Exploring an Abandoned 1880s Asylum: Venturing Through Historical Buildings and Searching for a Notorious Surgical Room.

To outsiders, the then-called South Carolina Lunatic Asylum in the 1800s was an idyllic, tranquil place to live, with garden paths and therapeutic activities. “No one would have supposed ...

Fairfield Hills was built to help—but over time, something went wrong. At its peak, thousands of patients lived inside a system that was overcrowded, underfunded, and increasingly controversial.