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General Hospital Part II

Don't forget there is also a video walkthrough, linked here!!

https://youtu.be/JtONs22Nqs4

For our final post, we will be looking at the emergency department as well as some other areas!!

This now abandoned hospital closed its doors permanently in early 2011 and has been sitting vacant and slowly deteriorating ever since.  The hospital was founded in 1898 and had numerous additions added throughout the years as the city around it grew in size.  In 1963 the hospital was pretty much completely rebuilt and this is evidenced by its current architectural style. In 2011 it was replaced by a more modern facility which at the time would have been state of the art and cost almost half a billion dollars.

This building along with two others nearby were bought in 2013 for $65,000.  The company converted one of the buildings into condominiums and later sold the other two in 2019.  The building's current owner plans to turn the large former hospital into a long-term care facility but so far, as of this writing, nothing has happened at the site.

An incredible explore this building was absolutely huge with multiple floors and wings with 11 years worth of decay.  Inside, the hospital looks like a war zone in parts and has been ravaged by time, with water intruding and causing mosses to grow, walls collapsing and even the wall surrounding one of the elevator shafts had collapsed!  Although mostly emptied of its contents, the hospital did still have a chapel, a physical therapy pool as well as various large x-ray machines.  With a regular stream of visitors, whether it be kids, scrappers, homeless or even urban explorers, the local police have had their hands full! Earlier this year a group of three teenagers were inside exploring the building at night and lost their way, they ended up having to call the police to rescue them.

In Part II of this abandoned hospital, we visit some of the more interesting areas of the building, including the the emergency department, the morgue, the cafeteria and more!  In this the second part, I had a close call where I thought I was locked inside the building but you will have to watch the video to learn more about that!

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“Closure”- Desert Hot Springs, CA

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Money Pit School

Check out the video tour at the link below!!

https://youtu.be/Jkyg0yshJS8

Now let's take at a few shots from the extremely trashed 1971 building as well as few more from the 1919 building!

When the site had first closed the city had budgeted about $100,000 for the maintenance of the building during the first twelve months of vacancy.  But in actuality, they had spent closer to $175,000 and the property had been referred to as a "Money Pit".

Let me know what you thought of this abandoned school and community centre in the comments below!!

And please do not disclose the location in the comments.

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General Hospital Part II

You can find the video at the link below!!

https://youtu.be/JtONs22Nqs4

In today's post let's take a look at the morgue as well as some of areas in the basement!!

This now abandoned hospital closed its doors permanently in early 2011 and has been sitting vacant and slowly deteriorating ever since.  The hospital was founded in 1898 and had numerous additions added throughout the years as the city around it grew in size.  In 1963 the hospital was pretty much completely rebuilt and this is evidenced by its current architectural style. In 2011 it was replaced by a more modern facility which at the time would have been state of the art and cost almost half a billion dollars.

This building along with two others nearby were bought in 2013 for $65,000.  The company converted one of the buildings into condominiums and later sold the other two in 2019.  The building's current owner plans to turn the large former hospital into a long-term care facility but so far, as of this writing, nothing has happened at the site.

An incredible explore this building was absolutely huge with multiple floors and wings with 11 years worth of decay.  Inside, the hospital looks like a war zone in parts and has been ravaged by time, with water intruding and causing mosses to grow, walls collapsing and even the wall surrounding one of the elevator shafts had collapsed!  Although mostly emptied of its contents, the hospital did still have a chapel, a physical therapy pool as well as various large x-ray machines.  With a regular stream of visitors, whether it be kids, scrappers, homeless or even urban explorers, the local police have had their hands full! Earlier this year a group of three teenagers were inside exploring the building at night and lost their way, they ended up having to call the police to rescue them.

In Part II of this abandoned hospital, we visit some of the more interesting areas of the building, including the the emergency department, the morgue, the cafeteria and more!  In this the second part, I had a close call where I thought I was locked inside the building but you will have to watch the video to learn more about that!

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George's House

Don't forget there is also a detailed video walkthrough!!

https://youtu.be/0RdsEeJcOB8

And finally to wrap this one up, let's take a look at the rest of the home including the main floor and the basement!!

A heritage designation for this home would be great and everything but that wouldn't stop the owners from completely gutting the inside and leaving the house as a shell of its former self.  Personally I would like to see this building completely preserved by turning it into a museum but I highly doubt that would ever happen.

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Magpie Truck Stop

Check out the video here if you are interested!!

https://youtu.be/I5O6VCI0HFk

And for our final post, we take a look at the automotive shop as well as the kitchen for the restaurant!!

Located along the Trans Canada Highway that stretches across this entire country from the Atlantic coast to the Pacific you may pass by this rather small building and may have wondered what it once was.  This abandoned restaurant, truck stop, gas station and automotive repair shop likely closed down about 12 years ago according to a couple of dates I found during the explore.  This type of truck stop differs from the ones of today, that generally have large convenience stores with large parking lots for the big rigs and even showers for those living on the road...I should know, I have used many of these truck stop showers while on the road.  Inside the restaurant is still intact with chairs up on the tables, coolers ready to be turned on again and an automotive shop waiting for the next weary traveller to have car problems.  But given the length of time this once busy establishment has sat vacant, the roof have begun to fail, the water is intruding, the paint is starting to peel and the mold is starting to grow.

Enjoy the photos and check out the video for a more detailed look at this retro truck stop!!

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Hello, My Name is Margaret

You can find the link to the brand new video below!!

https://youtu.be/mf5BsJKU4lk

For our first post, let's take a look at some exteriors!!

Hello, My Name is Margaret.  I was born July 19th, 1926 into a farming family, I had 7 siblings, one sister and 6 brothers.  My father was born in 1880 and my mother in 1888, they were married in 1906.  We lived simple lives growing up, the boys would help my father in the fields while my sister and I would help my mother in the kitchen with the cooking.   As we grew older most of my brothers moved away, although David stayed behind to help father on the farm.

When I was 30, my parents celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary.  We all had a grand time with family and both friends and neighbours, we even announced the occasion in the local newspaper, we saved the clipping and it can been seen in an upcoming photo.  My father died 9 years later at which point my brother David took over the family farm.  When my mother passed away in 1978, I was devastated but fortunately David was there to keep me company.  David died in 1997 and I couldn't bear to take down the kitchen calendar from the year before.  I was on my own for about 5 years until 2002 when I moved to the retirement home.  It was a place filled with wonderful people and I really enjoyed my time there.

Margaret would later pass away in 2015 at the age of 89.

I have to give a huge shoutout to my sister Anne for playing the role of Margaret in the video.  She has her own YouTube channel called Crafters' Grove, where she has a mix of crafting and DIY renovation videos that are really quite helpful!!  I am sure she would appreciate it if you pop by to say hello in the comments and subscribe to her channel!!