Photos of notorious abandoned "Children's Center" in Maryland

By at 6:16 am Monday, Mar 2


Chris sez, "These were taken at Forest Haven Children's Development Center [Wikipedia: "notorious for its poor conditions and abuse of patients"] in Laurel, MD which was abandoned in the early nineties. Despite that, we found items from as far back as the 50's or more. It was as if the building closed overnight and everything was left exactly as it was while in operation... pianos, film slides, records, arcade machines and more. The variety of discarded items was staggering."

Forest Haven (Thanks, Chris!)

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