2 panel photo "infomatic" titled "Caveau". Photo is of the inside of a tomb in New Orleans that was already opened. It's a tubular brick structure with a rectangular concrete frame at ground level, and apparently a dirt floor. Various debris is seen inside, including bricks, stones, dirt, pieces of concrete and clay. Possibly a human long bone and skull cap, but these details are not clear in this photo. A few dollars and coins lie just inside the tomb on the right hand side, presumably an offering to the displaced spirit or spirits that once occupied this grave.

This tomb was already opened. Pic was taken on an ancient cell phone years ago. You can see that some kind folks have left offerings to the occupant(s) of this destroyed tomb in New Orleans #nola #grave #tomb #burial #cemetery #eerie #taboo #explore #hidden #bsky #creepy

a photo of a replica of the old radio station WAJP in Joliet, IL. Sound dampening panels, dingy with age, line the walls. "Radio Lane's" sign adorns the back wall. A large turntable is directly in front of the camera, a telephone on a shelf to the left. A portable speaker hangs on the far wall, above a reel-to-reel. Tapes sit on a shelf above another turntable, and a tall cabinet stands in the far corner housing all sorts of the electrical and musical devices needed for broadcasting.

Stop in to 9 W Cass in Joliet, IL and check out our newest exhibit...the WAJP radio station!
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Photo in a dingy basement. We are inside a room, a large metal door to the right is open inward. We cannot see out of the room. A rusted coal shovel rests upright against the gray steel firedoor. A rusted metal cabinet hangs on the wall to the left, the cabinet door is open exposing a shallow shelf with various unidentified objects resting on it. Lighting is from the right, outside of this room, providing deep shadows

In the basement of my favorite Downtown Joliet #DoJo location. 1929 building, currently undergoing renovations and improvements.
#nikon #photography #resist #urbex #explore #bsky #havefun #smellykelly #JustAnotherHotMess

LOU JBTV YouTube video by Lou Hinkhouse

Lou Hinkhouse, our Media Chairman, chats with Jerry Bryant on the legendary JBTV. 2 Amazing Illinois talents on the same podcast! It's a quick watch, please check it out!
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Thank you for this awesome post, great pics, and kind words about my favorite Joliet philanthropic endeavor! Ron Romero is a great guy, I spend most Saturdays volunteering here to help get projects done. Here's the WAJP radio station we just finished

Check out what my friends got me for our annual holiday gift exchange! 😃

A Chess Records display at the Illinois Rock & Roll Museum

A dress worn by Koko Taylor, housed at the Illinois Rock & Roll Museum.

Chuck Berry items on display at the Illinois Rock and Roll Museum

Cheap Trick items on display at the Illinois Rock and Roll Museum.

Buy a cool shirt. Rent the podcast room to record. Learn something about music history because music history is tied to the country's history.

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A replica shotgun shack as part of the Muddy Waters display at the Illinois Rock and Roll Museum.

Some of the Muddy Waters items on display at the Illinois Rock and Roll Museum.

The Great Migration changed the Chicago music scene immensely.

Little Walter, Howling Wolf, and Big Bill Broonzy display at the Illinois Rock and Roll Museum.

The Illinois Rock & Roll Museum in Joliet is in its infancy. Progress was slowed by COVID and a tornado. But it has a lot of cool artifacts and information on the Illinois music scene and a lot of promise for what it can be. No one was there. Stop by. Make a donation...

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A photo of a chest of drawers, each drawer is open to varying degrees. It's in an old closet with built-in shelves, peeling green paint, and clearly abandoned. The drawers are wood, stained dark, but the sides of the dresser have been worn to their natural lighter color. A single metal drawer sits on a shelf next to the dresser, open about halfway, rusting and probably full of tetanus.

#nikon #photography #urbex #abandoned #bando #bsky #explore #travel #art #resist #BlueskyArtShow

This week, we discussed messages from the dead. I shared some decidedly personal experiences of my own, and I did not realize going into it how hard it would hit me. If it sounds like I'm holding back tears while telling those stories, it's because I am.

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Photograph of a series of vertical lights, similar to a traffic signal. Red on top, amber in the middle, green on the bottom. Yellow paint is peeling to rust underneath. A distinct industrial vibe inside an obviously derelict and abandoned warehouse. A line of large windows, two row high offer diffuse lighting, complemented by the gaping holes in the ceiling, causing the puddles on the floor to shine.

No Signal

#nikon #resist #bluesky #smellykelly #JustAnotherHotMess #explore #urbex #abandoned #bando #history #photography #illinois #joliet #industrial

photograph of an old drive-in movie theater projector. It was found forgotten in storage at a derelict drive-in. It's an aqua colored Christie machine attached to an International Projector Corp Super Simplex projector, circa 1950s but I don't have the exact model/dates right now. It's in rundown condition, unlikely to be functional in its current state.

Drive-in theaters always remind me of the movie The Outsiders! I need to get back to this location and see if I can get more information from this machine, like the full model number so I can make a more complete history of it. @hellaobscura.bsky.social @karaphilip.bsky.social #resist #bluesky

This week on the show, we interviewed documentarian Lance Johnson about a contactee case out of North Carolina. Jack Overby and his claimed experiences with "outer space life" represent some of the best high strangeness you've never heard of.

Listen here: linktr.ee/wednesdaystalk

Photo of a hooded figure from the side, in front of a large gothic styled memorial marker. Taken at Oakwood Cemetery in Joliet, Illinois. A row of memorial obelisks taper off into the distance.

Oakwood Cemetery, Joliet, Illinois

#photography #bleak #cold #resist #resistance #bluesky #intotheobscure #smellykelly #hellaobscura #JustAnotherHotMess

A vertically oriented image divided into 2 sections. The top is a closeup photograph of a Zebra Jumping Spider o a window frame on an exterior door. It's called a zebra because the adorable spider is striped alternately white then black. The spider is looking at the camera, evidently posing in the classic jumping spider pose. The bottom half of the image is text, describing some basic facts about jumping spiders. It ends with a request to not squish jumping spiders.

#cute #cutespider #jumpingspider #infomatic #tradingcard #resist #resistance #spiderbro #smellykelly #spider #paraflixx #paranormal #haunted #bluesky #urbex #explore #nature #urbannature #illinois

#PresidentPritzker

where's my skateboard?

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#AltCDC

Ah that's perfect!! 🤣

A central stairwell established between three different sections of an abandoned apartment building in Cleveland, Ohio. The criss-crossing geometry of the stairs was almost Escheresque in nature, making for the perfect subject to shoot.

#abandoned #urbex #EastCoastKin #Cleveland #photography

This week on the podcast, we cover a conspiracy that mostly amounts to rich old dudes peeing in the woods. That's right, we're headed to Bohemian Grove!

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Mazzy as a puppy. Mazzy is part pitbull, part husky, part malamute and she is adorable. Mostly black, she has a white muzzle and tan eyebrows, and tan/white forearms. She is sitting in a very judging you kind of pose with her arm resting on a pillow or something.

Even as a young puppy Mazikeen was always judging.

#puppy #whosthatdog #pitskie #dog #smellykelly #JustAnotherHotMess #cute #cutedogs #puppies
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Slightly desaturated image of a block window, barred, in a red brick wall. Broken block glass sits on the sill, while rust eats away at the black paint on the bars. Old concrete and mortar is stained with age and probably mold, maybe some paint. Probably taken at an outbuilding at an active prison in Illinois or somewhere like that.

#photography #prison #urbex #explore #abandoned #bando #illinois #bluesky #resist #resistance #AltCDC #smellykelly #JustAnotherHotMess
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One of my favorite pics from an outbuilding that's 'probably' at an active prison somewhere in Illinois.

The size of their feet!!