Researching the history of the asylum can be a case of feast and famine, often at the same time. Some asylums left, if not mountains of records, then at least large hills. I mean that literally. An ...

My first encounter with the Bloomingdale Insane Asylum was through what it forgot to take with it: Columbia’s Buell Hall. Whenever I had previously passed the building’s bright red bricks and ...

It’s an intriguing journey to explore the remnants of an abandoned insane asylum, where history whispers stories of mystery and tragedy. You’ll discover the architectural wonders and eerie settings ...

Over its 138-year existence, political correctness has played a huge role in the name of that large institution on the south side of the city of Napa. In the beginning, it was the Napa Insane Asylum, ...