nickcarr
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Inside An Abandoned Masonic Hall In Tappan, NY
Last week, I was sent up to scout around Tappan, NY, a beautiful hamlet just over the New Jersey border. Each day, I found myself driving back and forth along a road called Western Highway… …and in the process, passing a gorgeous brick building that appeared to be abandoned. Was it a school, or former…
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New York In Los Angeles
When I first moved to LA from NYC to continue my scouting career, I assumed it would be the major differences that would be hardest to get used to. But in fact, it’s the elements that are sort of similar, yet VERY different, that still hit me as strange. One example: Bob Hope Patriotic Hall……
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Jump Scare
Nothing like scouting a creepy abandoned property… No power, lights out… World is silent except for your footsteps… Step into what was once a child’s bedroom… THEN TWO BIRDS LEAP UP SQUAWKING CRAZILY AND FLAIL OUT THE BROKEN WINDOWS. And another floor or two full of rooms to cover before I’m finished… (in fact, the…
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How To Visit All 7 Continents Without Leaving Manhattan
Once upon a time back in my NYC days, I held a contest on April Fools asking readers to guess where I went on vacation from a series of pictures. The answer: the American Museum of History! New Hampshire My hope was that in having people come to the slow realization that what they’re were…