Bang Haunted Mansion

Up in Bang, Ohio there is this awesome building that is deteriorating away. Way back in 1875 it was the Knox County poor House consisting of 90 rooms and 40,000 square feet, and stayed as such for over 75 years. In 1953 it became the Mt. Vernon College and stayed that way until the late 1980s. After that, it became an actual "Haunted House" every Halloween until the center of the building began to cave in and it became too unsafe to occupy.

I AM going back some weekend this fall. It has to have some cool creepy photo ops!

Bang, Ohio "Haunted Mansion"

Bricks and Vines at the "Bang Haunted Mansion"

Over grown garage door at the "Bang Haunted Mansion"

Project 365 Leftovers

Here are some leftover photos from my Project 365.  In other words, these are the ones that didn't make it but aren't all that bad so I am putting them here.  :-)

Some antique oil lamps that were in a basement window at the Shoe Factory Antique Mall in Lancaster, Ohio.

From my "Bark" series on Project 365. Ever try to take creative photos of bark? Challenging.

This is the barn at the Slate Run Historical Park near Lithopolis, Ohio. It is an 1800s working farm. That is, people in period clothing, using period tools to run an actual farm, from raising hogs and chickens to plowing by horse. Worth the trip!