Downtowns across the United States house the bare bones of mid-rise and high-rise buildings, in various states of disrepair, that hark back to bygone eras when much of life revolved around the banks, shops, and hotels that were once part of vibrant urban life.
As commerce and people moved outward in favor of more suburban lifestyles, these mammoth structures, and the architectural treasures held within, were left to wither and fall forgotten — hollow shells of old marble and memories. They cast shadows in abandoned downtowns as living monuments to tales of prosperity, bankruptcy, foreclosures, visionaries and in some instances, the paranormal.