What’s on our plate for today? How about some urban decay? Abandoned buildings, structures that dissolve over the course of decades, and ramshackle, vine-covered houses…. There’s something about these striking sites that captures the imagination. Why were they left to rot — and who abandoned them? Here are some cool ruins that can be found right in our state, Pennsylvania.
- The Coplay Cement Company Kilns
Wikimedia Commons These ruins are also known as the Saylor Park Industrial Museum. The open-air site showcases nine kilns that were built between 1892-1893.
- Linfield Industrial Park
coia.nac/ Flickr The 192-acre industrial park in Linfield has been abandoned since 1986.
- A burnt-out house in Derry Township.
Scott Shatto/ Flickr Photographer Scott Shatto took this gorgeous photograph of a dilapidated farmhouse structure in Hummelstown.
- The Huber Coal Breaker stands in disrepair.
Timothy Vogel/ Flickr Coal was once a huge industry in Pennsylvania… Today our abandoned breakers bear witness to this lost part of history. Timothy Vogel took this awesome picture.
- Just the walls remain.
Mark Peters/ Flickr A farmhouse in Central Pennsylvania stands, ruined, against the horizon.
- Saints Peter and Paul Church in Pittsburgh
Brook Ward/ Flickr This is one of the premiere abandoned locations in the state; the church’s gorgeous stained-glass windows stand intact against the dilapidated interior and exterior.
- Just a trace of architecture remains of this house.
Nicholas A. Tonelli/ Flickr Located near Devil’s Hole Creek in Paradise, Pennsylvania, the history of this structure remains a mystery. Thank you to Nicholas A. Tonelli, who captured this photograph.
- The wheels on the bus go…nowhere.
Nicholas A. Tonelli/ Flickr Who knows how long this abandoned bus has sat here?
- An austere two-story stone house has stood abandoned since 1964.
Thomas/ Flickr In 1964, a fire destroyed this house, which was built in the early 19th century. It is located in Sycamore Mills.
Cool, right? What other ruinous sites in our state do you know of? Share them down below, and thank you for reading!
Wikimedia Commons
These ruins are also known as the Saylor Park Industrial Museum. The open-air site showcases nine kilns that were built between 1892-1893.
coia.nac/ Flickr
The 192-acre industrial park in Linfield has been abandoned since 1986.
Scott Shatto/ Flickr
Photographer Scott Shatto took this gorgeous photograph of a dilapidated farmhouse structure in Hummelstown.
Timothy Vogel/ Flickr
Coal was once a huge industry in Pennsylvania… Today our abandoned breakers bear witness to this lost part of history. Timothy Vogel took this awesome picture.
Mark Peters/ Flickr
A farmhouse in Central Pennsylvania stands, ruined, against the horizon.
Brook Ward/ Flickr
This is one of the premiere abandoned locations in the state; the church’s gorgeous stained-glass windows stand intact against the dilapidated interior and exterior.
Nicholas A. Tonelli/ Flickr
Located near Devil’s Hole Creek in Paradise, Pennsylvania, the history of this structure remains a mystery. Thank you to Nicholas A. Tonelli, who captured this photograph.
Who knows how long this abandoned bus has sat here?
Thomas/ Flickr
In 1964, a fire destroyed this house, which was built in the early 19th century. It is located in Sycamore Mills.
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