Casper’s brings Marcie, the only weapon they need. If you know, you know. ☺️

I spent a whole day going in and out of many abandon buildings including that hospital. What do you know that I don’t that would make you unwilling to explore it?

I ask cause I intend to go back and if there is some major danger I’d like to know.

My main concern was maybe getting mugged, but I saw basically no bother people. Place is a ghost town. No street toughs. No homeless camps, barely another soul.

So, am I the only one that bought all my weed from these guys?

I would also be interested! I think my biggest thing would be size variations for the box. It’s just me and my husband and most CSA boxes are too big for us to use. We tried Misfits Market for a bit but half the food would go bad before we would use it. So a smaller box option would be awesome. I would also drive to get it.

I'm in! I'd prefer to cut out the middle man and get fresher food. I'd drive the 30 minutes and am also interested in meat and rabbit.

Avoid Heather Cline like the plague.

Ain't nothing better than rushing to get some money from your parents so you can go to the end of the driveway and wait for the Ding Ding Man.

I love dr baker!

I miss UO’s glory days… underground BBQs, finding new shit all the time, WR almost dying what seemed like every other week. Good times!

Edit: the forum is still there, though ownership has changed hands and it’s pretty dead. Every once in a while something interesting gets posted though

Definitely 🤝

I'll definitely have to stop by one night then, especially once I get a timing chain on that TT and can really open it up. It still needs a bit of work to be in good condition sadly

I just came by one day, everyone, for the most part, is pretty awesome

Hopefully not, aside for cruising Kearney, I think this town needs more car communities. Especially since we are on route 66

I'm assuming you actually go there, is it something anyone can show up to, or just by invite? I live right around the corner and see it every weekend and have thought about stopping in with my TT

Kiddie Kart Ice Cream Co. I drove several summers for them long, long ago. Most fun job ever, got to hang out with kids, teen girls and housewives every day. Business was better in lower class neighborhoods--rich kids were behind closed doors with the AC on. Noon to sunset six days a week. Had a heckuva tan except for the back of my legs. The original owner had an amazing collection of retired jeeps going back to Willys days. Ding ding, ding ding, ding ding, ding ding... little ship's bell mounted on the left side of the windshield frame, rang it with a pull cord. Drove the route at idle in first gear, ding ding, ding ding, ding ding, ding ding... I made change in my head, worked out of a change apron. No calculators or such.

The Aviary brings 20 child laborers (because they love free labor!), 2 ounces of some quiche, and a handful of paper straws.

Old? I still have them in my neighborhood.

I'm from the Cairo area. Lived here in Springfield for 12 years now. Never would've thought Cairo would be mentioned here. Both my parents were born in a (now abandoned) hospital in Cairo. Building has been empty for nearly 30 years and is creepy AF. My folks talk about going in to explore all the time. I bet Cairo is a gold mine for this, but you couldn't pay me to traipse around that town knowing what I know. 11/10 don't recommend.

Dentist are a capitalist lie. Resist.

Awesome

Oh very cool

Underground Ozarks. It was a site documenting abandoned/spooky places in and around the Ozarks

My dad and I used to explore a lot of stuff around town when I was a kid, back in the mid 90's. There were so many empty/abandoned places that are since gone or converted to something else. The old MFA mill on Boonville was very spooky, you'd hear doors slam randomly from the wind. The "Albino Farm" (Springlawn) was awesome in the 90's, there was an old log cabin on the property, and a few other buildings that are now gone.

Old factories, grain mills, a metal recycling plant, the tunnels you mentioned, and Winoka, were all places we went to "back in the day"

Places I've gone on my own or with friends: the Woodruff Building/Sky 11 before remodel, the "Messiah Mill" on Chestnut and National, various caves, the Springfield Underground, old farmhouses further outside of town, and so many more.

I don't go as much now, as this day and age you need friends along, running into tweakers and scrappers can go sideways fast, and most of the people I went with have moved out of the area, and my dad doesn't feel up to it much any more.

I never did get to Dogpatch, which is a bummer, but I did see most of the pics online from there, and I always wanted to get into Celebration City, but heard security was pretty tight.

I never thought other people would enjoy going traipsing through old ruined buildings like Dad and I did, until the early 2000's when I started finding sites like UO/UNF, UER and others, and learned that Urbex was a hobby shared by many others.

This thread is good info and needs more updoots

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