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Dec 02, 2013

Abandoned D.C.: Glenn Dale Hospital and Sanatorium

Some 15 miles away, 216 acres of D.C. history is quietly rotting away.

Nov 18, 2013

Abandoned D.C.: Inside The Ruins Of The Forest Haven Asylum

Some 20 miles outside of D.C. sits a haunting reminder of the District’s failed mental health policy: The abandoned ruins of Forest Haven Asylum.

 
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