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I was starting to get self-conscious, being so late for the party. Well here's my year in review, one or two photographs from each location, rendered as usual, in stunning 0.1 MB jpegs.
This was a good year for getting a lot of the stuff done I've been snoozing on. I mostly owe that to the good company I've found after so many years of being an urbex recluse, so thanks to everyone who I met up with this year, and I look forward to meeting more people next year.
I spent a lot of time this year on 19th century industrial sites, which is something of an on going project for me, but it was also a good year for institutional stuff. I think more importantly, I got into some variety this year, in ways I never have before. I used to never do churches for instance, and I even did a couple of very okay plants, just to get my feet wet. Hope you enjoy!
1) Psych Hospital
2) Really wish they just left the asbestos - Sanatorium
3) I got Covid at a Christmas super spreader event in 2021, so I was still dealing with some long term symptoms at this point. Weird day
4) Paper Mill
5) There were no stairs in this thing for at least two, maybe three stories. I put a lot of work into climbing an internal steel cable inside a duct for a couple of floors only to hit a solid partition. 1/10 inside, 10/10 outside
6) Spiral Staircase Mill
7) I used to climb in here through a window that was barred shut ages ago. It was a nice treat to stop by and see it open. The neighborhood watch showed up about an hour later, all pissed because people were enjoying it. 10/10 inside
8) 'they're going to send in a crew to wipe down the loads'
10) This very excellent mill looks 100% like a mill and I walked through chest deep water (I didn't know it would be chest deep) in March just to see the turbine
11) Sorry Foucault simps, but prisons don't look at all like schools(but hospitals kind of do (also some hospitals look like prisons??))
12) Belfry Mill
13) Creepy Turbine Mill. Was it bad vibes or just the bad smell?
14) Theater
15) Art Deco Office Block
16) Little plant with one very nice turbine
17) State School
18) State Hospital
19) Wheel house -Top 3 weirdest turbines (Is that mean?)
20) Burnt out Soda Fountain
21) Just enough of the assembly was scrapped that you could see the wheels
22) This is a museum, but they let you go underground and I thought that was neat
23) State School
24) People only hate this place because it represents something inside themselves they want to kill
25) Mostly we talked about what we were going to have for lunch
26) School
27) Interesting turbine set up and a nice horizontal steam engine as a bonus
28) Sketchy alarmed mill with a nice bell tower
29) Dentist Office
30) Born Of Thunda Church
31) Egyptian Revival
32) Sketchy floor, big turbines
33) Dead mall vibes nursing home
34) State School
35) Paper Mill
36) So get this. The folks at DCAMM felt so guilty about all the pointless demolition that they've been rebuilding Taunton State from memory <3
37) State Hospital
38) Gutted Plant with nice architecture
39) Normally I wouldn't post a place this empty, but look at that post and beam work!
40) Prison
41) Dijon's House
42) Full Carillon Church
43) The good northside school
44) Regular Church
45) The bad northside school
46) Dead bat Church
47) Underground railroad house with secret passages
48) Vintage general hospital
49) Art Deco Admin
50) Theater
51) Alarmed Auditorium
52) Hospital Island
53) Dome Hotel
54) Pump House with marble fittings
55) Geometry Church
This Jesus was too sexy. I had to crop out his boner!
56) The Scarier Hospital Island
57) Pool House
58) Dogtown
59) Black Raspberry
60) I see Hazmat here in the future
61) This was a super fun meet up and a cool little spot too
62) Drop-ceiling Church
63) 50's Stained Glass Church
64) Wrecked State School
65) Pristine State School
66) Hyperbaric Hospital
67) Church with nice tiles
68) Ninj's Station
69) Nice Ceiling Church
70) Wrecked Theater
71) Are the Cops here? School
72) Sanatorium
73) Poor House
74) A pretty okay plant, but at least it had most of the stuff
75) The Walnut School
76) Pool House
77) Theater #1
78) Theater #2 (Maybe I'm getting out of line splitting these up?)
79) Nice Blue Church
80) This place makes PSH look interesting
81) Cool airplane, don't park in the subdivision
Well that's it! Thanks everyone for looking and good luck to you all next year!!
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Nice shots all around. We should meet up sometime man.
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Nice stuff!!
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SOLID fucking year. Hot damn.
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Lots of really cool and off the beaten path stuff here, love it! I've never seen anyone show that balcony-and-above portion of the bowling alley theater, really cool.
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Your year has been impressive !
#36 walkway - never seen a wooden walkway with windows before, so creepy but cool all at once
#52 - isn't it amazing what can be found in unusual places? Looks like a decent kayak 
#58 USE YOUR HEAD....a mantra for 2023 ??  LOVE it !!
#77 - omg  what a beautiful theatre, would of been so opulent in its heydey.
Thanks for sharing, so many other awesome shots, but I have to contain myself 
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That wooden walkway in #36 is insane, I love it.
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Jeez dude, absolutely phenomenal year! It was so nice to be able to finally meet and chat. Hopefully we can make it happen again soon. Keep up the great work!
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There is some really good spots in there man!
Looks like it was a good year! Love all the old hospitals and pshych.
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Great thread, glad we got to link up so many times this year!
And I really appreciate your fixation on hydro stuff, both therapeutic and industrial. I've gotta find some of these crazy turbines
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So much sweet architecture. Especially loved the mills.
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Posted by Rinzler
Nice shots all around. We should meet up sometime man.
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That would awesome. Hit me up sometime!
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Posted by dundertits
Nice stuff!!
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Posted by randomesquephoto
SOLID fucking year. Hot damn.
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Posted by Pearson
Lots of really cool and off the beaten path stuff here, love it! I've never seen anyone show that balcony-and-above portion of the bowling alley theater, really cool.
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Posted by leafloving4x4gal
Thanks for sharing, so many other awesome shots, but I have to contain myself
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Posted by mookster
That wooden walkway in #36 is insane, I love it.
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Posted by Urban Downfall
There is some really good spots in there man!
Looks like it was a good year! Love all the old hospitals and pshych.
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Posted by Interstitial
Great thread, glad we got to link up so many times this year!
And I really appreciate your fixation on hydro stuff, both therapeutic and industrial. I've gotta find some of these crazy turbines
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Posted by Jsuman
So much sweet architecture. Especially loved the mills.
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Thanks you everyone. These posts take forever so its super nice getting feedback <3 Good luck out there this year
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Posted by EsseXploreR
Jeez dude, absolutely phenomenal year! It was so nice to be able to finally meet and chat. Hopefully we can make it happen again soon. Keep up the great work!
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Same dude, it was great meeting you and I would love to get back out there soon
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Hot damn, another fantastic set. Good stuff!
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double post somehow.. woops!
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Duuuude You’re goated! All this in one year? Holy crap. Amazing shots by the way
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What a year!!! Great shots!!!
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Super!
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#15 - really digging all the lines here, both actual lines and ones from shadows. #51 had me say, out loud “but uh…how alarmed?” that place is insane. a very groovy 2022 for you.
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