Right now we're hiking through the woods in search of an abandoned insane asylum.
That is improper grammar right there.
It should be no trespass-ING
Thanks Michael...
A boat!
Why is there a boat in here?
The complex began it's life as a Spanish fort
and was later controlled by Confederate soldiers during the Civil War.
Soon after that, it became a prison for captured Apache Indians.
So there is in fact security
at where we're heading to right now.
Multiple cars
and they patrol around.
So we're going to have to spend very little time outside of the buildings
and most of the time just getting from building to building.
Oh how are we going to get through this?
In the early 1900's the facility became a segregated mental asylum for African Americans.
During this time the hospital was extremely overcrowded and patients were expected to do fieldwork.
It wasn't until 1969 after the passage of the Civil Rights Act
that the hospital was finally desegregated.
Oh shit!
Oh boy.
This is insane.
This is the coolest place we've ever been to.
That's a big boiler.
Alright we're gonna move on to the next place now.
Which way should we go?
Do you wanna try that building right there?
Sure.
Okay.
Okay...
let's try and go up there quick!
Ready?
This trip was 120% worth it.
I just- around every single corner is something beautiful.
Okay, even if we don't get in anywhere else
that drive was worth it for this.
Eight hour drive... totally worth it.
Already.
Oh I like this right here.
Look at the roof caving in.
Alright this shows this place has been decaying mostly natural
and not from vandalism
if the light bulbs are still intact.
Uh-uh, uh-uh. I don't like this.
This is- walking on that would be something Dan Bell would try to do.
I'm not liking this.
This will turn into a Dan Bell video if we start walking.
How big is it?
Yea let's- no, it's mushy.
Mushy as fuck.
Turn down, turn down.
I don't care. I'm gettin' dirty, let's go!
Nothing stops this train!
That door's open, yea it's open.
This building's also- I want to go to that one.
Yea, you have a leaf on your back.
Holy shit.
The buildings in the complex appeared to date back to several different eras.
This next one we're entering is one of the older ones
and is a mix of offices and patient living quarters.
Watch your head.
That hasn't been opened in a long time!
No.
It's probably not a normal microwave, right?
I don't know.
Are we going to open the fridge?
Of course.
Just mold.
Ewwww, old water.
Look, the fire extinguishers are unpulled.
You never see that in an abandoned place.
You found some files?
A whole shit-ton of files, 1990's.
They're dated 1990?
Yea, American Red Cross...
Copyright 1955...
1988.
These were like logs, for uh, meetings and stuff.
I guess for psychological disorders, brain damage, rehabilitation.
Holy shit, the matresses.
This was like living quarters, they had a shit ton of patients in here and everyone was in here.
These curtains are so creepy.
Damn.
Walking through this building, we could feel the weight of hundreds of years of history pushing down on us.
These walls had bared witness to some of the darker moments in American history
and it was apparent in all the cracks and peeling paint.
Um... the floor above us collapsed.
I don't think we'll be going to the floor above us.
This is so unbelievably beautiful.
It sounds like there's something right there.
Does that not sound extremely close to you?
Should we be concerned about that?
Whatever.
Wow!
Holy shit look at the rubble.
Uh, I don't know if we should walk on that.
No?
No.
Holy fuck.
This is sketchy dude.
Alright do you not want to explore this floor?
I don't know, I'm not liking it.
It looks nice, but it's dangerous.
Yea, this floor is gonna be too dangerous.
Let's go down to the first floor in this stairwell
because the other side didn't connect through.
Let's just- oh shit!
Watch out, watch out, watch out, watch out!
Someone had some fun with air filters.
More air filters.
Yes, air filters.
Whoa!
What is this?
These are showers.
Yea.
There's no drain.
It's not a shower.
See I think the fence was because it was a mental hospital and they had to keep people from committing suicide.
Well I mean, you're not gonna commit suicide from that.
From this height, true.
I guess they just had to keep people in.
This floor is completely inundated with water.
This is the floor we didn't want to walk on.
Yea...
Alright let's go.
It was time to head back outside to find the next building to explore.
We'll have to be quick to minimize the risk of being spotted by a security patrol.
It's raining a bit harder than it was before.
Hopefully this lens is weather-sealed.
I don't see anyone.
The front of this building looks so cool.
Here's what the front of the building we just explored looks like.
I don't like this, we're really out in the open.
Look at this view.
Coming up in Part II, we find another building to explore
filled with antiquated medical equipment,
we have to make a run from security,
and we get a workout in.
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