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Plaza Hotel | Photo © 2022 Dee Adams, @dvision4

Plaza Hotel

The Plaza Hotel The Plaza Hotel, also known as the Plaza Building, is a historic hotel and residence located in downtown Jacksonville. The Plaza Hotel was constructed in 1903 on a lot that previously...

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The Ghost Town of Ellaville

George Franklin Drew The town of Ellaville was a once-thriving mill town founded in the 1860s by lumber magnate and Florida State Governor George F. Drew. George Franklin Drew was born on August 6...

Barefield House | Photo © Bullet 2021, www.abandonedfl.com

Barefield House

Minnie Barefield The Barefield/Holy Family/Schoelles House located in Apalachicola was built in 1907 by lumberman Charles Dobson for his mistress Minnie Barefield, a mixed-race woman who owned a...

Kellogg Mansion | Photo © 2021 Bullet, www.abandonedfl.com

Kellogg Mansion

Edward Frischkorn Although the Kellogg Mansion is well known to have been owned by W. K. Kellogg, founder of the Kellogg Cereal Company, he was actually not the first owner nor would he be the last...

Horace Drew Mansion | Photo © 2011 Bullet, www.abandonedfl.com

Dr. Horace Drew Mansion

Columbus Drew Sr. Columbus Drew Columbus Drew was born to British parents, Solomon Drew and Elizabeth Glyuas, on January 6, 1820, in Alexandria, Virginia. He grew up in Washington, D.C. where he...

Stivender House | Photo by William Powell, 2020

Dr. Arthur Stivender House

Arthur A. Stivender Arthur Abrehart Stivender was born on June 8, 1842, in Barbour County, Alabama to Duncan Wright Stivender and Margaret Gillie Ann Lee. After her husband died in 1860, Margaret and...

Elysium | Photo © 2007 Nomeus, www.flurbex.com

Elysium Assisted Living Facility

    The entrance sign of the facility, 2007. Photo by Nomeus, www.flurbex.com Owned by Elysium Group U.S. Holding Inc., the Elysium assisted living facility opened in 1992, though the building was...

Bin Laden Mansion | Photo © 2023, Abandoned Urbex Canada

Bin Laden Mansion

Bin Laden Mansion This home in Oakland, Florida is commonly referred to as the Bin Laden Mansion due to its connection to Osama bin Laden, the mastermind behind the September 11th attacks on the...

Ormond Beach Mansion | Photo © 2020 Bullet, www.abandonedfl.com

Ormond Beach Mansion

  Looking down at the courtyard from the second floor bedroom Located on the shores of the Atlantic in Ormond Beach, this four-bedroom and four-bathroom mansion has been owned by a wealthy physician...

William Camp House | Photo © 2020 Bullet, www.abandonedfl.com

William Camp House

William Nelson Camp Born September 17, 1847, William Nelson Camp was an innovator and a brilliant businessman having many timber interests in Virginia and even having built a hydroelectric power...

Lee County Mansion | Photo © 2015 Bullet, www.abandonedfl.com

Lee County Mansion

The mansion was built in the 2000s and last sold in 2002, featuring 7 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, and a three-car garage. This mansion in Lee County was a victim of the subprime mortgage crisis, a...

Dr. Beal's Shell Museum | Photo © 2020 Bullet, www.abandonedfl.com

Dr. Beal’s Shell Museum

Dr. James Hartley Beal As described on the historic marker outside Dr. Beal’s former residence and shell museum, Dr. James Hartley Beal was an influential pharmacist, chemist, lawyer, educator...

Sears House | Photo © 2014 Bullet, www.abandonedfl.com

Sears House

This house was the filming location for many Sears commercials starring Bob Vila, the company’s primary spokesman for its Craftsman brand of tools. Bob Vila is a home improvement host...

George Moody House | Photo © 2018 Bullet, www.abandonedfl.com

George Moody House

  George Moody, center in the white shirt, relaxes on a porch along with other businessmen in Bunnel, c. mid-1910s. Courtesy of the Flagler County Historical Society George Moody came to Florida from...

Nancy House | Photo © 2014 Bullet, www.abandonedfl.com

The Nancy House

  An old photograph, probably of a family member, sits among boxes, books, and nicknacks up in the attic. Of all the places I’ve photographed throughout the years, homes will forever be some of...

LaVilla Shotgun Houses | Photo © 2019 Bullet

LaVilla Shotgun Houses

Decades ago, Jacksonville was filled with many of these types of homes which many know as “shotgun houses.” There is a bit of a debate on how these homes got their name. The most well...

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