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Walpack, New Jersey Ghost Town
Tocks Island Dam

On the way back to Western New York, a quick abandoned stop that has long been on my bucket list. Though I cannot even recall how or when I learned of an abandoned observatory near the grounds of the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, a landmark of passing on Read more…


Decaying Stars, Part 2
Abandoned Knightridge Space Observatory πŸͺπŸ”­

The Knightridge Space Observatory in Bloomington, Indiana is a simple observatory built in simpler times. But since that time the city of Bloomington and telescopic technology have grown. And the two-room structure with a rotating dome ceiling has been left alone in the woods since. Functioning only for 30 years, Read more…


Decaying Stars, Part 1
Abandoned Warner And Swasey Observatory β­πŸ”­

In 1919, when East Cleveland was not a source of distracting ambient light, the Warner And Swasey Company gifted an observatory to the Astronomy department of the Case School of Applied Science. Though they manufactured a variety of machinery and tools, Warner and Swasey was best known for its giant Read more…