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Seacliff, New Zealand

Seacliff Asylum Ruins

The remains of a notorious mental institution that became known for its structural design failures and experiments carried out on patients.
Bethlem Royal Hospital, also known as "Bedlam," charged visitors a penny to explore the wards.
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The Undercover Woman Who Changed Asylum Tourism Forever

Visitors were drawn to mental institutions out of curiosity and compassion, but they weren’t seeing the full picture—until Nellie Bly revealed it.
Sarah Gleim March 14, 2025
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Porcelain Gallbladder Found in Human Remains in Mississippi Asylum Cemetery

A rare secret was taken to the grave in an unmarked, 100-year-old burial ground.
Hannah Seo April 24, 2024
John Horne has uncovered the stories of numerous people buried in Nothern State Mental Hospital's cemetery, including this grave belonging to Jessie Comer, a 34-year-old housewife who died of uterine cancer in 1914.
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One Man’s Fight To Save a Mental Hospital's Forgotten Cemetery

John Horne is determined to preserve the stories of those who were left behind.
Bess Lovejoy February 1, 2024
The hostage drama that took place in this building on Norrmalmstorg in 1973 gave rise to the term “Stockholm Syndrome.” The bank has long since been replaced by a high-end clothing store, but the vaults are still there.
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There Are at Least 10 Cities With Their Own Psychological Disorders

Stockholm Syndrome is the most famous, and most relate to tourism or hostage-taking.
Frank Jacobs July 21, 2023
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Podcast: Medfield State Hospital

This abandoned institution welcomes visitors, just don't go inside.
The Podcast Team December 7, 2022
Helsinki, Finland

Lapinlahti Hospital

This former hospital was once one of the oldest mental health facilities in Europe.
Xilitla, Mexico

Leonora Carrington Museum

This dreamlike museum is filled with the works of an influential surrealist artist whose name you may have never heard.
No lighthouse is complete without a ghostly resident or two.
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Haunted Houses Have Nothing on Lighthouses

From drowning to murders to the mental toll of isolation, these stoic towers carry a full share of tragedy.
Sarah Durn October 12, 2021
Beechworth, Australia

Beechworth Asylum

This former psychiatric hospital was once one of the largest in Australia.
Men’s pavilion sign
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin

Sanctuary Woods

The preserved remains of the former Milwaukee County Hospital for the Insane are hidden in the wooded grounds of County Park.
The central administration building
Fergus Falls, Minnesota

Fergus Falls State Hospital

This sprawling building built in 1890 was one of Minnesota’s earliest and largest mental health facilities.
A soldier rests and refuels.
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Meet the Man Who Walked from York to Hastings in Medieval Armor

He was fighting not Normans, but the stigma of mental illness.
Matthew Taub October 21, 2020
The original Cornerstone
Pueblo, Colorado

Colorado Mental Health Institute at Pueblo Museum

A mental health hospital dating back more than 139 years, now features a museum.
The Museum of Mental Health
Salem, Oregon

Oregon State Hospital Museum of Mental Health

An institution that preserves the history of institutionalization.
Permanently Closed
Parsippany-Troy Hills, New Jersey

Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital

This hospital fell into ruins after failing to act as the advocate for the mentally ill it was designed to be.
Brain of Helen Hamilton Gardener
Ithaca, New York

Wilder Brain Collection

This collection started by a Cornell professor once held more than 600 human brain specimens, including the one that belonged to its founder.
Williamsburg, Virginia

Eastern State Hospital

America's first public mental health facility.