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Disclaimer: AI was used to conduct research for this article. Pennsylvania is home to approximately 150 ghost towns that provide a window into its rich history and industrial past. Many of these abandoned towns are ruins hidden in the Pennsylvania wilds, little more than overgrown rubble. These towns offer a glimpse into Pennsylvania's past, revealing the impact of changes in industry, resource depletion, disasters, and shifts in transportation routes on their decline. Factors such as the Great Depression, falling fuel prices, adverse geological conditions, burdensome energy regulations, and the end of the oil boom have all played a role in the abandonment of these once-thriving communities.

There’s no shortage of abandoned places in Maryland, and today we’re featuring one that’s among the most disturbing. Keep reading to learn more. The Crownsville Hospital Center was a psychiatric hospital located in Crownsville, Maryland.

Dublin Gulch, a unique ghost town near the picturesque town of Shoshone, Inyo County, California, is where history is carved into the rock. Astonishing cave dwellings were created in the late 1800s by industrious railway workers and miners who cleverly carved their homes into the mountains.

Kentucky is home to its fair share of abandoned buildings and ghost towns but none are quite as creepy as this abandoned hospital that can be found in Mason County. Keep reading to learn more.

Georgia is home to its fair share of abandoned buildings and ghost towns but none are quite as creepy as this abandoned hospital that can be found in Baldwin County. Keep reading to learn more.

In Raleigh, North Carolina, St. Agnes Hospital serviced the Black community from 1896 until 1961. St Augustine's College students Aaron Burris Hunter and Sarah Hunter founded it.

The Village Subway, also known as Raleigh Underground, was an underground entertainment zone in Raleigh, North Carolina, located beneath the Cameron Village shopping center. This underground network housed nightclubs, restaurants, commercial establishments, and an arcade during the 1970s and 1980s.

Boby, an abandoned dog riddled with cancerous tumors, was found hopelessly roaming in the strange streets of Hermosillo, Mexico. A kind animal rescuer named Cortesía-Dalia Gámez located Boby starving and suffering, and chose to give him a opportunity.

Florida is filled with history but perhaps one of the most fascinating relics of its storied past are the long-abandoned places that dot its landscape. Covered in overgrown brush and decaying, these are some of the creepiest places you'll find within the entire state.

There's a very old, creepy abandoned "insane asylum" in Alabama called the Jemison Center, or "Old Bryce," as it's known to locals. There's also an abandoned nursing home nearby where the mentally ill were housed as they grew too old for the asylum. Photographer, Andrew Russell, explored the abandoned nursing home and took these amazing photographs. I researched it's history. Here's what I found.

Sometimes animals are a lot smarter than people. Michelle Smith from Anderson Animal Control, South Carolina, got a phone call regarding a dog that wouldn’t stop barking for several hrs.

Homeless kids and animals often pity passers-by. However, this story made many Internet users feel deeply. Maria Cubs is an normal inhabitant of the Philippines. When the girl was walking along the streets of the city of Quezon and saw something that moved her to tears. A little kid held a pup in his arms and sang a lullaby to him.

The Jekyll Island Amphitheatre, built in 1972, originally served as the center of the island's cultural life, holding theatrical productions and musical productions. A few prominent performances from its lengthy history include "Drumbeats in Georgia" and contributions to the preservation of old island structures.

If you're someone who loves history, abandoned places, and the great outdoors, you're going to love this fascinating ghost town located in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Keep reading to learn more.

Texas is filled with history but perhaps one of the most fascinating relics of its storied past are the long-abandoned places that dot its landscape. Covered in overgrown brush and decaying, these are some of the creepiest places you'll find within the entire state.

Most people are unaware of the long-abandoned underground entertainment center that's hiding under the Village District in North Carolina's capital city of Raleigh. Once known as The Village Subway, this entertainment center was an underground network that thrived during the 1970s and 1980s and contained nightclubs, restaurants, shops, and an arcade.

A puppy abandoned in a park with the words “free” and “good home only” written on her body in black permanent marker has found a forever home. According to Sarah Cantrell, office manager and adoption coordinator at the Ross County Humane Society in Chillicothe, Ohio, the Lab-mix puppy was dumped in Yoctangee Park ahead of the Feast of the Flowering Moon Festival, which takes place during Memorial Day weekend.

California's Winehaven is situated on the shores of San Francisco Bay and was a famed and formerly active winery. It was started by the California Wine Association in 1909 with the intention of competing with European wineries.

Claiborne is a ghost town in Monroe County, Alabama, located on a hill above the Alabama River. Claiborne, Alabama used to be a thriving antebellum neighborhood. It was founded in 1816 and prospered until railroads forced commerce elsewhere, which caused it to deteriorate.