A Walk Around The Kirkbride Insane Asylum
I visited the grounds of the impressive abandoned Kirkbride Insane Asylum in Fergus Falls, MN on Monday. The state hospital was built in 1885 outside a very small town. There was no access inside the building but I was able to get a few shots through glass or holes in windows. Eventhough it was a beautiful summer day, the place remains eerie to say the least… Here are a few snapshots I grabbed along the way.
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Shadow figures haunting the halls… ©Valérie Jardin
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Not a breeze, yet the swing was still moving… ©Valérie Jardin
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The mandatory eerie selfie reflection 🙂 ©Valérie Jardin
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Beautiful architecture on the outside for the most part. It could be renovated and given new life. It looks large enough to accommodate multiple uses: housing, studios, cafe/restaurant, retail, library, and more.
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Nice! I noticed you’re a Master on the Arcanum! Congrats! I’m sure a lot of street photographers are learning a bunch from you. 🙂
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de magnifiques bâtiments hélàs à l’abandon ! et de bien belles photos –
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Beautiful storytelling !
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What great space . . . would make a superb set of galleries and studios for artists of all sorts.
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Thanks for sharing these. Really wonderful to learn there are plenty of objects around us to photograph, even in an abandoned building. As I’m a biginer, I really enjoyed these great pictures and its a huge learning resource. And your ability to detailing is really great.
Keep up the good work…
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Your photos are great – you picked up a lot of details I missed on my short visit there last year . . . also looks like there are even more broken windows and such since then too. I visited once when it was still in use, it was more sad than creepy or scary. They used to give tours once a week (which booked up way in advance), but it seems they aren’t doing that this year. I have a contact up there if you ever wanted to see about doing a small group tour and photo shoot inside.
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You managed to convey the creep factor very well!
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Wow! Great ambiance creating photos! I’m going online to Google the history of this place. Thank you!
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Nice photos of an historic place. Many of my nursing associates from North Dakota and Minnesota did psychiatric practicum there. (We’re old nurses, to say the least!)
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