Arcadia Publishing: Abandoned America

WWII Untitled ABANDONED – This fine selection of pictorial reference guides, from Arcadia Publishing, explores the utmost abandoned destinations found throughout America! Complete with a vast selection of rare imagery and haunting accounts, each title offers entirely new insight on the remains of once thriving buildings and locations. 6½"x 9¼", softcover.

Pittsburgh: Gears and Ghosts – Beard. Locations in this volume include Engine House No. 16, the Garden Theater, Homestead Municipal Building (one of the most haunted buildings in the city), and the foreboding Western Penitentiary. 112 pages, 189 photos. #410363 $23.95 Philadelphia: The Birthplace of America – Hall. Religious buildings, schools, theaters, power plants, and even a renowned boxing ring are a few of the many sites that sit abandoned to this day. 96 pages, 141 photos. #410364 $23.95 Oklahoma: Vanishing History of the Sooner State – This volume tells the story of the school bell ringing for the last time at Dunjee School in Spencer, Oklahoma, and the final days of the mysterious Abundant Life Building in Tulsa. 96 pages, 157 photos. #410365 $23.95 Virginia: The Forgotten Commonwealth – Handwerk. This book takes you on a photo tour of forgotten and falling apart buildings in Virginia, including houses, schools, commercial warehouses, and even a former outdoor Renaissance Fair. 96 pages, 170 photos. #410366 $23.95 Gary, Indiana: Steel Bones Lansdowne. This title takes you on a photographic journey into the beautifully abandoned structures of a once-thriving Rust Belt city and captures the timeless essence of raw beauty hidden under the dust and decay of time. 128 pages. #410082 $23.95 Tennessee: Touched By Time Farrell. Abandoned structures are places that open the imagination and invite interpretation. Distressed wood and weathered remnants of human life are crossed by time and animal tracks, inviting one to picture what once was. 128 pages, 216 photos. #410372 $24.95

Flint – Brooky. With the closure of the General Motors plants, pockets of abandonment began to spread across the entire city. A 2016 study found that Flint had the highest number of vacant homes in the entire nation. 96 pages, 140 photos. #410367 $23.95 Resorts of the Northeast Tagliareni & Mathews. Abandoned resorts are relics of a simpler time when driving into the mountains with one's family was the pinnacle of a vacation getaway. These resorts still exist today, though they have been largely left to rot. 128 pages, 209 photos. #410368 $23.95

New York – Vasko. Explore the Catskill Old Game Farm, the halls of the Ellis Island Hospital, and so many other fascinating places located throughout the Big Apple. 96 pages, 150 B&W photos. #406068 $24.95

Cleveland – Stroup. As factory jobs moved overseas, this great city of culture and prosperity struggled to stay on its feet. A sharp decline in population throughout the 1970s and 1980s left Cleveland with a multitude of abandoned structures. 128 pages, 150 photos. #410369 $24.95 Georgia: Exploring the Peach State Kent. Capturing beauty left behind in the ruins of the Peach State, this title revisits forgotten places with stunning imagery. 96 pages, 198 B&W photos. #406071 $23.95 Washington D.C. Kenning. Discover a side of our nation’s capital that's often overlooked – featuring abandoned monuments and the remains left behind from immigrants. 96 pages, 332 B&W photos. #406070 $28.95

Ohio: Ghost Towns, Cemeteries, Schools and More – Morris. Founder of the Ohio Ghost Town Exploration, Glenn Morris researches the preservation of the most fascinating haunted locations. 112 pages. #406072 $23.95 New Orleans − Kent. Explore the beautiful and mysterious city of New Orleans and its abandoned ruins. Each chapter provides an extraordinary look at eight historic and forgotten locations. #407094 $23.95 Northern California: A Land of Contradictions Kalafatis. Driving through Northern California, you will find sprawling military bases, immense wineries, gold mining towns, and amusement parks all lying abandoned. The ruins that lie in the area today reflect the various ways people attempted to build their future in Northern California. 96 pages, 115 photos. #410370 $23.95 Arkansas: An Echo From the Past – Schwarz, Sisson, Beck, & Kirkendall. Every day neglected structures are on the verge of being demolished or in desperate need of renovation. This title wades through the forgotten history of the Natural State, from the Majestic Hotel in Hot Springs to Dogpatch USA, an abandoned theme park once loved by thousands. 112 pages, 150 photos. #410371 $23.95 Atlanta: Echoes of a Storied Past – Hagerman. Examine the unique past of the many lost and destroyed buildings and locations in the city of Atlanta. From the places where locals paid their power bills to the high school that Martin Luther King Jr. attended, Atlanta has a rich and complex history. #407099 $24.95 Michigan: Doorways to Decay Brooky. In 2006, Michigan’s unemployment rate was the worst in America. As a result, people left, and businesses closed. Examine these forgotten locations, including mental asylums, paper mills, churches and more. #408991 $23.95 Order Today at 800-225-5575 or www.HistoricAviation.com