Can a Ghost Town/Toxic Dump Become a Park?

Views: 989I discovered what looked like the remains of an abandoned town on google maps last week and had decided that I’d drive out towards Baytown and check it out. What I found turned out to be what must be the creepiest park in Texas. As it turns out, the area has a really funky history. It started out in 1891 as...

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A Hempstead Highway Ghost: Scales

May 18, 10 A Hempstead Highway Ghost: Scales

Posted by in AbandonedStructures, Art, Photography

Views: 236On my way home, I decided to stop at an abandoned industrial scale that looked interesting to me:   Front of Building Rear of Building Overgrowth Inside: “Scales Closed Forever! Thank You For 9 yrs. Joe, Rose“ A Nearby...

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The Ghosts of Hempstead Highway

Views: 968Since I’m supposed to be off today, I only worked half a day. So, with a few hours to kill, I decided to take a drive down old Hempstead Highway. I noticed the highway has a lot of rundown buildings that looked like they were left over from the 70s and 80s and thought I’d check them out: At the Car Wash Car...

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A few more shots…

Mar 07, 10 A few more shots…

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Views: 131Yesterday I saw something I’ve not seen in years: You know, I even have one of those silver-head 101 KLOL t-shirts in the back of my closet. After Clearchanel bought it, didn’t they turn 101 into a Tajano station? I spotted this old house today. I pass by it all the time, but I’ve just never seen it...

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The Ghost Town Downtown

Views: 491Did you know that there’s a ghost town just a few hundred feet from downtown Houston? Well, neither did I. Carolyn and I were out riding bikes today and we road near downtown and came across an area of old (as in, turn of the last century) abandoned buildings. Some of the structures were obviously built in the 20s...

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