The Urban Coroner
Photography By Sugarbomb
LOCATIONS
SOUTH FLORIDA
Camp Krome | Nike Missile Site HM-95
The abandoned missile site turned graffiti gallery in southwest Miami.
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A.G. Holley Tuberculosis Hospital
The remains of Florida's last hospital dedicated to the treatment of Tuberculosis.
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The remains of a Fort Lauderdale beach hotel that was once a luxurious getaway for tourists.
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An abandoned apartment complex in Wynwood Art District.
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An abandoned beach house right on – and sometimes in – the ocean.
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Everglades Gatorland
A former roadside attraction in the middle of the Everglades.
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Old Pahokee High School
The historic school that educated Pahokee students for 68 years.
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Kennedy's Grocery
An abandoned grocery store surrounded by sugarcane fields.
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A forgotten military base in the middle of the swamp.
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Ocean Breeze Golf Club
When urban exploration becomes suburban exploration and then suburban exploration unexpectedly becomes true crime!
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An abandoned middle school in the middle of a suburban neighborhood that languished in disrepair for nearly three decades.
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Parkway West Regional Medical Center
For decades, the graffiti-covered visage of Parkway West Regional Medical Center – or what's left of it – stood prominently overlooking the Golden Glades Interchange.
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Port of the Islands
An abandoned hotel in southwest Florida built on some speciously sold swampland.
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CENTRAL FLORIDA
Tom Gaskins' Cypress Knee Museum
The remains of a quirky roadside attraction that epitomizes old Florida charm.
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An abandoned phosphate mine in Central Florida's Bone Valley.
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The story of the roadside gift shop and fruit stand “where pineapples grow."
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The mid-century modern gem that was the home of the Pineapple King.
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NORTH FLORIDA
The remains (pun intended) of the funeral home that embalmed Jacksonville's dead for nearly a century.
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Riverside Motel & St. Mary's Liquor Store
The abandoned motel, souvenir shop, and liquor store that can leave you with a sinking feeling if you don't watch your step.
The repurposed research vessel that an intrepid oceanic engineer used to hunt down the treasure of the SS Central America.
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GEORGIA
The abandoned drive-in restaurant in rural Georgia with a suspicious secret.
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An abandoned half-mile racetrack that boasts an eclectic – and distinctly Southern – history including NASCAR, truck commercials, moonshine, and Jimi Hendrix.
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ALABAMA
The community center that revolutionized public healthcare in Alabama and helped thousands in Birmingham throughout the mid-20th century.
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The early 20th-century hospital that would grow from a small 16-bed infirmary to a massive multi-building complex in the Norwood neighborhood of Birmingham.
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F. D. McArthur Elementary School
The abandoned elementary school that’ll give you déjà vu of a survival horror video game.
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A historic house-turned-funeral-home in southeastern Alabama.
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Adams Grove Presbyterian Church
This pre-Civil War era church is known as "the most haunted church in Alabama."
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SOUTH CAROLINA
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LOUISIANA
The abandoned power plant that turned New Orleans on for 68 years.
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TENNESSEE
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INDIANA
This abandoned theater in the once-thriving city of Gary, Indiana stands as a relic of a vibrant past now swallowed by decay.
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ILLINOIS
Equipment that was once used to study cosmic rays in space now sits grounded in a Chicago alley.
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PENNSYLVANIA
A once prosperous coal-mining town reduced to a ghost town after a fire that started in 1962 continues to burn underneath the streets, making the air toxic and the land treacherous.
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MICHIGAN
Northville State Psychiatric Hospital
This state hospital just outside of Detroit was at one time regarded as one of the best psychiatric facilities in the country.
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RHODE ISLAND
An early 20th century mausoleum in Rhode Island, forgotten and crumbling, left to the mercy of the elements and graverobbers.
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