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Stoumont, Belgium
Sanatorium du Basil
An early 20th-century sanatorium, long abandoned and now being reclaimed by nature.
Colfax, Washington
St. Ignatius Hospital
An abandoned 19th-century hospital now swirling in ghost stories.
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Signal Hill
The first transatlantic wireless signal was received at this 17th-century fort.
Toa Baja, Puerto Rico
Ruins of Lazaretto de Isla de Cabras
The crumbling remnants of this 19th-century quarantine hospital hint at the touristy island's darker past.
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When Doctors Thought ‘Wanderlust’ Was a Psychological Condition
For decades, "pathological tourists" ended up in asylums or worse.
Pensacola, Florida
O’Zone Pizza Pub
A former hospital is now home to a pizza parlor and maybe a few ghosts.
Doha, Qatar
'The Miraculous Journey'
Fourteen sculptures showing the development of a fetus stand outside a hospital for women and children.
Glenside, Australia
Z Ward
A perfectly preserved abandoned criminal asylum in South Australia.
Virginia City, Nevada
St. Mary’s Art Center
A former mining hospital is now a vibrant artistic hub.
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Strasbourg Hospital Wines
You can still drink riesling and pinot noir from this medieval cellar.
Bristol, England
Lollipop Be-Bop
A plaque claims this artwork outside a children's hospital was used in the 1998 Quidditch World Cup.
Pueblo, Colorado
Colorado Mental Health Institute at Pueblo Museum
A mental health hospital dating back more than 139 years, now features a museum.
Saranac Lake, New York
Saranac Lake 'Cure Cottages'
Dozens of houses in the Adirondack Mountains are reminders of a literal "cottage industry" to cure people of a deadly disease.
Waterford, Connecticut
Seaside Sanatorium
Ruins of a historic medical facility sits eerily by the water.
Coventry, England
Ford's Hospital
For over 500 years this timbered alms house has provided a home for elderly residents of Coventry.
Manassas, Virginia
Ben Lomond Historic Site
Hear, smell, see, taste, and touch history at this immersive Civil War hospital.
Athens, Greece
Wax Museum of Andreas Syggros
A grotesque collection of wax limbs depicting the symptoms of venereal disease.
Stony Point, New York
Old Letchworth Village Cemetery
Hundreds of numbered stakes hidden in the woods mark the graves of the lost souls of a nearby asylum.
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