The public is invited to a screening of “Hidden History Unlocked” at the Oneida County History Center, exploring the history ...

Growing up as a boy in northern New Jersey, my first encounter with psychiatry was driving with my grandparents past a large, imposing hospital complex in Essex County called Overbrook. Built in a ...

(CNN) — Steve Roberts isn’t sure he believes in ghosts. But without them, he can’t really explain what happened several months ago at Pennsylvania’s infamous Pennhurst Asylum. In May, he joined a ...

Tourism has taken quite a hit these past 12 months. Economists are reckoning with the fallout. But tourism won’t die. Nor will the tourism of death. Asylums have long been locales for “dark tourism.” ...

For some people, the allure—even the eeriness—of abandoned places draws them to dilapidated destinations year-round. For others, visiting vacant Victorians and otherwise abandoned mansions, or ...

The clock tower is one of the only buildings that remain of the original facility.

Community members gathered at UB’s Anderson Gallery to share personal stories and artifacts from family members institutionalized at the Buffalo State Asylum.