A beautiful day for taking photos

[grandpawrichard]

I took an afternoon off from my wood shop to take a few photos. The drive took me about 8 miles away from my house to the old Northern State Mental Hospital that was closed down in the early 1970's.
My first stop was at the Northern State Hospital Cemetery. It is such a sad and somber place because there is not a single head stone in the whole place. 1,487 people are buried there.













Dick

[grandpawrichard]

On a lighter side:

















Dick

[grandpawrichard]

It's sad to see the state of disrepair that the old buildings are in. In it's hay day, the hospital was a working, pretty much self supporting Dairy Farm that was Always meticulously Maintained. The patients at the hospital all had jobs to do to help pay for their "keep"; unless of course they were a danger to themselves and all of the other inmates, plus the community.












Dick

[Bigluke1981]

Great Pics as always, thanks for sharing

[grandpawrichard]

Dick

[grandpawrichard]

and finally, the last of the photos:

























Dick

[grandpawrichard]

Great Pics as always, thanks for sharing

Thanks Bigluke!

Dick

[Smith_22]

Amazing photos, are those digitally altered to make them have such sharp focus?  They Look great.

[grandpawrichard]

Amazing photos, are those digitally altered to make them have such sharp focus?  They Look great.

Thank you. My Canon 7D with my Canon L series Professional lenses do a great job of taking ultra sharp photos. I do a tiny bit of editing on contrasts, exposures and saturation and that's it.

Dick

[Bearhunter]

Man Dick I miss coyote hunting back there, was a meca for song dogs!  Great pics!  That place in haunted thou, so watch out haha.

[blindpig]

I usually hate moss, but ur pics make it look so angelic.  Thanks.

[jyerxa]

I really like old building photos, especially old barns. The old weathered wood has lots of character. Great photos.

[grandpawrichard]

thanks jy! Old building intrigue me to!

Dick

[aaron_mn]

Awesome pics as usual.  Looks like an interesting place to walk around.

[Smokepole]

Great pics GPR.  It sure was a good day today.  I was up in the snow shed hunting, but didn't find any.  Wished I would have brought my camera.  Spring isn't far off.  Maple sap was running hard today.