Clubbered: The Closed Fort Henry Men’s Club
For well over a century the Fort Henry Club in Wheeling, West Virginia served as a home away from home for local wheeler-dealers of the male persuasion. No Girls Allowed The Fort Henry Club ...
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Forever Homeless: 7 Closed & Abandoned Pet Shops
These closed and abandoned pet shops eerily echo with the long lost sights, sounds and smells (oh, those smells!) of what were effectively urban retail zoos. Why Not Both? It's a pet shop, ...
Once A Pawn A Time: 12 More Abandoned Pawn Shops
These dozen closed and abandoned pawn shops refute the myth of a robust economy where tax cuts and less regulation trickle down to those in the greatest need. Pawn shops are the canaries ...
Going Going Gone: 12 Closed & Abandoned Travel Agents
Online trip planning has decimated storefront travel agents and these closed & abandoned travel agencies show the loss goes beyond just tour three. The Jet Age saw an explosion of ...
Missed Fortune: 15 Closed & Abandoned Psychic Shops
Psychic reader shops and palmist kiosks advertise the promise of a happier, more successful future yet somehow never foresee their own unfortunate demise. The old "botched prediction" ...
Down The Tubes: 10 Closed & Abandoned TV Factories
TV factories once churned out countless cathode ray tube television sets but when the Golden Age of Television faded to black, the TV factories followed. You have to look for the ...
Toy Boxed: 10 Closed & Abandoned Toys R Us Stores
It took 60 years for Toys 'R' Us to rise to a Category Killer corporation... and fall victim to bankruptcy when economics told it to put the toys away. Toys 'R' Us can trace its roots back ...
Outta Sight: 15 Closed & Abandoned Opticians
The optics are all wrong when it comes to these closed and abandoned opticians, optometrists and ophthalmologist shops as anyone can clearly see. There's no optician like an Ophthalmic ...
Star Crossed: 10 More Abandoned Observatories
These closed and abandoned astronomical observatories once gazed skyward into a star-spangled universe, revealing hidden wonders of time and space. Once. You'll typically find ...
Bar The Rays: 15 Closed & Abandoned Tanning Salons
These closed and abandoned tanning salons, spas and studios made hay while the sun didn't shine but sooner or later they (and their clients) felt the burn. "Sun-Tan-Drews" may not have ...
