Historic Buildings

The Sultan’s Palace: Murder, Myth and the House on Dauphine Street

The Sultan’s Palace: Murder, Myth and the House on Dauphine Street

Laura Wright 10:33 pm

New Orleans possesses an unusual talent for turning history into legend. Sometimes the history is already strange...

Support Your Local Asylum: Why America’s Historic Psychiatric Hospitals Are Worth Saving

Support Your Local Asylum: Why America’s Historic Psychiatric Hospitals Are Worth Saving

Laura Wright 10:27 am

There is something immediately unsettling about an abandoned asylum. Long corridors disappear into darkness. Paint peels from...