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What I’d Leave Behind (Unknown Cabin - Hudson Valley, NY)
“What would I leave behind?” In this special bonus episode, join Blake on an existential quest to an abandoned cabin in the middle of the woods where he reflects on legacy, death, and imagines what his own home might look if it was abandoned.
abandoned: The All-American Ruins Podcast
Season 1 Bonus | Little Kingdoms: Dylan Thuras and the Road Less Traveled to Atlas Obscura
Dylan Thuras is the cofounder of Atlas Obscura, but he’s more than a fancy title. Join Blake on this special bonus episode of abandoned: The All-American Ruins Podcast as he explores Dylan’s journey to becoming a part of the urbex community, from his humble beginnings as a road trip kid, to a burgeoning graffiti artist who started to find his creative POV at the abandoned Gold Medal Flour Factory in Minneapolis, MN.
abandoned: The All-American Ruins Podcast
An Unexpected Eulogy for The Pines Hotel (Pines Hotel - South Fallsburg, NY)
On June 18, 2023, The Pines Hotel (South Fallsburg, NY), one of the many abandoned Borscht Belt hotels, burned down. The two alarm fire that ravaged the property leaves behind an impactful cultural legacy for the decades of guests who created memories inside-- and a powerful personal legacy for abandoned host Blake Pfeil, who created different kinds of memories behind its shuttered windows and locked doors, far after it was left to ruin in 1998.
abandoned: The All-American Ruins Podcast
Season 1 Bonus | Preserving the Borscht Belt: Marisa Scheinfeld
Join Blake for this special episode profiling Marisa Scheinfeld, the preeminent photographer, historian, and preservationist of America’s nearly forgotten Borscht Belt. Follow Scheinfeld’s unique and deeply personal journey as she preserves the legacy of the “Jewish Alps,” from publishing The Borscht Belt: Revisiting the Remains of America's Jewish Vacationland to spearheading the Borscht Belt Historical Marker Project.
abandoned: The All-American Ruins Podcast
Season 1 Bonus | Abandoned World App Co-Founder Maxime Gerbe
Join Blake for this special conversation with Maxime Gerbe, the founder of Abandoned World, a tech platform that puts crowdsourced, mapped locations for abandoned spaces across the world at your fingertips. This conversation originally aired on The Pfeil File, a weekly program on Radio Kingston/WKNY (AM 1490/FM 107.9 in Kingston, NY).
abandoned: The All-American Ruins Podcast
Season 1 Bonus | The Dairy Farm, Revisited: A Special Collaboration with History Colorado
In partnership with History Colorado, join Blake for this special bonus episode of abandoned: The All-American Ruins Podcast where he takes a deeper dive into the history of the original All-American Ruins location from his childhood: the abandoned dairy farm at the Modern Woodmen of American Tuberculosis Sanatorium in Colorado Springs, CO.
abandoned: The All-American Ruins Podcast
Season 1, Episode 12: The People Who Used to Live Here (Unknown Mansion - Hurley, NY)
In the season one finale of abandoned: The All-American Ruins Podcast, follow Blake into his imagination as he recounts his experience exploring an abandoned mansion off a county highway in Ulster County, NY where he reflects on capitalism, exile, and chosen family.
abandoned: The All-American Ruins Podcast
Season 1, Episode 11: Panic Like the House is on Fire (Unknown House - Kingston, NY)
Join Blake on his expedition to an abandoned house at the foot of the Catskill Mountains that has been transformed into a makeshift artistic monument honoring climate activist Greta Thunberg--and Mother Nature herself.
abandoned: The All-American Ruins Podcast
Season 1, Episode 10: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Kings Park Psychiatric Center - Kings Park, NY)
Join host Blake Pfeil for this special episode of abandoned: The All-American Ruins Podcast as he chats with Radio Kingston/WKNY Executive Director Jimmy Buff about his personal experiences at the notorious abandoned psychiatric hospital on Long Island, NY.
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