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10/12/2025

Televisions of Bombay Beach; an interesting outsider art installation along one of the dusty streets of a very quiet, early morning stroll around the town of Bombay Beach, California. Old TVs given a new life in a truly whimsical way. Enjoy the view and have a wonderful Sunday, all! -Mr. P.

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10/11/2025

Golden hour within a long defunct Kirkbride mental hospital in Buffalo, New York; the Buffalo State Asylum for the Insane. Despite all of the not-so-fantastic things that may or may not have happened in facilities such as this, they were built for the ages and with such design and detail. This one has been closed for decades, and has been partially restored and reused as the Richardson Hotel. The eastern wing had been opened up this particular weekend for photographers. We spent about four hours here, soaking up the craftsmanship of the long halls and ornate windows. Much more to come from here over the week; enjoy the view and have a great Saturday! -Mr. P.

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10/10/2025

Hey all! Welcome to another episode of “Mr. P.’s Tales from the Road!” In this edition, we head back to Buffalo, New York for a weekend spent rambling in and around the Nickel City, spending a good deal of time wandering through one of the largest still-standing Kirkbride Hospitals in the United States; the Buffalo State Asylum for the Insane, abandoned and otherwise. History and tales abound, so pour a nice foam-topped glass of amber beer, sit down for a nice dinner of pulled pork BBQ, relax in your favorite chair (or start driving towards your immediate destination), listen in and enjoy the show! Have a great weekend and we’ll see you in the next episode! -Mr. P.

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10/10/2025

A look back on an abandoned mattress factory in Cleveland, Ohio. Since these were taken two winters ago, the building seems to have been put into limbo, bought by a new owner, removed of its upper windows and now seemingly standing in mid-renovation. The floors in this place, wood warped by time, created some of the most interesting undulating wave patterns. Enjoy the view and have a great Friday, all! -Mr. P.

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10/09/2025

More from an abandoned former industrial bakery turned storage warehouse in Cleveland, Ohio. Lots of textures, light and odds and ends to be found in this massive structure. Enjoy the view and have a great Thursday, wherever you might happen to be in the world! -Mr. P.

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10/08/2025

Rising like a cathedral of industry along Buffalo’s waterfront, the Colonel Francis G. Ward Pumping Station is one of those places where the city’s proud, gritty past still hums beneath the surface. Built between 1907 and 1915, this massive Beaux-Arts masterpiece once powered Buffalo’s water supply with five 1,100-ton steam-driven pumps—each the size of a locomotive, all churning in perfect rhythm to move millions of gallons from Lake Erie into the city’s veins. It’s named after Colonel Francis Ward, the city’s water commissioner and civil engineer who believed utility could also be art. Inside, the vaulted ceilings, marble floors, and brass railings make it feel more like a grand train station than a piece of municipal infrastructure. Though most of its steam giants were retired by the 1970s, the building remains partially operational, and its surviving machines stand as breathtaking relics of an era when Buffalo believed in big, beautiful things—even if they were just meant to pump water.

This weekend, via a tour through the City of Buffalo's PreservationWorks, I and a largish crew of photographers got to take the tour of this monumental building, as well as spend an hour taking photos of it's truly magnificent innards. I'll post the photos in several sets, as we did take quite a few. Enjoy the view of this architectural and industrial work of art and have a great middle to your week out there! -Mr. P.

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10/07/2025

A look inside an abandoned church on the backstreets of Buffalo, New York. The light in here, along with the stained glass, provided for beautiful colors as we shot, and as the light fluctuated outside, we would get different shades based on how the glass refracted that light. A nice and relatively clean little church, and well worth the stop. Enjoy the view and have a fantastic day out there! -Mr. P.

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10/06/2025

An small and abandoned factory in Cleveland, Ohio, where Mother Nature is already beginning to reassert herself, reconquering the grime and rust left behind. Enjoy the view and have a fantastic kickoff to your week out there, all! -Mr. P.

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10/05/2025

Sometimes, a simple abandoned rail line, a sealed up and unused old warehouse and the ambience of Cleveland, Ohio's near East Side industrial areas can be a winning ticket for capturing grit and Rust Belt charm on a winter's day. The sun was that perfect hazy shade of winter and there was no one around! Perfection. Enjoy the view, all. -Mr. P.

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10/04/2025

A long forgotten metal/plastic shredding machine used by an abandoned recycling plant in Detroit, Michigan. This was taken at Golden Hour on a beautiful winter's day in 2023. There's nothing better than when rust and color combine with the waning sun; magic happens in those instances. Enjoy the view and have a great Saturday out there, all! -Mr. P.

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10/03/2025

An abandoned grocery store and barber shop, moldering away on the backstreets of Cleveland, Ohio. Crusty, crispy, and, for the most part, pitch black. A little light painting was necessary to get anything out of the depths of the supermarket. Enjoy the spread and have a great Friday out there, all! -Mr. P.

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10/02/2025

A second visit to an abandoned industrial bakery-turned-storage warehouse in Cleveland, Ohio. Two winters ago, we were able to spend a few hours exploring this massive old structure, and upon returning, there was quite a bit more graffiti, tagging and sadly, vandalism. Back in 2023, this place really hadn't been touched, but once it was accessed by kids and scrappers, the destruction began. Still, there was quite a bit to see that we hadn't caught the first time around. Way more to come from this recent trip; have a great Thursday out there! -Mr. P.

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