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.
A.G. Holley Tuberculosis Hospital
The remains of Florida's last hospital dedicated to the treatment of Tuberculosis.
The remains of a Fort Lauderdale beach hotel that was once a luxurious getaway for tourists.
An abandoned apartment complex in Wynwood Art District.
An abandoned beach house right on – and sometimes in – the ocean.
Everglades Gatorland
A former roadside attraction in the middle of the Everglades.
Old Pahokee High School
The historic school that educated Pahokee students for 68 years.
Kennedy's Grocery
An abandoned grocery store surrounded by sugarcane fields.
A forgotten military base in the middle of the swamp.
Ocean Breeze Golf Club
When urban exploration becomes suburban exploration and then suburban exploration unexpectedly becomes true crime!
An abandoned middle school in the middle of a suburban neighborhood that languished in disrepair for nearly three decades.
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.
Port of the Islands
An abandoned hotel in southwest Florida built on some speciously sold swampland.
CENTRAL FLORIDA
Tom Gaskins' Cypress Knee Museum
The remains of a quirky roadside attraction that epitomizes old Florida charm.
An abandoned phosphate mine in Central Florida's Bone Valley.
The story of the roadside gift shop and fruit stand “where pineapples grow."
The mid-century modern gem that was the home of the Pineapple King.
Strawn Citrus Packing House District
A relic of the thriving twentieth century citrus industry in the Sunshine State.
pNORTH FLORIDA
The remains (pun intended) of the funeral home that embalmed Jacksonville's dead for nearly a century.
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.
GEORGIA
The abandoned drive-in restaurant in rural Georgia with a suspicious secret.
An abandoned half-mile racetrack that boasts an eclectic – and distinctly Southern – history including NASCAR, truck commercials, moonshine, and Jimi Hendrix.
ALABAMA
The community center that revolutionized public healthcare in Alabama and helped thousands in Birmingham throughout the mid-20th century.
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.
F. D. McArthur Elementary School
The abandoned elementary school that’ll give you déjà vu of a survival horror video game.
A historic house-turned-funeral-home in southeastern Alabama.
Adams Grove Presbyterian Church
This pre-Civil War era church is known as "the most haunted church in Alabama."
SOUTH CAROLINA
LOUISIANA
The abandoned power plant that turned New Orleans on for 68 years.
TENNESSEE
INDIANA
This abandoned theater in the once-thriving city of Gary, Indiana stands as a relic of a vibrant past now swallowed by decay.
ILLINOIS
Equipment that was once used to study cosmic rays in space now sits grounded in a Chicago alley.
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.
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.
RHODE ISLAND
An early 20th century mausoleum in Rhode Island, forgotten and crumbling, left to the mercy of the elements and graverobbers.