who have a choice of incarceration or inpatient services so I tend to end up at a lot of mental health or hospital type facilities.

Cutting edge 1920's sanitarium designed, financed and run by a woman. This was a family run facility until 2001 when it was sold to a corporation who closed it in 2006. Now owned by the city it was available to visit as of March 2016. A mental health facility that took a very new approach to rehabilitation with a "healthy" dose of electroshock therapy to go with it! After working as a nurse in the existing state hospital style mental health system of Southern California this facility was opened with therapeutic rehabilitation in a pleasant setting as the model. Established to serve the female population this facility operated on the premise that women with mild mental health and nervous disorders could be treated in a beautiful and serene environment. I think they did indeed achieve their environmental goals. As time progressed the needs of the population changed and the facility adapted to serve women with dementia. Absolutely worth finding and visiting.

*Disclaimer: some objects are extant to the property and some are historically accurate items that the curator has purchased. The purchased objects are most of the historical medical items (some were found on site and preserved) and office pieces. Great effort was made to obtain items from the local area to keep them as authentic as possible. The items in patient rooms were left behind.

1. A Haven for a Stone Woman


2. A Home Like Environment


3. A Home Like Environment 2


4. A Pleasant, Garden-like setting


5. A Pleasant, Garden-like setting 2


6. Burned Out


7. Ceramic Warning System


8. Charming
I really like typewriters. I have a sweet manual Hermes from the mid-sixties that I use on occasion. The junior high I attended had some great funding in the early 90's and we were lucky enough to take typing classes on both IBM selectrics and the sweet black and green motif of the Apple II.

9. Devotion


10. Devotion 2


11. Early 20th Century Medicine Scares Me


12. End of Life Care


13. Hoyer Lift Policy


14. I Want This
I like 1920's bathrooms! I love huge bathtubs and this one happens to have my favorite color. I took a bunch of bathroom pics in this place as each one was a different color scheme; one even had a hair stylists sink

15. It's Shocking Really


16. Little Details


17. Little Gryffin


18. Lovely


19. Nice Range


20. Sit a Spell


21. So Many Doors


22. Someone Left Their Keys


23. Syringe


24. Syringe 2


25. The Dining Hall


26. Through the Looking Glass


27. Train Case


28. Ward for Geriatrics


29. Watch My Programs