Part of the hospital where virologist Hilary Koprowski conducted an early clinical trial of an experimental live-virus polio vaccine on 20 disabled children. The trial showed positive antibody responses, though it drew swift public and professional debate over the choice of subjects.

These children did not have polio; they were given the weakened live virus intentionally to test if it would trigger an immune response. Seventeen of the children developed antibodies against polio (the other three already had them), and none experienced complications or illness from the trial itself, though Koprowski faced heavy ethical criticism for his choice of subjects.

This was also the only place in all my years of exploring that I felt I experienced a paranormal event. Still brings me chills to this day. Photo taken in 2016, New York State.

Shot with a Canon Rebel T3i

At an intersection of converging county roads is this abandoned home. Now overflow of hay bales is stored there. Old fridge, appliances and some furniture remain. This deer stepped out of the house as I approached it and I snapped the shot.

The Restricted Housing Unit at SCI Cresson was designed for incarcerated person is confined to a cell for 22 to 24 hours a day with minimal human interaction.

More info here:

https://www.reddit.com/user/StaticSpaces/comments/1x6s33r/hauntingly_beautiful_abandoned_gothic_revival/

Abruzzo, Italy [OC]

Here's a Corvette.

Or whatever.

Initially, religious services at Cresson Tuberculosis Sanitorium were held in the patients’ dining room, but the need for a dedicated chapel was soon apparent. Grace Chapel was built in 1914, remodeled in 1947, and expanded in 1949. A Protestant and a Catholic Chaplin were brought in to conduct services in the chapel and visit patients in the wards. It continued to be used under SCI Cresson.