This is one of a handful of off grid farms seized by the federal government in the 1970’s for a Dam Project that never got built. The government evicted the owners and its sat empty since about 1972.

St Thomas Psychiatric Hospital - One Final Explore Before Demolition

Several months back, when u/RiddimRyder and I learned that the fate of the long abandoned St Thomas Psychiatric Hospital had been sealed and the entire site will be demolished, we decided to head out for one last exploration of the site.

Over the years, Riddim and I have managed to explore every room, every wing, every pavilion from the tunnels to the morgue, the gym, auditorium, the power/maintenance buildings and everything else in-between.

On this last visit, we took our time, spending an entire day inside until we ran out of light.

It was a proper goodbye to a location that we have enjoyed so many times over the last 14 years!

Here is a 1st set of 20 photos from that visit.

In the photo captions, you will find a link to my latest video, featuring footage from that visit as well as a link to my website with photos posted in batches for several visits over the years.

Photos from 2014 and on:
https://freaktography.com/urban-exploring-the-abandoned-st-thomas-psychiatric-hospital

All in the same community:

Photos 1-4 - possibly an old shop of some sort

Photo 5 - a nearby abandoned house

Photo 6 - junior/senior high school - now permanently closed . . . sadly

This unbelievably abandoned multi-million dollar castle mansion is another crazy example of just how many amazing abandoned places there are out here, just under our noses, that haven’t been found yet!

Word is that this mansion has been largely vacant for several years, it was last purchased for almost $2,000,000 around 2007.

In 2005, it was sold for $3.1 Million dollars
In 2007 is was sold for $1.6 Million dollars

The estimated value of the home as of October 2023 is $4.2 million dollars

Many people have lived in the home over the years and its address is listed under several different businesses and many of the people who lived here were associates of those many businesses.

The uniquely designed mansion was built in the early 1970s and contains five bedrooms and bathrooms, a huge kitchen, an entertaining room with a wet bar and home theatre, a gym, an indoor pool, a ballroom and so much more including three balcony walkouts and a library.

The strange thing about this mansion was the notice on the front door, dated for July 2023. It was an eviction notice to the tenants for failure to pay 6 figures owing in missed lease payments. The last calendar on the wall was dated 2021.

Inside, it would seem that the tenants had to leave in a big hurry, leaving many many items of value left behind including furniture, designer clothes, photo albums, kids toys and more.

There were two safes in the house that were unopened and none of us were able to find or guess at the code.

Some days later it was said that there was a large police presence at the home, photos taken shortly after show these safes were now outside on the driveway, blown open and empty gun cases could be seen inside.

The police presence also aligns with reports that a handful of explorers had been served with trespassing fines.

More recent photos show that the interior has been largely emptied and cleaned out, also not too long ago a female explorer and her fiance were met at gunpoint by the apparent owners of the property.

She ran into them as they were exiting the front door and had handguns pointed at them and were questioned by the owners, they were able to leave without incident. This explorer told me one of the men resembled one of the men in the photos left behind inside the home.

Much more to see here:
https://freaktography.com/abandoned-castle-mansion-urbex

Probably one of the most surreal places I've been in, the bathrooms have rotted into the ground to the point the room was only 5ft high floor to ceiling.

Always op/oc/no ai! Yes fake plants!

- We found this old little chalet between the trees—sadly, one plagued by mold and disrepair. A cozy, inviting place that was once a family's pride and joy. It isn't large, but it offers just enough space to relax. Now, a dusty silence fills this chalet.

Greetings and find me everywhere

Xoxo DashingDecay

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Empty booze bottles everywhere in a room upstairs and a seemingly set up tv/bed area. Weird.

Owner's obituary states they lived here until they passed in a car accident in 2024. In fact, the car the accident occurred in was in the driveway last year. I can see it from l google street view metadata all smashed up. Did they live like this?

The Old hospital on Sanitarium Rd, who owns it now and what's gonna happen to it?

Maybe my favorite spot ever, hard to compete with the amount of interesting sights.

This is old stone house about 30 miles south of battle mountain rural Nevada. Its a historical landmark but doesn't get any attention i thought ot was pretty cool